https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/company-bios daily 0.75 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1635798805078-UZTPVL7EVLTEL4ZTPL8K/Alexis+Headshot.jpeg Company Bios - Alexis Branagan A New Jersey native, Alexis Branagan trained at New Jersey School of Ballet and spent summers at The Juilliard School, American Ballet Theatre, Kaatsbaan, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She received her degree in English with an emphasis on theater studies and dance from Princeton University, where she also founded Princeton University Ballet. She danced with New York Theatre Ballet from 2012-2022. She has also performed with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Armitage GONE! Dance, and New Jersey Ballet and in Battery Dance and Westfest Dance Festivals to perform work by choreographer Amanda Treiber. She has performed works by Sir Richard Alston, Merce Cunningham, Susan Marshall, Agnes de Mille, Clove Galilee, Liza Genaro, Robert LaFosse, José Límon, Donald Mahler, Keith Michael, Jerome Robbins, Pam Tanowitz, Antony Tudor, and William Whitener. She has also danced in opera productions, in productions of Shakespeare in the Park by the Public Theater, at Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops for Holiday and Broadway hits concerts, and for television. Alongside her freelance dancing, Alexis works in communications for Princeton University Concerts and manages the Ballet Connoisseurship seminar program for School of American Ballet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1635798805078-UZTPVL7EVLTEL4ZTPL8K/Alexis+Headshot.jpeg Company Bios - Alexis Branagan A New Jersey native, Alexis Branagan trained at New Jersey School of Ballet and spent summers at The Juilliard School, American Ballet Theatre, Kaatsbaan, and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She received her degree in English with an emphasis on theater studies and dance from Princeton University, where she also founded Princeton University Ballet. She danced with New York Theatre Ballet from 2012-2022. She has also performed with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Armitage GONE! Dance, and New Jersey Ballet and in Battery Dance and Westfest Dance Festivals to perform work by choreographer Amanda Treiber. She has performed works by Sir Richard Alston, Merce Cunningham, Susan Marshall, Agnes de Mille, Clove Galilee, Liza Genaro, Robert LaFosse, José Límon, Donald Mahler, Keith Michael, Jerome Robbins, Pam Tanowitz, Antony Tudor, and William Whitener. She has also danced in opera productions, in productions of Shakespeare in the Park by the Public Theater, at Carnegie Hall with the NY Pops for Holiday and Broadway hits concerts, and for television. Alongside her freelance dancing, Alexis works in communications for Princeton University Concerts and manages the Ballet Connoisseurship seminar program for School of American Ballet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1686152109482-2S9GSM4HGRSGRGRTA4Z1/image-asset.jpg Company Bios - Arianna Tsivkin Arianna Tsivkin is a performing artist from New York City. She received her early dance training at the School of American Ballet where she performed with New York City Ballet in productions of "The Nutcracker" and "Firebird". She then studied at the JKO School of American Ballet Theatre where she performed in Alexei Ratmansky’s "The Nutcracker". Arianna has also trained at French Académie of Ballet, received scholarships to dance at Belvoir Terrace Performing Arts Camp, and has studied under Mignon Furman, Merle Sepel, and her mother Rebecca Tsivkin. She graduated from Laguardia High School of Performing Arts as a dance major, and has studied Fosse technique and theatre jazz with the Verdon Fosse Legacy. Arianna was honored to be part of the inaugural class of Pa’lante Scholars in the Professional Studies Program at Ballet Hispánico (BH) under the direction of Rodney Hamilton. While there she helped originate roles in works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Tsai Hsi Hung, and Juan Rodriguez, performed in works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Michelle Manzanales, Pedro Ruiz, Gerald Arpino, Gustavo Ramirez, Alberto Alonzo, and more, and was a representative student for BH in Canada's National Ballet School's Assemblée Internationale '23. Arianna is delighted and grateful for the opportunity to perform with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523638451775-I1GEZ5K4RLGP2XH8Q4ZG/image1.png Company Bios - Barrington Hinds is from West Palm Beach, Florida where he began his training at the School of Ballet Florida under the direction of Marie Hale. He holds a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College and has also trained a semester abroad at the Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. Hinds has worked professionally with VERB Ballets, North West Professional Dance Project, and performed in the national tour of Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out. In 2011 Hinds was honored as a finalist for the Clive Barnes Award in young talent for dance in his performance of "Stager Lee," a duet in Stephen Petronio's Underland. He has worked with leading choreographers such as Stephen Petronio,Laurie Stallings, Edgar Zendejas, Sarah Slipper, Helen Pickett, and Thaddeus Davis among others. In addition to dancing, Barrington is teaching at Chaise Fitness and is a faculty member of the renowned Blue Lake Fine Arts summer dance program. Barrington is currently dancing with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and continues to enjoy working with CLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1533143409605-W5K5G7EM0BNXLR0SCK23/Barrington+Hinda+preferred+headshot.png Company Bios - Barrington Hinds (he/him) Barrington Hinds is from West Palm Beach, Florida. He began his training at the School of Ballet Florida under the direction of Marie Hale. Hinds holds a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College and has worked professionally with VERB Ballets, Northwest Professional Dance Project, and the national tour of Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out. In 2011 Hinds was honored as a finalist for the Clive Barnes Award for young talent in dance. In 2022 he was awarded a Bessie for outstanding choreography alongside with the Bill T. Jones Company, Bill T. Jones, and Janet Wong . He has worked with leading choreographers including Laurie Stallings, Edgar Zendejas, Sarah Slipper, Helen Pickett, Thaddeus Davis, and Cherylyn Lavagnino to name a few. Hinds has also danced with the Stephen Petronio Company and has freelanced in commercial, TV, and print work. In addition Hinds is also a choreographer and teacher. His work has been shown at Purchase College, Dixon Place, Warwick Summer Festival, Arts On Site, and The Tank. Barrington currently is a Performer with the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company in NYC. You can follow him @bar_hinds and his website www.barringtonhinds.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1729197724120-4PUJ9NIYM7L69OIAV5RU/Headshot%2B1.jpg Company Bios - Corinne Hart Corinne Hart is an accomplished dancer, educator, and arts administrator. She has performed with reputable companies such as Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, WADEensemble, and RIOULT Repertoire Group at venues including New York City Center Studios and The Ailey Citigroup Theater. Corinne holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Nutritional Studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Her performance repertoire includes classical and contemporary works by Pascal Rioult, Ori Flomin, Roy Assaf, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Stephanie Batten Bland, and Sadé Alleyne. As an educator, Corinne has taught at New York University, Southern Methodist University, University of Utah, Gibney Dance, Peridance Center, RIOULT Dance Center, among others. She is certified in Anti-Racism and Anti-Abuse training from the Dance Education Equity Association, emphasizing her dedication to creating safe dance spaces for all. In her role as an arts administrator and freelancer through Corinne Hart LLC, she provides advice and strategic planning to enhance her clients' operations through grant writing, digital marketing, and more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1729197667149-4KCXR701DFC6FA7FH27I/image-asset.jpg Company Bios - Claire Westby Claire Westby is originally from Minnesota and now resides in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a BFA in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts NYU and also studied at Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD). Mrs. Westby has been a part of the Liz Gerring Dance Company for 13 years where she is also the Executive Director. She played the role of Red Queen in Third Rail’s production of Then She Fell. Additionally, Claire has performed in, and helped create original roles in works by John Jasperse, Brandon Collwes, Gwen Welliver, Benjamin Kimitch, Gerald Casel, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Helen Simoneau, and RoseAnne Spradlin. Claire Westby has also had the pleasure of teaching at New York University, Columbia College Chicago, Gibney Dance, Mark Morris Dance Center, St. Paul Ballet, Steps on Broadway, Western Washington University and Jacob's Pillow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527870542863-VEKJLMFET3ZP1WJQH245/6Q5A0770.jpg Company Bios - Dervla Carey-Jones Dervla Carey-Jones is originally from San Francisco, CA, where she trained with the San Francisco Ballet School and with the ODC dance school. Dervla received a BFA from NYU’s Tisch dance program in 2018. During her time at Tisch, Dervla joined CLD and has continued working with the company since. In addition to performing in Cherylyn Lavagnino’s work, Dervla has performed in works by Gwen Gussman, Jordan Lloyd, Jenny Rocha, Maddie Schimmel, and in Opera Theatre of St Louis’ premiere of “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” Dervla looks forward to continuing to work as a performer, vocalist, and dancer in the projects that the NYC community has to offer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523638608175-AQPYY0NBIZZK6B94C44E/6Q5A0526.jpg Company Bios - Emma Pajewski A company member of CLD since 2016, Emma Pajewski of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, started her dance training with Beth A. Walter before joining Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School under the direction of Marjorie Grundvig and Dennis Marshall. In addition to a BFA in dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Emma received scholarships and training from The Ailey School and Point Park University. Emma has had the pleasure of performing the works of Karole Armitage, Selina Chau, Carlos Dos Santos, Lydia Johnson, José Limón, Jeremy McQueen, Erick Montes, Earl Mosley, Kyle Mullins, Jamie Erin Murphy, Alan Obuzor, Vita Osojnik, Pedro Ruiz, and Christian von Howard. Emma has also performed as a company member with Lori Belilove's Isadora Duncan Dance Company. Outside of the dance studio, Emma runs her business, EP Pilates, and can often be found in the rock climbing gym with husband, Carlos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1634587725727-6W7RZ5LYZU8EEAHJ0H3Z/Erin%252BGallagher%252B-%252B%252BHeadshot.jpg Company Bios - Erin Gallagher Erin Gallagher began her formal dance training at the Academy of Dance Arts in her hometown of Red Bank, NJ. She continued her studies at Studio Maestro (currently Manhattan Youth Ballet) in New York City with Deborah Wingert and François Perron. In addition, Erin participated in training programs at The Rock School of Dance Education, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, American Ballet Theatre, as well as several summers in Washington D.C. studying with Suzanne Farrell at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Professionally, Erin has worked with New Chamber Ballet, Connecticut Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Neglia Ballet Artists, TranscenDance Group, Accent Dance NYC, and Ballets with a Twist. Erin Gallagher is a graduate of Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751312527968-QE4JCB68OM6VUYHDNP34/image-asset.jpeg Company Bios - Ethan Huffman Ethan Huffman is from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he began dancing competitively at the age of seven, working in all styles of dance. In 2019, Ethan was invited to train at The School of American Ballet under the direction of Kay Mazzo and Jonathan Stafford. Upon completion in 2022, Ethan joined New York Theatre Ballet at age eighteen, and has performed historic works in the company's repertoire including “Dark Elegies,” and “Little Improvisations” by Antony Tudor, “Septet” by Jerome Robbins, and “Scramble,” by Merce Cunningham. Ethan was also a part of Jacob’s Pillow’s Summer Season, premiering a new work by Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa for the opening of the festival. Ethan has had the pleasure of training intensely under Tim Fox, Arch Higgins, Paul Gibson, Susan Pillare, Nancy Bielski, Allen Pieffer, Diana Byer, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley, and many others who have helped shape his artistic and technical approach. Ethan is passionate about maintaining the integrity of dance history and recreation, and loves to read, play games, and teach any type of dance in his free time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1729212104080-VQTFA3TIGZM4QMPEV0AA/Alexis%2BHeadshot.jpg Company Bios - Gwendolyn Gussman Based between Denver & New York City, Gwendolyn Gussman is dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director. She is the Founder & Artistic Director of interdisciplinary performance company, HOLDTIGHT (HT). Most notably, Gussman’s work has been presented nationally at The Newman Center for the Performing Arts (CO), The Arts Complex with Denver Arts & Venues (CO), The Cell Theatre (NYC), National Sawdust (NYC), The Gallery Players (NYC), The Olympic Auditorium Complex (CO), Carroll Hall (NYC), and others. Gussman’s performance career has spanned contracts and collaborations with artists/companies including Shen Wei Dance Arts, Sean Curran, Cherylyn Lavagnino, dir. Daniel Fish, comedian Amy Sedaris, Vanessa Walters, Heidi Latsky, Control Group Productions, Cleo Parker Robinson Ensemble, and others. She is currently choreographing a 90-min Eco-Dance/Chamber-Jazz Orchestra piece, From the Ashes, in collaboration with composer Daniel Weidlein, to be premiered in 2025. Gussman graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with her BFA in Dance. Gussman has danced with CLD since 2016 and is honored to be part of the 25th Anniversary Season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1762803210124-R00HQMITJ1YQ0CAKAK93/Noah+Wang+Headshot+by+Rachel+Neville.jpeg Company Bios - Jesse Campbell Jesse began his career in the arts in Santa Fe, NM. He earned his BFA magna cum laude from The University of Arizona and graduated with his MS from the University of New Mexico. Jesse’s dance career highlights include dancing in the corps de ballet of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, in Alessandra Ferri’s “The Piano Upstairs", guest performance engagements in New Zealand, and featured dance roles at The Metropolitan Opera where he’s performed since 2018. He joined Cherlylyn Lavagnino Dance in 2018 and has danced in "Camila", "Drive", "Ru" and other works. He is a lighting designer for dance with recent work for Baryshnikov Arts Center and New Jersey Ballet, and is the director of production for the Vail Dance Festival. Outside of the arts, Jesse is passionate about