La Rhétorique des Dieux (2025)
La Rhétorique des Dieux is a suite of solo and duo vignettes for various icons of classical Greek and Roman mythology appearing in contemporary incarnations set to Denis Gaultier's eponymous eleven suites for Baroque lute. A suite of excerpted selections premièred from November 22nd-24th, 2024 as part of Salon Lute, an evening of new dances, poetry, and song featuring music for Baroque lute and theorbo performed live by acclaimed lutenist/theorbist Dušan Balarin. An evening-length version of the work premièred in the outdoor amphitheater at the Untermeyer Gardens Conservancy on June 21st, 2025.
APOLLO
Burr Johnson
DIANA
Janet Charleston
THE GOLDEN RAM
Christopher Williams
ULYSSES
Deniz Erkan Sancak
ATALANTA
Maxfield Haynes/Kieran McBride
NARCISSUS
(an addict)
Cemiyon Barber
THE GOOD FLIRT
(a hustler)
Justin Lynch
ANDROMEDA
(a dominatrix)
Christiana Axelsen/Cynthia Koppe
PHAËTHON
(a high roller)
Logan Pedon
Baroque Lute & Theorbo:
Dušan Balarin