Les Sylphides
July 1, 2018
Originally choreographed in 1907 by Michel Fokine to music by Frédéric Chopin, the one-act ballet Les Sylphides is considered to be the first “ballet blanc” with no distinct narrative. Sergei Diaghilev...
The Portuguese Suite (excerpts)
June 10, 2018
Dancers from 10 Hairy Legs will perform two excerpts from my work The Portuguese Suite (2006) as part of their New York season at BAC. 10 Hairy Legs Baryshnikov Arts Center Jerome Robbins Theater...
Center for Ballet and the Arts Seminar: Narcissus (work-in-progress excerpts)
March 20, 2018
While in residence at the Center for Ballet and the Arts, I will offer a lecture/demonstration on my fellowship project Narcissus. The project, to set a new work to Nikolai Tcherepnin's ballet score Narcisse...
Wolf-in-Skins (excerpts)
December 1, 2017
Philadelphia Dance Projects and American Opera Projects present an informal showing of excerpts from my dance-opera Wolf-in-Skins (co-created with composer Gregory Spears and visual designer Andrew Jordan)...
Wolf-in-Skins (Open Rehearsal)
July 1, 2017
Join composer Gregory Spears and me for an open rehearsal of new music and choreography from our dance opera Wolf-in-Skins featuring renowned countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and dancers Christiana...
Hora
May 22, 2017
Come witness the "short form" as described by Doris Humphrey in her pithy quote: "All choreography is too long!" as the Harkness Dance Center celebrates the Fridays at Noon series (1986-2016) with a string...
Il Giardino d′Amore (world première)
May 9, 2017
Première performances of my new work Il Giardino d'Amore, set to Alessandro Scarlatti's early 18th century serenata Il Giardino di Amore inspired by the mythic lovers Venus and Adonis, will take place...
The Afternoon of a Faun (première)
March 5, 2017
This winter I will reimagine Claude Debussy's famous ballet score Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (originally choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1912) for eight...
Il Giardino d′Amore (excerpts)
January 7, 2017
Excerpts from my new work Il Giardino d'Amore, set to Alessandro Scarlatti's early 18th century serenata Il Giardino di Amore inspired by the mythic lovers Venus and Adonis, will take place as part of...
Daisy Chain
December 9, 2016
As curator of a Fridays at Noon program entitled Daisy Chain, I have asked emerging choreographers Christine Elmo, John Hoobyar, and Raja Feather Kelly to each select a dance artist on whom they will make...