environmental sustainability and has participated in initiatives using computer science to forecast water scarcity and future water patterns of mountainous watersheds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1634587407679-25JH0IU7VZ4WPVD4VCB1/image-asset.jpeg Company Bios - Justin Faircloth Justin Faircloth is a performing artist from North Carolina. Since relocating to New York, Justin has had the pleasure of working with Blaze Ferrer, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Doug LeCours, loveconductors (FOH), Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Maddie Schimmel, Then She Fell, Third Class Citizen, Erik Thurmond, Ash Yergens, Jessie Young, Abby Zbikowski, and others. Instagram: @bacnneggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1762803112284-6KLAA89LQMD7DAE4NU33/image-asset.jpg Company Bios - Katie Rolph Katie Rolph is a freelance dance artist based in New York City. She began her dance training at the Anna Marie Dance Studio in Wilmington, Delaware, and continued her studies at the Philadelphia Ballet, BalletX, Delaware Arts Conservatory, and JAM Youth Tap Project. Katie graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Honors College at Florida State University, where she trained with professors Kara Wilkes, Ilana Goldman, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Donna Uchizono, and Gwen Welliver. She performed in restagings of Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15 and Serenade as a featured soloist under the direction of Suzanne Farrell, as well as in several faculty works. During her time at FSU, she also danced with The Tallahassee Ballet in works by Christopher Huggins, Kathryn Karrh Cashin, and Tyrone Brooks. As a freelance artist, Katie has performed with Amanda Treiber, Katy Cashin, and io Ermoli. She has also premiered two collaborative dance films at the Digital Graffiti Festival in Alys Beach, Florida, and has a passion for dance photography. Katie works administratively for Smashworks Dance, under the direction of Ashley McQueen, and serves as an Education Programming Assistant and Teaching Artist for Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion. She is grateful for the opportunity to perform with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance in their upcoming season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1664904664148-AA8YL64F8VH9DXLIL3T6/Michael+Miles+Headshot+%282%29.JPG Company Bios - Michael Wayne Miles, Jr. Michael Miles was born and raised in St. Mary’s County, MD. He started dancing at the age of 9 at Bunny Bailey Studio of Dance where he studied tap, jazz, and show dance. Michael continued his dance training at Abigail Francisco School of Classical Ballet where he studied ballet, character, jazz, and tap and went on to receive a BFA in Dance from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Since graduating, Michael has had the pleasure of dancing with Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre and Lydia Johnson Dance. He is grateful for the opportunity to perform with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1540919140701-M17316PPVI7BOHU650V1/Philip.jpg Company Bios - Philip Strom Philip Strom is a movement artist based in New York City. He performs with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Bennyroyce Dance (Seattle & NYC), Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, & RyderDance. Philip was raised in Washington State where began his dance training under Debra Pearse Rogo. He continued his education at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where he received his BFA. As a student Philip performed works by Ronald K. Brown, Maxine Doyle (Punchdrunk), Emese Nagy (MA•ZE), Crystal Pite, Ishan Rustem, Sonya Tayeh, and Paul Taylor. In addition to performing and touring, Philip creates his own work and teaches. He is an Artistic Associate of Bennyroyce Royon, having rehearsal directed Royon’s company, assisted them in choreographic processes, and staged their work. As a teaching artist Philip has led students at The Ballet Hispánico School of Dance and Rutgers University; as well as summer intensives at The Juilliard School and the Joffrey Ballet School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523638027261-7QB5VOSGFVJVWDF3B0FE/Preferred+Headshot.jpg Company Bios - Ramona Kelley Ramona Kelley is from Berkeley, CA where she began her training at Berkeley Ballet Theater. She went on to earn a BFA in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Ramona danced the principal role of ‘Betsy’ in the touring production of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away and went on to dance with the Tharp company creating new roles in addition to performing repertory works. She is a principal guest artist with Oakland Ballet and has also performed with Minnesota Dance Theatre, Claudia Schreier and Co, Post:Ballet, Sidra Bell, and Phantom of the Opera (25th Anniversary Tour) among others. Ramona has taught master classes in Tharp technique across the country and is a guest teacher at NYU’s Tisch Dance. She began dancing for Cherylyn in 2006 and is thrilled to be performing with CLD this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1634047544307-PMZK6J8STSROIJLQLVH9/Noah+Wang+Headshot+by+Rachel+Neville.jpeg Company Bios - Noah Wang (he/they) Noah Wang hails from San Francisco, CA, where he received training at the San Francisco Ballet School and Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA). In 2020, he received his BFA in dance from The Juilliard School. He has performed in both new and classic works at Juilliard by John Higgenbotham, Peter Chu, Martha Graham, Stephen Petronio, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and Jose Limon. Since graduation, he has worked as a guest artist with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, ODC Theater, Buglisi Dance Theatre and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center in San Francisco. Noah currently dances with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. He is ecstatic to embark on Mythologies, his first performance with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1669475314698-THB8LA91TA7IVZT2OUYT/Dorrie.jpg Company Bios - Dorothea Garland Dorothea Garland of Framingham, MA, received her early training from Annemarie Fairhurst and later Mara Shelton and Edra Toth of New England Ballet in Wayland, MA. She then studied at Boston Ballet Center for Dance Education, followed by Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA, under the direction of Tauna Hunter. While there, she danced Elegy Lead in Serenade and Myrtha in Giselle opposite Marianna Tcherkassky and Wes Chapman, among many other classical and original roles. Dorothea later danced at Columbia Classical Ballet, in South Carolina, and Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre in Cambridge, MA. Since arriving in New York, she has worked with various companies and choreographers. Currently Dorothea is also a member of Ballets with a Twist and East Coast Contemporary Ballet, in addition to Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527870584735-6L2MBIK9YGYULE3KVHWX/6Q5A0199.jpg Company Bios - Gwen Gussman Gwendolyn Gussman is a New York- based dancer and choreographer who hails from Denver, Colorado. Gwendolyn graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance. In addition to dancing with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Gwendolyn has worked as a company member of Shen Wei Dance Arts, Sean Curran Company, and Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble. She has also worked professionally with Vanessa Walter’s ‘Ripening’, Heidi Latsky Dance, Daniel Fish, Ashley Tata, and Roger C. Jeffrey’s ‘Subtle Changes Inc.’ Past credits include performing works by Martha Graham, Nathan Trice, Deborah Jowitt, Charlotte Boyd-Christenson, Cornelius Carter, and others. In addition to performing, Gwendolyn has an interdisciplinary company called HOLDTIGHT and is a current Artist-in-Residence at The Cell Theatre. Gwendolyn has been with CLD since 2016 and is thrilled to be dancing in another wonderful season! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1540919093629-GL02UU1Z14RS2J1FC1YF/Kaitlyn.jpg Company Bios - Kaitlyn Yiu Kaitlyn Yiu, born in Canada, began her training in ballet in Los Angeles and trained in the Vaganova style before entering NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2013. While in L.A., she won awards and scholarships in ballet competitions such as Youth America Grand Prix regionals and L.A. Spotlight Awards and was invited to perform at the Anaheim International Dance Festival’s Stars of Tomorrow Gala. Internationally, she was a semi-finalist in the Moscow International Ballet Competition (IBC) and Helsinki IBC and won the silver medal in the Valentina Kozlova International Contemporary Dance Competition. Since moving to NYC, Kaitlyn has performed in Crystal Pite’s Polaris (featured in Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival) and has performed in works by Seán Curran, Kay Cummings, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Vita Osojnik, Deborah Damast, Selina Chau, Carla Flores, and Jessica Ruhlin, among others. She was also invited by Houston Grand Opera to perform the principal female dancer role in their 2017 production of Nixon in China. In May 2016, Kaitlyn graduated with honors from NYU with a BFA in Dance as a recipient of the J.S. Seidman Award for Dance. In December 2017, she graduated with an M.A. from NYU in Dance Education under the directorship of Dr. Susan Koff and Sascha Radetsky of American Ballet Theatre. She is delighted to be joining Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance this season. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/5ad0dbc32b6a28b7eab68dcd/5ad0dbd42b6a28b7eab690c8/1523637204468/ Company Bios https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1582347967018-DNDK2M3UF7VT1B5SP147/Kristen-Foote_Headshot+Larger.png Company Bios - Kristen Foote New York City–based dancer, performer, teacher, Limón reconstructor and coach, Kristen Foote is originally from Toronto, Canada, and joined the Limón Dance Company in 2000 - where she was a principal dancer - and Dance Heginbotham in 2012. Ms. Foote has performed as a soloist in roles by many noted choreographers including: José Limón, Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Anna Sokolow, Jiří Kylián, Donald McKayle, Lar Lubovitch, Rodrigo Pederneiras, Susanne Linke, Murray Louis and John Heginbotham. She was a Radio City Rockette, has performed with Mark Morris Dance Group and been featured as a lead dancer in music videos. Foote was a guest artist with Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener’s 3D Dance on Film project Tesseract directed by Charles Atlas and was a featured dancer in An Ode To a performance piece created, composed, choreographed and performed by Solange Knowles for The Red Bull Music Academy Festival at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Foote received her Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship award. S he is currently on faculty, teaching the Limón technique at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, and continues to stage Limón repertory nationally and internationally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527870636187-WMKJ8Y4X028ZJOZ1DPXI/6Q5A0060.jpg Company Bios - Lila Simmons Lila Simmons hails from Portland, Oregon where she received her initial training at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. She has also danced with the Jefferson Dancers under the direction of Steve Gonzales, the Northwest Dance Project under the direction of Sarah Slipper, as a Trainee with the Nevada Ballet Theatre under the direction of James Canfield, and with Ballet Inc. Lila holds a BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dance. Lila has been dancing with CLD since 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1575310865371-3FB699X1Q4SNOJY5JO1R/image.jpg Company Bios - Malcolm Miles Young Malcolm Miles Young began his dance training at Dance World Academy under the direction of Donna Farinella. He graduated from Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, NJ in 2018 and is currently a second year BFA dance major at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2018, Malcolm stepped into the position of Rehearsal Director for NJ based Dance Company Padierna Dance Project. This past summer, he was an artistic intern at Move(NYC) under the direction of Nigel Campbell and Chanel DaSilva. Young has attended the Juilliard and Joffrey Summer Dance Intensives on full scholarship, is a member of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts, was a 2019 Taco Bell Foundation Live Más Scholar, a recipient of the 2018 Governor’s Award in Arts Education, and was most recently selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar. Performance highlights include Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company’s “Freedom of Information” pt. 3 at New York University’s Jack Crystal Theater, Earl Mosley’s Diversity in Dance Repertory Showcase, Dance Against Cancer’s Youth Movement, New Jersey Moves Emerging Choreographers at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), and most recently Janice Rosario’s “X (Point of Intersection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1575306927611-JRA3TJUMDBHOKED60V89/OSCAR+A.+RODRIGUEZ+ROJAS+_+HEADSHOT.jpg Company Bios - Oscar Rodriguez Oscar Antonio Rodriguez was born and raised in Venezuela. After obtaining a degree in Mechanical Engineering, he moved to Costa Rica to pursue an MBA degree, where he discovered his passion for dance. He began his professional training at Warehouse Dance Complex in San Jose, Costa Rica. Since then, he has participated in the Chuthis Movement Intensive (Costa Rica), the b12 Dance Festival (Germany) and the VIM VIGOR Intensive (New York) where he received training from choreographers Helder Seabra, Luke Murphy, Judith Sánchez Ruíz, Shannon Guillen and Peter Chu. He received a full tuition scholarship for the MODAS Intensive Summer Program (New Mexico). As a member of Warehouse Dance Complex, he appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” on Teletica— one of Costa Rica’s national broadcasts — as well as performed for the Costa Rican Band Patterns in the Holi One Color Festival Costa Rica. He was featured in the first Costa Rican Broadway musical productions “West Side Story” (Pepe) and “Chicago” (Fred Casely/Ensemble); and Short North Stage productions of “West Side story” (Bernardo) and “Saturday Night Fever” (Ensemble/Salsation Choreographer). He was recently seen in Steven Spielberg's remake of “West Side Story” as a background performer. Rodriguez received his MFA in Dance degree at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. As a member of the Second Avenue Dance Company he has performed works by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Christina Jane Robson and Jeremy Nelson. His recent work was featured in the Earl Mosley’s Dancing Beyond, A Benefit for Dance Against Cancer event at the Manhattan Movement Arts Center. Rodriguez is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. Rodriguez is a strong believer in the diversity and uniqueness that each artist brings into the creative process and of the creation of a safe community where artists can feel safe to share thoughts, ideas and personal experiences. Dance has become something that completes him as a person, a lifestyle that he has assumed with great commitment and discipline. His passion for this art is so great that he has maximized every opportunity received along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1540919219208-KDKV9FD6DPM3F98DFB8O/Sharon.jpg Company Bios - Sharon Milanese Sharon Milanese is a teaching and performing artist based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University, is a certified Pilates instructor and bodyworker, and teaches professional ballet classes worldwide. Sharon has performed with New York Theatre Ballet, Cortez and Company Contemporary/Ballet, Verb Ballets, Ramon Oller and the Peridance Ensemble, Corbindances, Liz Gerring Dance Company, Heidi Latsky Dance, Motley Dance, Patricia Hoffbauer, Katie Orthwein, Dusan Tynek Dance Theater, Robert Wilson & Philip Glass in the opera, "Einstein on the Beach,” and in Merce Cunningham’s Centennial Celebration, “Night of 100 Solos.” Sharon danced for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company from 2009-2019, and was appointed Rehearsal Director in 2014. She has set Ms. Childs work on the Lyon Opera Ballet, and the students at Barnard College and George Mason University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1729212574049-W9H72FQ9PZDSWKDGN6QF/image-asset.jpg Company Bios - Kara Walsh Kara Walsh, a native New Yorker who has a deep passion for movement, wellness, and compassion for all living beings. Kara has been dancing since she was a child and has trained extensively in ballet, modern, and contemporary dance at the School of Performing Arts in Litchfield Ct. She spent summers at the Jillana School in Taos, NM and continued her studies at the Ailey School. Kara was a member ofDonald Byrd's Spectrum dance Theater in Seattle WA and played the role of Dream Laurey in the 5th Avenue Theater’s production of Oklahoma. In NYC she performed with The Black Iris Project and has worked with choreographers Benoit Swan Pouffer, Susan Misner, Mary Ann Lamb and Francesca Harper. Kara can be seen in Fosse/Verdon and Fued on FX. Currently Kara is dancing and working on many projects with Karole Armitage. https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/storm daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591296358188-5HONS0PPKAU25S7XJMCM/1-54-20180114-1706.jpg Veiled - Veiled (2016) Veiled, a work for a female cast of six or seven, explores the idea of preserving physical and internal grace in the face of oppression. Martin Bresnick’s, suspenseful score creates a mood that the dancers embody, referencing the plight of Islamic women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591296358188-5HONS0PPKAU25S7XJMCM/1-54-20180114-1706.jpg Veiled - Veiled (2016) Veiled, a work for a female cast of six or seven, explores the idea of preserving physical and internal grace in the face of oppression. 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He is currently a BFA Candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where he has had the opportunity to perform works by choreographers such as Sean Curran, Bobbi Jene Smith, and Loni Landon. As a part of the White Light Festival at New York City Center, he danced in Crystal Pite’s Polaris. He has complemented his training by spending summers at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, American Ballet Theatre, and the Contemporary Program at Jacob’s Pillow, where he performed in works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Robert Moses, and Thang Dao. Chad is currently in the second company of Ballet Hispanico and has been dancing with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance since 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523637209226-XKRK4RC9KDZDNXPX9IO1/6Q5A0896+%281%29.jpg Guest Artists - Chad Balen Chad Balen was born and raised in Southern California where he trained at Maple Conservatory under Charles Maple, formerly of American Ballet Theatre. He is currently a BFA Candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where he has had the opportunity to perform works by choreographers such as Sean Curran, Bobbi Jene Smith, and Loni Landon. As a part of the White Light Festival at New York City Center, he danced in Crystal Pite’s Polaris. He has complemented his training by spending summers at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, American Ballet Theatre, and the Contemporary Program at Jacob’s Pillow, where he performed in works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Robert Moses, and Thang Dao. Chad is currently in the second company of Ballet Hispanico and has been dancing with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance since 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523640014448-HAYBT24BC38WU4HH5YC3/8926412.jpg Guest Artists - Christine McMillan Christine McMillan currently dances for the Metropolitan Opera. Performing in over 45 productions, she has had the opportunity to work with numerous choreographers and directors including Doug Varone, Mark Morris, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon, Benjamin Millipied, Graciella Daniele, Mary Zimmerman, and Julie Taymor. She has appeared in live international HD broadcasts and on PBS with the Met. Christine is a Bessie award-winning performer cited for her versatility. Her choreography has been presented at the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, Dancemakers (MKE), ACDA, and at the International Conference on Teaching Somatics-Based Dance. Christine previously danced with Ben Munisteri, Trebien Pollard, Poppo & the GoGo Boys, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, and Richmond Ballet and is a 500 hr. certified yoga teacher. She began dancing with Cherylyn in 2000 and recently received an MFA in Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553190987731-U8H5KBOUQ2ATPTMVI347/Screen+Shot+2019-03-21+at+1.55.30+PM.png Guest Artists - Daniel Mantei Daniel Mantei was born in Evansville, Indiana. He began his ballet training with Ceyhun Ozsoy in Duncanville, Texas and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, where he studied with Kim Abel, and spent summers training at Houston Ballet, The Kirov Academy and Boston Ballet. In 2001 he was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and invited to dance at the Kennedy Center. Mantei attended The Royal Ballet School during 2001, performing with both The Royal and Birmingham Royal Ballets. Mantei joined American Ballet Theatre Studio Company in 2002 and danced in American Ballet Theatre’s corps de ballet from 2003 to 2017. His roles with ABT included a dancing gentleman in Manon, Paris in Romeo and Juliet, the Russian Dance in The Nutcracker, leading male roles in Continuo and Amazed in Burning Dreams and roles in Black Tuesday, Duets, Jardin aux Lilas and Thirteen Diversions. While at ABT, Mantei’s dance aesthetic became influenced by his mentor Maggie Black. Mantei choreographed Armaments, Tolling Bells, and Stare Decisis for American Ballet Theatre. He has also created works for Columbia Ballet Collaborative, New York Theatre Ballet and The Seattle Symphony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523639861030-YW971XL897CJ7113N74A/9277901.jpg Guest Artists - Giorgia Bovo Giorgia Bovo was born in Biella, Italy where she grew up until her dance studies brought her to Firenze to train on full scholarship at Scuola del Balletto di Toscana. While in Italy she worked with Junior Balletto di Toscana and Kaos-Balletto di Firenze. After moving to NY, Giorgia has worked with The Metropolitan Opera, Armitage Gone! Dance, The Francesca Harper Project, Bradley Shelver Dance Theater and Collective Body Dance Lab. She currently works with Gabrielle Lamb, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Indelible Dance and Giada Ferrone. As a choreographer she has created work for Uselessness Project and Indelible Dance. Giorgia is an ABT® Certified Teacher in Pre-Primary through Level 5 of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. This is Giorgia's third season with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523639919489-M8Q14DAVD1EINB9O3LDC/5987236.jpeg Guest Artists - Giovanna Gamna Giovanna Gamna is originally from Italy. She studied dance in Florence at Centro Studi Danza e Movimento. She holds a BFA in dance and performance from SUNY Purchase College. In New York she worked for Kazuzo Hirabayiashi Dance Theater, Luca Veggetti's "Xenakis and Japan" at Judson church, Yung-Li Dance and performed in Armitage Gone!’s variety show "Werk". Through Jen Harmon Projects she danced for the NYC productions of "Odissey Works, Theater for One" and for the 2014 edition of "Future of Story Telling" for Fake Love. She currently dances for Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Jen Harmon Projects and Gabrielle Lamb. She is also a Certified Balanced Body Pilates Instructor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553190984475-D3QGCC6W7X5HYNEQK0HY/Screen+Shot+2019-03-21+at+1.55.13+PM.png Guest Artists - Wynne Huo Wynne Huo, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, began dancing at the age of 10. She was recognized for academic and performing arts excellence when she qualified for the Governor’s Honors Program of Georgia. Huo has been fortunate enough to perform at events such as Who’s Who Business Magazine Award Ceremony in Atlanta, and Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival as part of Crystal Pite’s Polaris. She attended NYU under a Tisch School of the Arts scholarship where she had the privilege to perform works directed by Giada Ferrone, Jolinda Menendez, Cherylyn Lavagnino, and Ori Flomin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1633363358472-84ZVFDHJC17QC3LBF881/Kaitlyn+Yiu+CLD.jpg Guest Artists - Kaitlyn Yiu Kaitlyn Yiu, born in Canada, began her training in ballet in Los Angeles and trained in the Vaganova style before entering NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2013. While in L.A., she won awards and scholarships in ballet competitions such as Youth America Grand Prix regionals and L.A. Spotlight Awards and was invited to perform at the Anaheim International Dance Festival’s Stars of Tomorrow Gala. Internationally, she was a semi-finalist in the Moscow International Ballet Competition (IBC) and Helsinki IBC and won the silver medal in the Valentina Kozlova International Contemporary Dance Competition. Since moving to NYC, Kaitlyn has performed in Crystal Pite’s Polaris (featured in Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival) and has performed in works by Seán Curran, Kay Cummings, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Vita Osojnik, Deborah Damast, Selina Chau, Carla Flores, and Jessica Ruhlin, among others. She was also invited by Houston Grand Opera to perform the principal female dancer role in their 2017 production of Nixon in China. In May 2016, Kaitlyn graduated with honors from NYU with a BFA in Dance as a recipient of the J.S. Seidman Award for Dance. In December 2017, she graduated with an M.A. from NYU in Dance Education under the directorship of Dr. Susan Koff and Sascha Radetsky of American Ballet Theatre. She is delighted to be joining Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1633363111352-2E1PQ55LAAHK5T3MGP0G/Lila+Simmons+CLD.jpg Guest Artists - Lila Simmons Lila Simmons hails from Portland, Oregon where she received her initial training at the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre. She has also danced with the Jefferson Dancers under the direction of Steve Gonzales, the Northwest Dance Project under the direction of Sarah Slipper, as a Trainee with the Nevada Ballet Theatre under the direction of James Canfield, and with Ballet Inc. Lila holds a BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Dance. Lila has been dancing with CLD since 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1633363267480-HC01M9NYKB9E2A4I33FO/Malcolm+Miles+Young+CLD.jpg Guest Artists - Malcolm Miles Young Malcolm Miles Young began his dance training at Dance World Academy under the direction of Donna Farinella. He graduated from Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne, NJ in 2018 and is currently a second year BFA dance major at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2018, Malcolm stepped into the position of Rehearsal Director for NJ based Dance Company Padierna Dance Project. This past summer, he was an artistic intern at Move(NYC) under the direction of Nigel Campbell and Chanel DaSilva. Young has attended the Juilliard and Joffrey Summer Dance Intensives on full scholarship, is a member of the National Honor Society for Dance Arts, was a 2019 Taco Bell Foundation Live Más Scholar, a recipient of the 2018 Governor’s Award in Arts Education, and was most recently selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Scholar. Performance highlights include Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company’s “Freedom of Information” pt. 3 at New York University’s Jack Crystal Theater, Earl Mosley’s Diversity in Dance Repertory Showcase, Dance Against Cancer’s Youth Movement, New Jersey Moves Emerging Choreographers at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), and most recently Janice Rosario’s “X (Point of Intersection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553190979357-ADLICAZQLVMNHUG81RMC/Screen+Shot+2019-03-21+at+1.55.01+PM.png Guest Artists - Sabrina Karlin Sabrina Karlin was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and trained at the Bay Area Dance School under the direction of Leyla Boissonnade. She has received additional training from American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Austin, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. She is fortunate to have also studied abroad with Israel's Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company. In May of 2018, Sabrina graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Dance and BA in Journalism from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where she had the opportunity to perform works by Seán Curran, Giada Ferrone, Pamela Pietro and MADBOOTS DANCE. Most recently, she was seen performing as a featured dancer in Oklahoma! on the historic outdoor stage at Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. Sabrina began dancing with CLD in 2018 and is thrilled to be performing with the Schubert Project! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1633363450742-B7RPFZBIG7EKPY6ZUI37/Sharon+Milanese+CLD.jpg Guest Artists - Sharon Milanese Sharon Milanese is a teaching and performing artist based in New York City. She holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University, is a certified Pilates instructor and bodyworker, and teaches professional ballet classes worldwide. Sharon has performed with New York Theatre Ballet, Cortez and Company Contemporary/Ballet, Verb Ballets, Ramon Oller and the Peridance Ensemble, Corbindances, Liz Gerring Dance Company, Heidi Latsky Dance, Motley Dance, Patricia Hoffbauer, Katie Orthwein, Dusan Tynek Dance Theater, Robert Wilson & Philip Glass in the opera, "Einstein on the Beach,” and in Merce Cunningham’s Centennial Celebration, “Night of 100 Solos.” Sharon danced for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company from 2009-2019, and was appointed Rehearsal Director in 2014. She has set Ms. Childs work on the Lyon Opera Ballet, and the students at Barnard College and George Mason University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523638027261-7QB5VOSGFVJVWDF3B0FE/Preferred+Headshot.jpg Guest Artists - Ramona Kelley Ramona Kelley is from Berkeley, CA where she began her training at Berkeley Ballet Theater. She went on to earn a BFA in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Ramona danced the principal role of ‘Betsy’ in the touring production of Twyla Tharp’s Come Fly Away and went on to dance with the Tharp company creating new roles in addition to performing repertory works. She is a principal guest artist with Oakland Ballet and has also performed with Minnesota Dance Theatre, Claudia Schreier and Co, Post:Ballet, Sidra Bell, and Phantom of the Opera (25th Anniversary Tour) among others. Ramona has taught master classes in Tharp technique across the country and is a guest teacher at NYU’s Tisch Dance. She began dancing for Cherylyn in 2006 and is thrilled to be performing with CLD this season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1634047544307-PMZK6J8STSROIJLQLVH9/Noah+Wang+Headshot+by+Rachel+Neville.jpeg Guest Artists - Noah Wang (he/they) Noah Wang hails from San Francisco, CA, where he received training at the San Francisco Ballet School and Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA). In 2020, he received his BFA in dance from The Juilliard School. He has performed in both new and classic works at Juilliard by John Higgenbotham, Peter Chu, Martha Graham, Stephen Petronio, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, and Jose Limon. Since graduation, he has worked as a guest artist with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, ODC Theater, Buglisi Dance Theatre and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center in San Francisco. Noah currently dances with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. He is ecstatic to embark on Mythologies, his first performance with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1730120414804-FZFVU0HMF5CE2LCVUXO1/6Q5A0199.jpg Guest Artists - Christine McMillan Christine McMillan is currently an Associate Professor, Lecturer at the University of Utah. She danced professionally with The Metropolitan Opera for 19 years performing in over 45 productions in addition to dancing with Richmond Ballet, Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Ben Munisteri Dance Projects, Trebien Pollard, Poppo & the GoGo Boys, Rebecca Kelly Ballet, and White Wave Dance. Christine was awarded a Bessie for Performance in 2004, and her performance of Lavagnino’s work was singled out by the NY critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa in her list of “most memorable arts experiences of 2014.” Her choreography has been presented at CPR in Brooklyn, artÉmotion, Dancemakers, ACDA, The University of Utah, Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, and the Somatic Dance Conference. Christine received a B.S. from Indiana University in Ballet & Psychology and an MFA in Dance from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Certified in yoga, the Ellové Technique, and in FA®ME, she continues to research somatic practices focusing on their application to dance technique and as a means to promote wellness in dance and in life. Christine first danced with CLD in 2000 and is thrilled to be part of this 25th anniversary season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751312364295-MSITAU0OCOZXS6C0KB51/image-asset.jpeg Guest Artists - Ethan Huffman Ethan Huffman is from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he began dancing competitively at the age of seven, working in all styles of dance. In 2019, Ethan was invited to train at The School of American Ballet under the direction of Kay Mazzo and Jonathan Stafford. Upon completion in 2022, Ethan joined New York Theatre Ballet at age eighteen, and has performed historic works in the company's repertoire including “Dark Elegies,” and “Little Improvisations” by Antony Tudor, “Septet” by Jerome Robbins, and “Scramble,” by Merce Cunningham. Ethan was also a part of Jacob’s Pillow’s Summer Season, premiering a new work by Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa for the opening of the festival. Ethan has had the pleasure of training intensely under Tim Fox, Arch Higgins, Paul Gibson, Susan Pillare, Nancy Bielski, Allen Pieffer, Diana Byer, Gonzalo Garcia, Anthony Huxley, and many others who have helped shape his artistic and technical approach. Ethan is passionate about maintaining the integrity of dance history and recreation, and loves to read, play games, and teach any type of dance in his free time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1729709202335-U5QQZYP0EKBU6V55U543/6Q5A0199.jpg Guest Artists - Joshua Palmer Joshua Palmer is a performing artist, arts educator, and HR professional residing in Brooklyn, NY. He holds a BFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He has performed domestically and internationally with NYC-based companies/choreographers including Doug Elkins, Douglas Dunn, Hilary Easton, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Ani Taj / The Dance Cartel, T. Lang, and Edisa Weeks. Though he still performs occasionally, he transitioned out of the full-time performer life to pursue a career in nonprofit arts administration about a decade ago. He has since served on the senior leadership team of Ballet Hispanico (and as a faculty member in their pre-professional studies program), as a curriculum specialist for The Juilliard School’s Global K-12 Programs, and is currently the Director of People & Culture for Ballet Tech, New York City's Public School for Dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1729212723379-OISMSKRLUA6EK49INEDI/6Q5A0199.jpg Guest Artists - TaraMarie Perri TaraMarie Perri is an interdisciplinary artist-performer and teacher. She earned her MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a BA in Visual Arts History from College of the Holy Cross. Three decades ago, she began the lifelong study path of classical Yoga traditions which led to a vocation alongside a career in the arts and education. In 2006, TaraMarie joined the faculty of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is also a long-time faculty member at Steps on Broadway. Past faculty engagements include American Dance Festival, Joffrey Ballet School, and Dance New Amsterdam. She has been guest artist/lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education in collaboration with Silkroad Project, University of Iowa, DeSales University, College of the Holy Cross, Goldsmiths UK, and Queen Mary University of London. Guided by the principles of improvisation and the dharma of contemplative art practices, TaraMarie makes dances, paints, draws and writes. She seeks out projects and experiential learning environments which foster introspection and communing with nature. Her art practice is open to the alchemy of the collaborative process with others in-studio, onstage and outdoors. As a classically trained dancer, TaraMarie has performed with ballet, contemporary and dance theater companies in NY, PA and MA. Having danced with CLD during several seasons including the very first in 2000, she is beyond thrilled to be returning to celebrate the 25th Anniversary Season with Cherylyn and company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1759435375454-BPY4CI1PCX97651IQBGE/6Q5A0199.jpg Guest Artists - Jesse Campbell Jesse began his career in the arts in Santa Fe, NM. He earned his BFA magna cum laude from The University of Arizona and graduated with his MS from the University of New Mexico. Jesse’s dance career highlights include dancing in the corps de ballet of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, in Alessandra Ferri’s “The Piano Upstairs", guest performance engagements in New Zealand, and featured dance roles at The Metropolitan Opera where he’s performed since 2018. He joined Cherlylyn Lavagnino Dance in 2018 and has danced in "Camila", "Drive", "Ru" and other works. He is a lighting designer for dance with recent work for Baryshnikov Arts Center and New Jersey Ballet, and is the director of production for the Vail Dance Festival. Outside of the arts, Jesse is passionate about environmental sustainability and has participated in initiatives using computer science to forecast water scarcity and future water patterns of mountainous watersheds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1761071336244-2H6HATS3QN2IIS3535JS/6Q5A0199.jpg Guest Artists - Katie Rolph Katie Rolph is a freelance dance artist based in New York City. She began her dance training at the Anna Marie Dance Studio in Wilmington, Delaware, and continued her studies at the Philadelphia Ballet, BalletX, Delaware Arts Conservatory, and JAM Youth Tap Project. Katie graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from the Honors College at Florida State University, where she trained with professors Kara Wilkes, Ilana Goldman, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Donna Uchizono, and Gwen Welliver. She performed in restagings of Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15 and Serenade as a featured soloist under the direction of Suzanne Farrell, as well as in several faculty works. During her time at FSU, she also danced with The Tallahassee Ballet in works by Christopher Huggins, Kathryn Karrh Cashin, and Tyrone Brooks. As a freelance artist, Katie has performed with Amanda Treiber, Katy Cashin, and io Ermoli. She has also premiered two collaborative dance films at the Digital Graffiti Festival in Alys Beach, Florida, and has a passion for dance photography. Katie works administratively for Smashworks Dance, under the direction of Ashley McQueen, and serves as an Education Programming Assistant and Teaching Artist for Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion. She is grateful for the opportunity to perform with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance in their upcoming season. https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/summertime-gallery daily 0.75 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636231735-H5QYN98SC5AHN9P5WEWR/1-54-20180114-9215.jpg Summertime - Summertime (2017) is a duet inspired by Edward Hopper’s painting Summer Evening, set to Janis Joplin’s recording of George Gershwin’s Summertime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636231735-H5QYN98SC5AHN9P5WEWR/1-54-20180114-9215.jpg Summertime - Summertime (2017) is a duet inspired by Edward Hopper’s painting Summer Evening, set to Janis Joplin’s recording of George Gershwin’s Summertime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636235272-6JZWDR5S1WW89VQTUROD/1-54-20180114-1604.jpg Summertime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636250533-34NH0HURMDVR2FXXK1FD/1-54-20180114-1600.jpg Summertime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1528471474060-9WAQ0U4FFCYYSCKE4FSC/Screen+Shot+2018-06-08+at+11.23.15+AM.jpg Summertime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656382597073-ZAR3GV4B11ND1RWQ8PJC/CR-20180627-8512.jpg Summertime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1524067213417-WSSOR93NYT4LEZ9EYXY1/Screen+Shot+2018-04-18+at+11.59.58+AM.png Summertime https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656382597317-RUUMQZASGL79KOFRRSUL/CR-20180627-8563.jpg Summertime https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/company-body-shots daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1575311550571-EVKDLOMGFQK2PWON1X0O/Claire+Bodyshot.jpg Company body shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1575311550571-EVKDLOMGFQK2PWON1X0O/Claire+Bodyshot.jpg Company body shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1575311619278-8EDT6WJQ4QWDKL9A2B26/IMG_5793.PNG Company body shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527263341156-DA648SI3GXGMKL3344ED/image3.png Company body shots - Barrington Hinds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527263248270-ZMTOUP2BM56ZS7LPJF2V/image3.png Company body shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527264540402-MGH0HUESEG1Y7RYZG27B/6Q5A0707.jpg Company body shots - Emma Pajewski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527263287164-ZL9M6VOCQ60VNGXRPGY4/6Q5A0897.jpg Company body shots - Justin Faircloth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527263297553-ZTHEHN80OJEPFFPENU8S/Preferred+Bodyshot.jpg Company body shots - Ramona Kelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529682634082-THT2UM51AWT1YL4TKQ7G/6Q5A0554.jpg Company body shots - Corinne Hart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1575311607842-HE6SPTOP7EFRZ0HY98NN/Lila.jpg Company body shots https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/all-collaborators daily 0.75 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1730927078747-JLGC0IRW95BMK4L7ZIIP/6Q5A0064.jpg Collaborators - Scott Killian (Composer/Sound Designer/Keyboard Artist) Scott Killian, a well-known artist in the dance world, has collaborated with Cherylyn on eighteen dance works. He has composed scores for Zvi Gotheiner (over 30 works), Shapiro & Smith Dance, David Dorfman, Susan Marshall, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. His works have been performed with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Limon Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, PACT Dance (South Africa), Repertory Dance Theater of Salt Lake City, et al. As a dance musician, he is a regular accompanist at Gibney 890 Studios and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. As a composer and sound designer for theater, Scott has created works for over 120 professional productions in NYC and at many regional theaters. NYC theatrical venues include Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Manhattan Class Company, Red Bull Theatre, Primary Stages and Rattlestick Theatre. Regional theatres include Berkshire Theatre Group (Resident Composer/Sound Designer--over 50 productions), George Street Playhouse (over 25 productions), Alley Theatre, A.C.T. of San Francisco, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Seattle Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Shakespeare and Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Boston’s Huntington Theatre, Theater Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1730927078747-JLGC0IRW95BMK4L7ZIIP/6Q5A0064.jpg Collaborators - Scott Killian (Composer/Sound Designer/Keyboard Artist) Scott Killian, a well-known artist in the dance world, has collaborated with Cherylyn on eighteen dance works. He has composed scores for Zvi Gotheiner (over 30 works), Shapiro & Smith Dance, David Dorfman, Susan Marshall, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. His works have been performed with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Limon Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, PACT Dance (South Africa), Repertory Dance Theater of Salt Lake City, et al. As a dance musician, he is a regular accompanist at Gibney 890 Studios and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. As a composer and sound designer for theater, Scott has created works for over 120 professional productions in NYC and at many regional theaters. NYC theatrical venues include Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Manhattan Class Company, Red Bull Theatre, Primary Stages and Rattlestick Theatre. Regional theatres include Berkshire Theatre Group (Resident Composer/Sound Designer--over 50 productions), George Street Playhouse (over 25 productions), Alley Theatre, A.C.T. of San Francisco, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Seattle Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Shakespeare and Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Boston’s Huntington Theatre, Theater Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187444154-0LYO5Q6SP92GWLIVVLJT/martin_modern_big.jpg Collaborators - Martin Bresnick (composer) Born in New York City in 1946, Martin Bresnick’s compositions - from opera, dance, choral, chamber and symphonic music to film scores and computer music - are performed throughout the world. He delights in reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable, bringing together repetitive gestures derived from minimalism with a harmonic palette that encompasses both highly chromatic sounds and more open, consonant harmonies and a raw power reminiscent of rock. Bresnick’s orchestral music has been performed by the National Symphony, Chicago Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Münster Philharmonic, Kiel Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Radio Televisione Italiana, Orchestra New England, City of London Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika, and Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, Fairfax Symphony, New Haven Symphony, and the Australian Youth Orchestra. His chamber and choral music has been performed in concert by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Crossing Choir, Sonor, Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae; Bang on A Can All-Stars, Nash Ensemble, MusicWorks!, Zeitgeist, Musical Elements, Alarm Will Sound, Double Entendre, Tactus, Le Train Bleu, White Ibis Ensemble, Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo, New Morse Code, NakedEye Ensemble, TwoSense, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Chamber Music Northwest, Yale Choral Artists, Prism Saxophone Quartet, Great Noise Ensemble, Brentano String Quartet, Third Coast Percussion, Sō Percussion, Icarus Quartet, Crux Duo, Mammoth Trio, and Plexus Trio. Festivals throughout the world have featured Bresnick’s music: New York Philharmonic Biennial Festival, Bang on a Can Marathons, Big Ears Festival, Chautauqua Festival, Tanglewood, Olavsfest (Trondheim Norway), Oviedo New Music Festival (Spain), International Navy Saxophone Symposium, Missouri Chamber Music Festival, Evolution Contemporary Music Series, Tura New Music Festival Perth (Australia), International Festival of Arts and Ideas (New Haven), Sonic Boom, Adelaide, Sydney, Israel, Prague Spring, South Bank's Meltdown (London), Almeida, Melbourne Metropolis, Turin, Banff, Norfolk, ISCM, New Music America, New York Philharmonic New Horizons, and Red Note New Music Festival. Bresnick has written music for films - two of which, Arthur & Lillie (1975) and The Day After Trinity (1981) were nominated for Academy Awards in the documentary category (both with Jon Else, director). Other films include Cadillac Desert, Mohammed - Legacy of a Prophet, The Botany of Desire, William Carlos Williams, and Wallace Stevens - Made Made Out Of Words. Bresnick’s prizes and commissions include the inaugural Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Rome Prize, The Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Koussevitzky Commission, Fulbright Fellowship, three N.E.A. Composer Grants, A.S.C.A.P. Awards, MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Morse Fellowship from Yale University, First Prize - Premio Ancona, First Prize - International Sinfonia Musicale Competition, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Grant with Chamber Music America (1983), two First Prizes, Composers Inc. Competitions, Semi-finalist - Friedheim Awards, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Elise L. Stoeger Prize for Chamber Music, Composer-in Residence, American Academy In Rome. Bresnick is recognized as an influential teacher of composition. Students from every part of the globe and of virtually every musical inclination have been inspired by his critical encouragement. He is currently a professor at the Yale University School of Music, where he has been a widely influential teacher of contemporary composition since 1981. His teaching has been recognized by a Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching at Stanford University, ASCAP Foundation's Aaron Copland Prize for Teaching, and the Yale School of Music’s highest honor - the Sanford Medal for Service to Music. Educated at the High School of Music and Art NYC, University of Hartford (B.A. '67), Stanford University (M.A. '68, D.M.A. '72), and the Akademie für Musik, Vienna ('69-'70), Bresnick’s principal teachers of composition include György Ligeti, John Chowning, and Gottfried von Einem. Martin Bresnick is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His compositions are published exclusively by Carl Fischer Music Publishers, New York; Bote & Bock, Berlin; CommonMuse Music Publishers, New Haven. They have been recorded on Cantaloupe Music, New World Records, Albany Records, Bridge Records, Tall Poppies, Composers Recordings Incorporated, Centaur, Starkland Records, and Artifact Music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751313918227-6RCFW346U44D46JFMUW0/6Q5A0064.jpg Collaborators - Karen Boyer (costume designer) Karen Boyer designs and builds costumes in NYC. Past and recent collaborators include choreographers Catherine Galasso, Faye Driscoll, Sidra Bell, Abigail Levine, Sarah Dahnke, nicHi douglas, Katy Pyle, and Sunny Hitt; Opera Columbus, Fresh Squeezed Opera, and theater makers Yangtze Rep, the New Wild, Object Collection, harunalee, Little Lord, Pan Asian Repertory, and Target Margin Theater. BFA: Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA: NYU Tisch. karenrachelboyer.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751989193117-QRF70Z8T5QKS1TVOEL0S/Head+shot+first+crop+2.jpg Collaborators - Mark London MARK LONDON (Lighting Designer) Newly retired from 24 years in broadcast lighting, Mark is happy to reconnect with Cherylyn Lavagnino after so many years. Some of Mark’s design credits include ZviDance, Noche Flamenca de Madrid, Stars of the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet and the Chinese Opera of Taipei, Jeanette Stoner, Muna Tseng and ISO Dance as well as theatre productions at the Public Theater and the Brooklyn Academy of Music among many other intimate venues. Mark credits his wife Gail and children Rachel and Ian as a constant source of inspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1530501383157-DLQSLNDUP9JNG3OS51UB/M+1.jpg+-+Christopher+Metzger+.jpg Collaborators - Christopher Metzger (costume design) Christopher Metzger is a Brooklyn based designer working in theatre, opera, and dance. Designs for CLD include: Kamila, Veiled, Ru, Treize en Jeu, Hera’s Wrath, and Naděje. His work with the company has been seen at the Beijing International Contemporary Dance Festival, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, American Dance Guild, and Danspace Project. Recent designs include: "Little Gem" (Irish Rep), Orlando (AADA), Sweat (Mobile National Tour, Public Theater), Harlequin & Pantalone (Dorrance Dance), LIFE SUCKS., Happy Birthday, Wanna June, Enemy of the People (Wheelhouse Theater), La Traviata (Philharmonia of New York), West Side Story (Sioux City Symphony), Tosca (Opera Roanoke), Sehnsucht (Jack). Associate credits include: Sweat (Broadway), Falsettos (First National Tour), The Public Theatre, Santa Fe Opera, Theatre for a New Audience, Glimmerglass Opera. Christopher’s work in television includes, Apple TV’s, Dickinson. MFA, NYU. Proud member Local USA 829. www.christophermetzgerdesign.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1561502525927-L1FLESAIU0L2K01XNLWC/Jese+Seegers+portrait.jpg Collaborators - Jesse Seegers (set design) Jesse Seegers is a New York-based spatial practitioner working between architecture, graphic design, writing, editing, publishing, and research practices. His hybrid creative practice includes; designing and fabricating pneumatic/inflatable environments commissioned for events, performances, parties and temporary social encounters; teaching graphic design and publishing at New York University in the Tandon School of Engineering's Media and Gaming Network (MAGNET) and at The New School for Social Research in the Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism MA program as well as the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design. He maintains a practice writing, editing and consulting on architecture, art, design and technology for publications, institutions and cultural organizations as a balance between both mental and tactile labor as well as technical and artistic faculties. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and has written about architecture, art, design, and technology for publications in print and online including: PIN-UP, REAL Review, The Architect’s Newspaper, TANK, Frog, DAMn°, and Volume, among others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187478536-Z9M9IG96UDL0QCBRF65D/Lisa+Moore+piano+%C2%A9Yumiko-Izu.jpg Collaborators - Lisa Moore (Conductor, Music Director) New York-based Australian musician Lisa Moore is a multifaceted pianist, a prolific recording artist, and an avid collaborator. The New York Times has singled out her playing for its “life and freshness” and “fragility and tenderness”, The New Yorker describes her as “visionary” and “New York’s queen of the avant-garde piano” while Pitchfork claims “she’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas”. Given a special passion for the music of our time, Moore won the silver medal in the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition and has since performed hundreds of commissioned works and world premieres – having worked with more than two hundred living composers, while residing and collaborating in the vibrant new music scene of New York City since 1985. Moore has performed throughout Europe, the UK, USA, and Asia - on some of the world’s great stages: New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, La Scala in Milan, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein. She has released twelve solo albums - ranging from music by Leoš Janáček to Julia Wolfe - and more than thirty collaborative discs. Gramophone writes about her 2015 Mad Rush Philip Glass disc: “what becomes abundantly clear is Moore’s highly developed, intuitive and nuanced approach to this music”. Moore’s 2016 album The Stone People was selected by The New York Times Top Classical Albums 2016 and Naxos Critics’ Choice 2017. In June 2022, Moore released no place to go but around – her second album of music by Frederic Rzewski – to compelling notice. The New York Times remarked that the album is “meticulous...clever...hits the gas with controlled force”. For sixteen years (92-08) Moore was the founding pianist for the award-winning electro-acoustic sextet Bang On A Can All-Stars. She has performed with leading artists, ensembles and dance companies – Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Don Byron, Pamela Z, Thurston Moore, Iva Bittova, Bryce Dessner, London Sinfonietta, Steve Reich Ensemble, New York City Ballet, American Composers Orchestra, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a concerto soloist, Moore has performed with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmania Symphony, Thai National, Monash MAPA, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Wesleyan University Orchestra-Sumarsam Gamelan, and the Queensland Philharmonic. She has worked under the batons of David Robertson, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Brett Dean, Roger Benedict, Bradley Lubman, Steven Schick, Benjamin Northey, Richard Mills, Reinbert de Leeuw, Jorge Mester, Leonard Dommett, Dobbs Frank, and Angel Gil-Ordonez. Moore’s festival appearances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Banff, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, PianoSpheres LA, Chamber Music Northwest, Huddersfield, Vale of Glamorgan, Liquid Music MN, Holland, Graz, Hamburg, Taormina, Paris d’Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Barbican, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw. Lisa Moore is a Steinway artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751989576916-X4BV9CK18802H6COT5XM/Eleonore+Oppenheim.jpeg Collaborators - Hayk Arsenyan (Piano) New York based pianist and composer Dr. Hayk Arsenyan has appeared in numerous recitals throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas, in venues such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Salle Cortot (Paris), the Concourse (Sydney), Cadillac-Shanghai Concert Hall (China), Kumin Hall (Tokyo), Petranka Mozarteum (Prague), Auditorio Delibes (Valladolid), Dar-Al-Assad Opera House (Damascus), Sala Cervantes (Havana), MoBU (Sao Paolo), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow), Philippines National Museum (Bacolod), and televised recitals at the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, the Phillips Collection Series in Washington DC and at the Nixon Presidential Museum in Los Angeles. At the age of 11 Mr. Arsenyan made his debut at the Armenian Philharmonic performing his own Requiem for the piano and orchestra. At the age of 17, he made his European debut as a soloist with the Radio France National Philharmonic Orchestra and was awarded a platinum medal by the City of Paris. In 2007, Mr. Arsenyan debuted at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall performing with Pinchas Zukerman and the Manhattan Chamber Sinfonia. A long-time professor at NYU Tisch School, Dr. Arsenyan has presented guest lectures and masterclasses at universities and conservatories around the globe, such as University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, the Hong Kong University, Waseda University in Tokyo, Superior Conservatory of Seville (Spain), the Manhattan School of Music in NY, University of Texas in Austin, and National Conservatory in Damascus. Dr. Arsenyan is a scholar of Iberian 18th-century music and compiled a performance guide to Antonio Soler’s sonatas as part of his doctoral dissertation, which was translated into Spanish and published by the prestigious publishing house Boileau Editorial de Musica in Barcelona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751989322772-EAPUW91HCHH45LPX27NQ/Brendon+Randall+Myers+headshot+%28Caroline+Harrison%29.jpeg Collaborators - Adeline DeBella (flute) Adeline DeBella is a contemporary flutist, vocalist, improviser, and chamber musician based in New York City. She is active in performing and commissioning interdisciplinary works for solo flute/voice, low flutes, and unconventional chamber ensembles. Adeline is a Trevor James Low Flutes artist. Additionally, she is a founding member of Dice Trio and Duo Bellota, both ensembles committed to experimental performance and discovery of new music. Addy holds a Master’s of Contemporary Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and a Master’s of Music Performance in flute from SUNY Purchase College, where she studied under Dr. Tara Helen O’Connor. She holds a Bachelor’s of Music Performance in flute from Columbus State University, where she studied under Dr. Andrèe Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1763326327872-HPZR7CHYNDFPNCS2WZX4/Graeme%2BSteele%2BJohnson%2Bcredit%2BDylan%2BHancook.jpg Collaborators - Graeme Steele Johnson (Clarinet) Praised for his "elegant and rounded sound" (Albany Times Union) and "effortless...unmatched" technique (The Clarinet Online), Graeme Steele Johnson is an artist of uncommon imagination and versatility. His diverse artistic endeavors range from a TEDx talk comparing Mozart and Seinfeld, to his reconstruction of a forgotten 125-year-old work by Charles Martin Loeffler. Johnson’s recent appearances include the Library of Congress, Chamber Music Northwest, Ravinia, Emerald City Music, and the Bridgehampton, Rockport, Orcas Island and Phoenix Chamber Music Festivals, as well as solo recitals at The Kennedy Center and Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess series. Since 2022 he has served as the clarinetist of the award-winning quintet WindSync, one of only two American wind quintets with a full-time, international touring schedule. In 2020, Johnson discovered the unpublished manuscript to a forgotten 125-year-old Octet by Charles Martin Loeffler, one of the most performed American composers of his time. Johnson spent a year reconstructing the Octet's score, creating the first critical edition of the music and revealing a kaleidoscopic piece spanning a half-hour. Johnson’s world-premiere recording of the work will be released on Delos Productions in the spring of 2024, coinciding with the first modern performances of the piece at the Library of Congress, Morgan Library, Harvard Musical Association, Phoenix Chamber Music Festival and The Stissing Center. Interested in shedding fresh perspective on familiar music, Johnson has authored numerous chamber arrangements of repertoire ranging from Mozart to Messiaen, and performed them around the country with such artists as the Miró Quartet, Valerie Coleman and Bridget Kibbey. Johnson is the winner of the Hellam Young Artists’ Competition and the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and holds an exclusive recording contract with Delos. He earned graduate degrees from the Yale School of Music, and his major teachers include David Shifrin, Charles Neidich, Nathan Williams and Ricardo Morales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1751989403481-ZI5O5U4Y3N25YGG41H2Q/AshleyBathgate+cello.jpg Collaborators - Michael Ferri (violin) Lauded for their “fine bow control and excellent intonation” (Cleveland Classical), violinist Michael Ferri forges a multifaceted career spanning solo, chamber, and orchestral playing. Born in Bergamo, Italy, Ferri holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Rice University, and Yale School of Music. Awards include First Prize at the Mika Hasler Young Artist Competition, the Shepherd School of Music Concerto Competition, the Duquesne Young Artists National Competition, and the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition; Second Prize at the Fischoff Competition, and the Jack Kent Cooke Award. They have appeared as soloist with the Houston Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Yale Philharmonia, among others. Michael’s summer festival appearances include Aspen, Mimir, Avaloch, St. Lawrence Quartet Seminar, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, and The Chamber Music Collective at Cornell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187715562-GZ8THUJXWXXBRQL4SX5C/Miriam+Liske-Doorandish.jpeg Collaborators - Miriam Liske-Doorandish (Cello) At age 2 Miriam Liske-Doorandish requested her first cello and began lessons with her mother, Lisa Liske-Doorandish. She has since studied with Jonathan Kramer, Hans Jensen, Bartholomew LaFollette (BMus studies at the Royal College of Music), Amir Eldan (BA and AD at Oberlin Conservatory) and Paul Watkins (MM and MMA at the Yale School of Music). Raised in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, Miriam is motivated by a love of collaboration which has led her into traditional chamber settings as well as traditional fiddling sessions. As cellist of the exploratory ensemble Trio Ondata, Miriam is a recipient of the gold and audience prizes at the 2023 Yellow Springs Chamber Competition. The trio also won silver medal and the Horszowski Prize at The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (‘22), and were winners of the 2022 Yale School of Music Chamber Competition. Miriam is at home with music up to and beyond the edges of the classical canon, embracing baroque and contemporary performance throughout her studies. In recent years Miriam has appeared at festivals such as Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Norfolk New Music, IMS Prussia Cove, Kneisel Hall, Four Seasons, the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, Musique à Marsac, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. Recognized for her arts advocacy, Miriam has received support from The Secular Society and Oberlin’s Flint Initiative Grant for her work as a founder and co-director of the Cello Springs Festival, a cross-genre education and performance project in Yellow Springs, OH. Miriam is currently based in New Haven, CT where she plays with Trio Ondata, the Havenwood Quartet and Versicolor New Music. In counterpoint with her performing and teaching life, Miriam is invested in community-building, the culinary arts, and exploring the Great Outdoors. She plays a Rocca model cello (2019) by Maryland-based luthier Howard Needham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1716175919585-BLOR8CTNR1K1EJH1YWMA/Eleonore+Oppenheim.jpeg Collaborators - Tristan Kasten-Krause (Doublebass) Tristan Kasten-Krause is a bassist and composer living in Brooklyn, New York whose work enlarges the minutiae of close tones and subtle gestures. As a bassist he has been credited with lending his “low-end authority to vital New York institutions” (the New Yorker) and praised for his “heavenly” (the Guardian) original compositions. His work exploring duration and expanded time has led to multiple showcases on the Hudson Basilica’s 24-Hour Drone festival, performances of cathartic, hour-long compositions with experimental black metal band Scarcity, and the premiere of the marathon 6-hour opera, Stranger Love, for the LA Phil. Over the last decade Tristan has worked with forward-thinking artists such as Sigur Ros, Alvin Lucier, Caroline Shaw, LEYA, Sarah Hennies, and Steve Reich. He has served as bassist in many prominent New York ensembles including Talea Ensemble, Wet Ink, Ensemble Signal and Contemporaneous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187790656-K81UEZBVFCC3OH1U7163/Brendon+Randall+Myers+headshot+%28Caroline+Harrison%29.jpeg Collaborators - Brendon Randall-Myers (Guitar) Brendon Randall-Myers is a Brooklyn-based composer, guitarist, and sound designer who creates intricate and visceral music at various intersections of rock, experimental, electronic, theater, and classical. His work has been described as "an unflinching testimonial on grief and endurance" (Pitchfork), “emotive and gripping” (The Quietus), “physically punishing, but also detailed with fanatical precision” (Night After Night), and "a yearning explosion” (The Wire). Brendon co-leads avant-black metal band Scarcity, and is a member of the Glenn Branca Ensemble - having conducted the group since Branca’s death in 2018 - and avant-electric guitar quartet Dither. He writes music for classical performers (pianist Miki Sawada, Friction Quartet, cellist Annie Blythe, Chicago Symphony), cross-genre/experimental groups (Bang on a Can, Dither, Warp Trio), and film scores (Docked, Swimming with Stones, We the Economy: Recession). Brendon's work has received support from the Jerome Foundation, New Music USA, New York State Council for the Arts, Chamber Music America, the Guitar Foundation of America, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and ASCAP. He has performed in clubs, concert halls, and basements around the world, including the Barbican Theatre (London), the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), and the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187576006-EKXAJ7EH1I04L88E3PU9/Elly+Toyoda+violin.jpeg Collaborators - Elly Toyoda (Violin) A native of Osaka, Japan, Dr. Elly Toyoda is Visiting Assistant Professor of Violin and Coordinator of Strings at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College teaching violin, chamber music, music theory, and contemporary music. She is a recording artist for Cantaloupe Music label, and has performed in festivals and concerts across Asia, Europe, and North America. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Toyoda was awarded the Prix de Musique Contemporaine by the Fontainebleau School, and has appeared on programs at the National Sawdust, Le Poisson Rouge, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Elb Philharmonie in Germany. She has premiered numerous works through the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Massachusetts International Festival os the Arts, Lake George Music Festival, and Talis Festival. Toyoda is a collaborator with Mammoth Trio and Eighth Blackbird - the 4-time Grammy award-winning contemporary music ensemble. Toyoda was previously faculty-artist for Yale School of Music's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Lecturer at Rutgers University, and violin and viola faculty at Lindeblad School of Music, and SpeakMusic Conservatory. Toyoda studied at Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) where she was elected membership to the National Music Honors Society, Yale School of Music (M.M) where she received the school’s Alumni Prize and was a finalist for the concerto competition, and Rutgers University (D.M.A) where she received the school’s highest honors in recognition of excellence in performance and scholarly research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187842315-GMQ8SCY1EIACK8521XZZ/Amir+Farsi+flute.jpeg Collaborators - Amir Hoshang Farsi (Flute) Iranian and Pakistani-American flutist Amir Hoshang Farsi’s playing has been described as “virtuosic and birdlike” (I Care if You Listen) and having a “beautiful sound and personal sense of expression” (New York Classical Review). Amir has made appearances at notable halls and music festivals across the United States and Canada, including Carnegie Hall, the Banff Centre, MASS MoCA, the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, the Time:Spans Festival, the New World Center, Music@Menlo and Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals, the Bang on a Can Festival, the St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar, the Annapolis and Lake George Music Festivals, and the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. A passionate chamber musician, Amir has collaborated with leading artists such as tenor Nicholas Phan, soprano Meigui Zhang, violinists Arnaud Sussmann and Jennifer Frautschi, cellist Inbal Segev, harpist Parker Ramsay, cellist Mike Block, tabla-player Sandeep Das, flutist Claire Chase, and horn player William Purvis. Other projects have included composers Julia Wolfe, Luca Francesconi, Reena Esmail, Kaija Saariaho, Michi Wiancko, Robert Honstein, visual-artist Kevork Mourad, Running AMOC, and multidisciplinary duo The Afield. Amir is an alumnus of Ensemble Connect (2020-2023)—a joint fellowship through Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and the Weill Institute of Music. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Marina Piccinini and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Ransom Wilson. Amir was named one of ten Density Fellows in its inaugural class as part of Claire Chase’s Density 2036 Project where he works closely with Claire Chase on works from her Density2036 Project. Additionally, Amir recently participated in APAP’s YPCA program granting him and 5 other young artists/ensembles resources in professional development, networking opportunities, and an artist showcase at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1581009689592-E637X3N6W1PB09TQNX6G/AshleyBathgate+cello.jpg Collaborators - Ashley Bathgate (cello) American cellist Ashley Bathgate has been described as an “eloquent new music interpreter” (New York Times) and “a glorious cellist” (The Washington Post) who combines “bittersweet lyricism along with ferocious chops” (New York Magazine). Her “impish ferocity,” “rich tone,” and “imaginative phrasing” (New York Times) have made her one of the most sought after performers of her time. The desire to create a dynamic energy exchange with her audience and build upon the ensuing chemistry is a pillar of Bathgate's philosophy as a performer. Dynamism drives her to venture into previously uncharted areas of ground-breaking sounds and techniques, breaking the mold of a cello's traditionally perceived voice. Bathgate was a member of the acclaimed sextet Bang on a Can All-Stars from 2009-2019. She is also a member of the chamber music group Eighth Blackbird, TwoSense with pianist Lisa Moore, and the Mammoth Trio. Most recently, Ashley was appointed Artistic Director of Avaloch Farm Music Institute, a creative residency program for professional chamber music groups situated in Boscawen, NH. (ashleybathgate.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1634245240654-GT8ND7W3D8NO7TYG35RD/Carol+Lipnik+color+by+Albie+Mitchell+%281%29.JPG Collaborators - Carol Lipnik (composer/vocalist) Composer and vocalist Carol Lipnik has built a dedicated following in New York City as the artist in residence at the East Village Boîte Pangea (where she enjoyed a three year long run), and through her frequent performances at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater. She was an artist in residence at The Philadelphia Kimmel Center (Theater Residency Program in conjunction with The Public Theater) and has also appeared at the Atrium and the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center. Ms. Lipnik has released six CDs on her Mermaid Alley Music label, most recently the acclaimed “Almost Back To Normal,” produced by Jacob Lawson and funded through a grant from the Peter S. Reed Foundation. Notably, she composed music with performance artist John Kelly for “The Escape Artist” and for Michelle Handelman’s video installation “Hustlers and Empires” at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Visit mermaidalley.com for more info. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1634245450812-MGDFKIKPP3PWVWZZEYJP/Jacob+Lawson+Headshot+%281%29.jpg Collaborators - Jacob Lawson (composer/violinist/sound engineer) Jacob Lawson is a composer, producer and violinist who creates works for theatre, dance and popular music. His composition clients have included Tami Stronach Dance, The Flying Machine, David’s Bridal, Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, Shakespeare and Co., Haus, Overcoast, Cellfish, Jumping Giant, and Spork Productions. He scored the award winning film Fray and the animated series The Passion of Jimmy and was a contributing composer for the films Boy Wonder and Kartellet. In the world of popular music he has recorded with and composed arrangements for best selling recording artists including Guster, Sixpence None-the-Richer, Jars of Clay, Ce Ce Winans, Vienna Teng, and Venus Hum as well as dozens of other major label artists. He has produced albums and remixes in a diverse range or genres for Jennifer Knapp, Carol Lipnik, Genna & Jesse, Dave’s True Story and dozens more. He has performed with these and other artists including Tim McGraw, Jill Sobule, and Richard Julian throughout the US and Europe and has appeared in broadcast on the BBC, MTV, Vh1, CBS, ABC and NPR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1730927854462-XC55GY608KLZ88DU4MUP/AshleyBathgate+cello.jpg Collaborators - John Eng (photographer) John Eng (he/him) is a freelance photographer who is based in the NYC metro area. His clientele includes a diverse portfolio of organizations and dance companies. His award-winning work has been featured in online and print publications. His passion for photography comes from the desire to capture fleeting moments in time with lasting images that evoke emotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527871605279-22V3PCLXI3PQ30IPJ0JC/12605558_10153804596797435_8027363005384248019_o.jpg Collaborators - Charles Roussel (photographer) Charles Roussel (b. 1984, France) is a Brooklyn based photographer, specialized in portraiture and editorial work. He holds a Masters in Communication Arts, and completed his education at the International Center of Photography in NYC. He held his first solo show "The NY Chronicles" in 2017 in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527871515273-3Z74DZE0AKUB6HPXVOFG/i-CZFdc4g-M.jpg Collaborators - Travis Magee (photographer) Travis Magee received his BFA in dance from the Boston Conservatory where he had the privilege of working with such legends as Yuriko, Murray Louis and Jennifer Scanlon. Since his graduation he has been a frequent guest with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and a member of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company. As a photographer, Travis has worked with some of the world's greatest dancers to create high energy, kinetic images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527265464752-EFCQPI2IL3O1KOGHRTEE/kk+headshot.jpg Collaborators - Kathy Kaufmann (lighting designer) Kathy Kaufmann has been a resident designer at the Danspace Project at St. Marks Church for over 10 years. She received a “Bessie “(New York Dance and Performance Award) for her body of lighting design work in 2004 and for Yvonne Meier's Stolen in 2009. She was also honored to be included in Curtain Call: Celebrating 100 Years of Women in Design at the New York Performing Arts Library and currently teaches lighting design at Sarah Lawrence College. Recent projects include designs for Sally Silvers, Joanna Kotze, Eiko & Koma, Vanessa Anspaugh, Cori Olinghouse, Jon Kinzel, Rebecca Stenn, Gina Gibney, and Michelle Dorrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527871678893-4ELDXKETKOTEDYIDTFCC/selfportrait.jpeg Collaborators - Betsy Weis (visual artist) Betsy Weis received her BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California and her MA in painting from New York University. Her paintings and digital photo based works have been exhibited throughout the United States in solo and group exhibitions. Earlier this year her work was on exhibition at Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, NY and at SPACEWOMb Gallery in New York City. This will be Weis’ 6 th collaboration with CLD. As a child, I tried to avoid any natural setting as I found walking outdoors among the trees a hellish experience. I loved the city: concrete and traffic were familiar and reassuring. However, the narrow view of the ocean from my bedroom window offered an opportunity to think about nature in a different way. Years later, art school provided the means to learn about and understand nature in art, and consequently, how to convey the aesthetic and experiential perception of nature. Now, using a digital camera and my imagination, I record images of natural environments. In my studio I continue to work on these images in order to create pictures of my memory of nature. from Betsy Weis 2014 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/galleryru-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529379700812-JVITYX3FKFMFHHWW4E0S/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0053+%281%29.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529379700812-JVITYX3FKFMFHHWW4E0S/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0053+%281%29.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728579751-ZAN5PLILCTBLXZTN3L3U/CR-20180627-8714.jpg Ru - RU (2014) RU, inspired by a novel of the same name and written by Kim Thúy, describes a young woman’s life as a post-Vietnam War political refugee. The dancers, in costumes reminiscent of the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress, move inside composer Scott Killian’s shadowy landscape, their movement suggestive of contrasts between struggle and grace, stoicism and despair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728571982-BDR78EB7VZ2WHIRBCSTJ/CR-20180627-8917+%281%29.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728572079-P95LWU1UYIQKYHNTK4VF/CR-20180627-8913+%281%29.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728578438-PVO5HJVV7750EVIC107O/CR-20180627-8887.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728578972-QSU1UX5NX4MM5IK3HZ0M/CR-20180627-8792.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728829007-U6A571PQZ4Q4YGAY73ZT/image-asset.jpeg Ru - Ru (2014) at Danspace Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529380182663-87GD9JKLKMZKE7SAQ1NP/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0453.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529379709606-CMVHCCLZMDU2IHD7NNRI/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0417.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297411417-OMQWH0J1G08MU885LV3U/CR-20180627-9092.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529380131543-DVAXXNPJKNWPNZ5CY70K/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0156.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297405198-3KK2R38LGACOR8WBY4SS/CR-20180627-8751.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529379705224-B127U5RWKARFQPVI6J4N/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0193.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297409256-9WHVJ6LTCSE99H1BJYR8/CR-20180627-8695.jpg Ru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297405076-1CKS39JLF201P1PDAUM2/CR-20180627-8775.jpg Ru - RU (2014) inspired by a novel of the same name and written by Kim Thúy, describes a young woman’s life as a post-Vietnam War political refugee. The dancers, in costumes reminiscent of the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress, move inside composer Scott Killian’s shadowy landscape, their movement suggestive of contrasts between struggle and grace, stoicism and despair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297409434-1TZEAMJB6KPFTQLK66I4/CR-20180627-9006.jpg Ru https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/gallery-nadja daily 0.75 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191365410-X5G9AB5K3RG0WVUVDGHI/1-54-20180114-1108.jpg Gallery images “Kamila” Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Claire Westby, Ramona Kelley, Daniel Mantei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191365410-X5G9AB5K3RG0WVUVDGHI/1-54-20180114-1108.jpg Gallery images “Kamila” Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Claire Westby, Ramona Kelley, Daniel Mantei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529508996151-3HJOUEG9IFE6TS6KREEY/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0458.jpg Gallery images "RU" Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Christine Luciano, Lila Simmons, Giorgio Bovo, Claire Westby, Giovanna Gamna, Selina Chau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1540917400290-ZH6ELG5S8LD54L0A2YHI/Charles_Roussel-CLD-36.jpg Gallery images "Nadaje" Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Coreen Danaher, Barrington Hinds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529508960016-RYOWQ065LM010M528H5K/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0053.jpg Gallery images "RU" Photo by: Charles Roussel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191336212-5V59VYKYTI1ILZ1UAF5R/CR-20180627-8997.jpg Gallery images “RU” Photo by: Charles Roussel Featuring Emma Pajewski, Corinne Hart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529508969179-VM16F1QTNO05150P0V7P/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0193.jpg Gallery images "RU" Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Claire Westby, Barrington Hinds, Justin Faircloth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191379068-LS3V96GU9XPQB79IPXA5/1-54-20180114-9087+%281%29.jpg Gallery images “Kamila” APAP 2018 Photos by Charles Roussel Featuring Lila Simmons, Claire Westby, Michael Greenberg, Chad Balen, Emma Pajewski, Dervla Carey-Jones, Gwen Gussman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191379719-T8M59NQQVSIC6IYFDC6Q/1-54-20180114-1706_preview.jpeg Gallery images “Veiled” Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Claire Westby, Corinne Hart, Dervla Carey-Jones, Gwen Gussman, Lila Simmons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191440569-YOQA08UCUVQEGLUZ2OXP/June18Veiled.jpg Gallery images “Veiled” Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Dervla Carey-Jones, Corinne Hart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1553191516595-32461T3E45P2W8867PMA/CLD-20181125-5135.jpg Gallery images “Treize En Jeux” Photo by Charles Roussel Featuring Wynne Huo, Gwen Gussman, Justin Faircloth, Daniel Mantei, Corinne Hart, Phil Strom, Lila Simmons, Chad Balen, Emma Pajewski, Sabrina Karlin https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-events daily 0.75 2025-01-17 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-events/2025/1/17/cherylyn-lavagnino-dances-24th-anniversary-season monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-events/2023/6/14/june-performance-at-the-jack-crystal-theater monthly 0.5 2023-09-27 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-events/2022/11/27/2022-november-salon-performance-at-new-york-city-center-studios monthly 0.5 2023-05-01 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-events/2021/11/27/mythologies monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1632933968682-76QAM1LZPNW5C4POYSDM/Mythologies+Title.png New Events - 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Douze en Jeu (2018) A re-creation of Treize en Jeu (2013), now titled Douze en Jeu, is a dance for twelve (8 women and 4 men), set to the fourth movement of Franz Schubert’s Trio in E Flat Major. It features duets, trios and solos set against a backdrop of counterpoint group entrances and exits to create a textured stage picture to reflect the complexity of the musical score. The off-kilter use of ballet vocabulary is highlighted by classical character dance influences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443285427-3KXGG21ZTW28USHERA92/CLD%2C_06-2014%2C_photo_by_Ella_Bromblin_%28210%29.jpeg Treize en Jeu - Douze en Jeu (2018) A re-creation of Treize en Jeu (2013), now titled Douze en Jeu, is a dance for twelve (8 women and 4 men), set to the fourth movement of Franz Schubert’s Trio in E Flat Major. It features duets, trios and solos set against a backdrop of counterpoint group entrances and exits to create a textured stage picture to reflect the complexity of the musical score. The off-kilter use of ballet vocabulary is highlighted by classical character dance influences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381894604-RNVB3P153E5J5IZCY7HQ/CLD-20181125-4660.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381893917-GFAQLQ0KE4OSXUGQ79MK/CLD-20181125-4720.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381898702-U1GXSEE2PB00KPMC1TVL/CLD-20181125-4872.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381900751-MORORLKWOQNNZF4Z1IGW/CLD-20181125-4905.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381905283-LMD3IW89LRB99DV58VLJ/CLD-20181125-4945.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381906692-2II37QXVP5YWCV3369LS/CLD-20181125-5145.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381908821-7H2SVMDD4MZMTQ5QT9NF/CLD-20181125-5165.jpg Treize en Jeu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443288573-LJGBUH2HDZGI3JR55ECR/CLD.jpeg Treize en Jeu https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/drive-1 daily 0.75 2020-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477993644-Q1TUQ1PXDFPJ2YFXVTA6/image-asset.jpeg Drive Lavagnino creates a double male/female duet with angular, taut movement vocabulary to explore the uncompromising aspects of ourselves that extend to our most personal relationships. Scott Killian’s evocative score builds on the dancers' unnerving sense of detachment as they dance with keen attention to one another. Ultimately, we recognize that the conflict will not be resolved, yet their impasse is eerily harmonious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477993644-Q1TUQ1PXDFPJ2YFXVTA6/image-asset.jpeg Drive Lavagnino creates a double male/female duet with angular, taut movement vocabulary to explore the uncompromising aspects of ourselves that extend to our most personal relationships. Scott Killian’s evocative score builds on the dancers' unnerving sense of detachment as they dance with keen attention to one another. Ultimately, we recognize that the conflict will not be resolved, yet their impasse is eerily harmonious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297593104-7RACAD4S84OG1A3NLD0L/CLD-20181125-4343.jpg Drive - Drive (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297593206-7B5TY5LVAV45BCHSB23M/CLD-20181125-4334.jpg Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1592506448589-UI7GO8LP37R888J2EKVJ/CLD-20181125-4403.jpg Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443467349-G5H9LLV11OZW55MJB0EL/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-9606.jpg Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443429105-PKFI1DVNOIJ8ATCDP4IK/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-9851.jpg Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443431810-ZCO5DMK38LKG47BZ526W/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-9678.jpg Drive https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-05-21 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/2024/5/21/the-choreographers-perspective-and-creative-process monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/cherylyns-reimagined-mythologies monthly 0.5 2022-10-06 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/scott-killian-assembles-team-of-world-renowned-artists-to-create-score-for-mythologies monthly 0.5 2022-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1624290498119-XWMWNQAH1RBM2AXRALEO/KILLIAN+head+shot.JPG Blog - Scott Killian Assembles Team of World-Renowned Artists to Create Score for Mythologies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1624290551688-L02LKQM1FWWJ1K5ZAOGQ/Carol+Lipnik+color+by+Albie+Mitchell.JPG Blog - Scott Killian Assembles Team of World-Renowned Artists to Create Score for Mythologies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1624290622486-WK1XUR0H3B6LG36EZ5BP/Jacob+Lawson+Headshot.jpg Blog - Scott Killian Assembles Team of World-Renowned Artists to Create Score for Mythologies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/2020/12/01/cld-founder-cherylyn-lavagnino-on-teaching-in-the-time-of-covid monthly 0.5 2020-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1606840886030-R99IGVF4Q4QO8PM4GV1J/f6915a4f-d677-4296-8e45-b8e1d0d63461.jpg Blog - CLD Founder Cherylyn Lavagnino on Teaching in the Time of COVID https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/2020/11/23/cld-dancer-gwendolyn-gussman-on-going-virtual-and-the-pandemic monthly 0.5 2020-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1606150368006-19DH6AY4Z48PO64KVVKS/CR-20180627-8324.jpg Blog - CLD Dancer Gwendolyn Gussman on Going Virtual and the Pandemic https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/2019/10/21/cld-dancer-corinne-hart-on-tales-of-hopper monthly 0.5 2019-10-22 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/blog/2019/5/6/tales-of-hopper-a-work-in-progress-by-cherylyn-lavagnino monthly 0.5 2019-10-22 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/triptych-1 daily 0.75 2022-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297828885-8Q9RVVV87W1A0863VV3F/CLD-5118.jpg Triptych - Triptych (2012) Triptych links two distinct movements featuring Baroque composer, François Couperin’s, Troisième Leçons à deux voix and an original score by Scott Killian. Inspired by the distinct qualities of these scores, Lavagnino has developed a movement lexicon with a sense of quiet beauty and reverence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297828885-8Q9RVVV87W1A0863VV3F/CLD-5118.jpg Triptych - Triptych (2012) Triptych links two distinct movements featuring Baroque composer, François Couperin’s, Troisième Leçons à deux voix and an original score by Scott Killian. Inspired by the distinct qualities of these scores, Lavagnino has developed a movement lexicon with a sense of quiet beauty and reverence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297829314-4B4KEOYL4QI39JUU0SZ8/CLD-4993.jpg Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297835456-SR63PJRDUIA3TKH942NL/CLD-5072.jpg Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297836764-6T2Y79YGD9SGZUYI0IPM/CLD-5079.jpg Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1573840156537-DDEE1K325L2KCRJTPCS9/Triptych+-+Claire+Westby+-+Photographer+Ella+BromblinJPG.JPG Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1573840216998-QN4WZ56Y9P68TWE0Q6VV/Charles_Roussel+-20160117-9798.jpg Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1573840179485-IDSLYFH3HRB4ISAJRZTQ/image.png Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591729365340-LOARF3SKF6AZ6UJ5PI3V/image-asset.jpeg Triptych - Triptych (2012) Excerpts - Version 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591729512752-07I0P6IYUZZ3YPLNIXQO/image-asset.jpeg Triptych - Triptych (2014) at Danspace Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649195343193-4B3PYO293OF6326N3P05/image-asset.jpeg Triptych - Triptych (2014) Full Version - Danspace https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/gallery-for-residencies daily 0.75 2020-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1586372034946-48X0NYYZFYMVKUSQSL1P/image-asset.jpeg Gallery for Residencies - Veiled by Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance (Claire Westby in foreground) Veiled is a work that…. description here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1586372034946-48X0NYYZFYMVKUSQSL1P/image-asset.jpeg Gallery for Residencies - Veiled by Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance (Claire Westby in foreground) Veiled is a work that…. description here https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/tales-of-hopper-premiere daily 0.75 2020-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356650157-GUHDHRKTAFGZMFQGZVZ2/TOH+CLD+3.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere - Tales of Hopper by Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance Tales of Hopper is the fruit of a collaboration between choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick inspired by the work of American painter Edward Hopper. This theater-dance work casts the dancers as figures plucked from selected Hopper paintings, illuminating human connections through gestural movement steeped in subtext, as Bresnick’s original composition for piano, violin, and cello brings emotional undercurrents to the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356650157-GUHDHRKTAFGZMFQGZVZ2/TOH+CLD+3.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere - Tales of Hopper by Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance Tales of Hopper is the fruit of a collaboration between choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick inspired by the work of American painter Edward Hopper. This theater-dance work casts the dancers as figures plucked from selected Hopper paintings, illuminating human connections through gestural movement steeped in subtext, as Bresnick’s original composition for piano, violin, and cello brings emotional undercurrents to the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730455600-ODG7TR149XL5D1JJ3OSI/CLD-__morning+sun+4259.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730475092-E2PRGXRHJOBTFOS9FOSU/CLD-+people4295.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730478220-RUO5ZX90L531ADN9GFO2/CLD-+gas.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730436969-ER0EU7QGSHQRW1FL0BLX/CLD-_office4433.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730437648-9AJBF17V9RZMXUE188D0/CLD-cafeteria4682.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730468365-4KDO36ILGJZJ4P6ED89P/CLD-__+nighthawks4710.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730445381-D568NN35C9BTD3ALQ8V5/CLD-_nighthawks4768.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730446103-KAB7H0LLHHVQNSHNCXPT/CLD-_automat4864.jpg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356652064-9NF32Y7RUT8UUISRYI7R/TOH+CLD+2.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356653959-JTW7FUY2MX8EJ8LU4MSO/TOH+CLD+1.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356643938-SAIYDZBIZUTEKPC3VHD6/TOH+CLD+5.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356640514-Q8RQZQAVB2AW54RTRZ3R/TOH+CLD+7.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356643040-RTIXF2B1D5597QQ2GNBV/TOH+CLD+6.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356640513-4Y2BBP7PMQVQTBJ4I0T1/TOH+CLD+8.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730921973-HTBE91B9H58M9WV1133M/image-asset.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere - Tales of Hopper (Excerpts) - APAP 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1592510534063-UVV9KAEZIM9PK45TFTM2/image-asset.jpeg Tales of Hopper Premiere - Tales of Hopper Promotional Video https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/monsters-of-grace-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297193236-V2CZWSHZ9FBDOQZ3MMI6/CR-20200112-1934.jpg Monsters of Grace - Monsters of Grace (2019) Monsters of Grace, questions how strength, grace, and femininity can co-exist in a single body using the percussive and ethereal qualities of the pointe shoe. Through a non-traditional application of pointe work, this piece celebrates the strength and ability of the women on stage without losing touch with their intrinsic femininity. We see a band of women reminiscent of Amazonian Warriors who are self-sufficient in and of themselves. They prepare for combat, honing attentive stillness, tension, and calculated release through archery, thrusting themselves into the air with a quiet, earthbound power. Monsters of Grace puts forward a vision of full-bodied, qualified women whose varied inner lives and ways of occupying space lend strength and poignancy to their performance, defying stereotypes around what bodies are suited to ballet. Read more from Oberon’s Grove on the piece here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297193236-V2CZWSHZ9FBDOQZ3MMI6/CR-20200112-1934.jpg Monsters of Grace - Monsters of Grace (2019) Monsters of Grace, questions how strength, grace, and femininity can co-exist in a single body using the percussive and ethereal qualities of the pointe shoe. Through a non-traditional application of pointe work, this piece celebrates the strength and ability of the women on stage without losing touch with their intrinsic femininity. We see a band of women reminiscent of Amazonian Warriors who are self-sufficient in and of themselves. They prepare for combat, honing attentive stillness, tension, and calculated release through archery, thrusting themselves into the air with a quiet, earthbound power. Monsters of Grace puts forward a vision of full-bodied, qualified women whose varied inner lives and ways of occupying space lend strength and poignancy to their performance, defying stereotypes around what bodies are suited to ballet. Read more from Oberon’s Grove on the piece here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297187730-WB625NZ5MK5DN1DGZRXA/CR-20200112-1867.jpg Monsters of Grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297188069-CDP06UOFAXTBLNE3EGSB/CR-20200112-1914.jpg Monsters of Grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297192748-IN2RLBE2JJOP153HS1TU/CR-20200112-1854.jpg Monsters of Grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591727868022-S5PDKBCBHVAFBCONT6W2/CR-20200112-1922.jpg Monsters of Grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728138131-O1K1CQTE7C3M427LNSZS/image-asset.jpeg Monsters of Grace - Monsters of Grace (Full Version) - APAP 2020 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-folder daily 0.75 2020-07-14 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/new-folder-1 daily 0.75 2020-07-14 https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/featured-rep daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594927064881-HXO1V9A6U7V911WZN4U7/CR-20180627-8472.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594841644453-MW7AVT5PD41NQ55Q034K/CLD-__movie4654.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594844969884-D1TINOQ6Y5XOE0CYHJJA/CR-20180627-8714.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477993644-Q1TUQ1PXDFPJ2YFXVTA6/image-asset.jpeg Featured Repertory Lavagnino creates a double male/female duet with angular, taut movement vocabulary to explore the uncompromising aspects of ourselves that extend to our most personal relationships. Scott Killian’s evocative score builds on the dancers' unnerving sense of detachment as they dance with keen attention to one another. Ultimately, we recognize that the conflict will not be resolved, yet their impasse is eerily harmonious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1608242738362-2XTPZ3R22BYM6V7X3AQG/CLD-5072.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594841644453-MW7AVT5PD41NQ55Q034K/CLD-__movie4654.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594841644453-MW7AVT5PD41NQ55Q034K/CLD-__movie4654.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594841644453-MW7AVT5PD41NQ55Q034K/CLD-__movie4654.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594844969884-D1TINOQ6Y5XOE0CYHJJA/CR-20180627-8714.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/ea2bcb23-5c87-4d30-a361-7f0d338d6b99/CR-20211126-1009.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1695837953876-EVIFJMXQK6GSKOMS5VRM/Lavagnino+Dance+2023-06-13+-+009.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477628777-P4FBCCCJRSD8082BGE7Q/CLD-_office4433.jpg Featured Repertory - About Tales of Hopper is the fruit of a collaboration between choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick inspired by the work of American painter Edward Hopper. This theater-dance work casts the dancers as figures plucked from selected Hopper paintings, illuminating human connections through gestural movement steeped in subtext, as Bresnick’s original composition for piano, violin, and cello brings emotional undercurrents to the surface. Transparent set pieces reference Hopper’s environments, contextualizing each of the eight vignettes as they unfold. Tales of Hopper marks a departure for Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, asking each of the dancers to step into the new roles of actor and collaborator in the company’s most character-driven work to date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477667210-1SDYKHXCL8I2HF0GPC4W/TOH%2BCLD%2B1.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “The program's most extraordinary dance was Tales of Hopper. Lavagnino and her dancers succeed with this ambitious project in every respect that matters:illuminating the Hopper paintings logically, and providing a solid, entertaining and enriching piece of dance/theater in the process.” —criticaldance.org, Jerry Hochman “But the highlight of the presentation was excerpts from Tales of Hopper. Designed to be more of a traditional theater exploration, the dancers took on characters from select Hopper paintings, as Lavagnino imagined and contextualized a world where they all existed three-dimensionally…. and it was truly exciting to observe the moments of tension, passion, and everything in between. You could feel the humanity punctuating every percussive note of Martin Bresnick's score.” —BBW, Christina Pandolfi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356650157-GUHDHRKTAFGZMFQGZVZ2/TOH+CLD+3.jpeg Featured Repertory - Tales of Hopper by Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance Tales of Hopper is the fruit of a collaboration between choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick inspired by the work of American painter Edward Hopper. This theater-dance work casts the dancers as figures plucked from selected Hopper paintings, illuminating human connections through gestural movement steeped in subtext, as Bresnick’s original composition for piano, violin, and cello brings emotional undercurrents to the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730455600-ODG7TR149XL5D1JJ3OSI/CLD-__morning+sun+4259.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730475092-E2PRGXRHJOBTFOS9FOSU/CLD-+people4295.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730478220-RUO5ZX90L531ADN9GFO2/CLD-+gas.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730436969-ER0EU7QGSHQRW1FL0BLX/CLD-_office4433.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730437648-9AJBF17V9RZMXUE188D0/CLD-cafeteria4682.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730468365-4KDO36ILGJZJ4P6ED89P/CLD-__+nighthawks4710.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730445381-D568NN35C9BTD3ALQ8V5/CLD-_nighthawks4768.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591730446103-KAB7H0LLHHVQNSHNCXPT/CLD-_automat4864.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356652064-9NF32Y7RUT8UUISRYI7R/TOH+CLD+2.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356653959-JTW7FUY2MX8EJ8LU4MSO/TOH+CLD+1.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356643938-SAIYDZBIZUTEKPC3VHD6/TOH+CLD+5.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356640514-Q8RQZQAVB2AW54RTRZ3R/TOH+CLD+7.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356643040-RTIXF2B1D5597QQ2GNBV/TOH+CLD+6.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1588356640513-4Y2BBP7PMQVQTBJ4I0T1/TOH+CLD+8.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591649403344-ZKJWAGFPIU4DQZ6QBUTZ/CR-20180627-8359.jpg Featured Repertory - About Veiled, a work for a female cast of six, explores the enactment of physical and internal grace in the face of oppression. Lavagnino choreographed movements that are pared-down and stripped of virtuosity, invoking the harsh angles of rituals and formal prayer. Together the dancers forge a rite born of shared experiences that unifies the individual spirits of the group. To Martin Bresnick’s austere score, Veiled, reflects women who carry themselves with strength and dignity through an unjust world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591649403345-Z6GASXP4PTNWGONNWG4J/CR-20180627-8383.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “… the evening concluded with “Veiled”, a dance for female ensemble set to Martin Bresnick's Josephine the Singer, performed by violinist Elly Toyoda. Danceworks that speak of sisterhood always end up fascinating me, and I found Veiled to be a particularly engrossing experience: one of those ballets I could watch over and over… In this Year of the Women, Ms. Lavagnino's Veiled is truly something to behold.” —Oberon’s Grove, Philip Gardner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591296358188-5HONS0PPKAU25S7XJMCM/1-54-20180114-1706.jpg Featured Repertory - Veiled (2016) Veiled, a work for a female cast of six or seven, explores the idea of preserving physical and internal grace in the face of oppression. Martin Bresnick’s, suspenseful score creates a mood that the dancers embody, referencing the plight of Islamic women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591649403344-ZKJWAGFPIU4DQZ6QBUTZ/CR-20180627-8359.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591649403345-Z6GASXP4PTNWGONNWG4J/CR-20180627-8383.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591649404451-N3TVYGS2I3KTWZNV9WS6/CR-20180627-8350.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591649407796-MB14ZE4VZFYJ3E9WZQHD/1-54-20180114-1713.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591296304733-5Q2L9VZ05D607DPOWEGD/CR-20180627-8376.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591296306456-KKU9JFRT1WM99GX85KWR/CR-20180627-8324.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591296308755-ECAT989HK37BNEBXHVS6/CR-20180627-8210.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636319402-A6RHQGGF69LI0OAGA4CT/1-54-20180114-1737.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636321826-1NZRL7KQ8RQAWVVNM5JQ/1-54-20180114-9283.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527268015111-QZK028MOTJ5ADRMICBYQ/1-54-20180114-1743.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1527268107612-Z6G2WY2FCIA93X1AJLM5/1-54-20180114-1796.jpg Featured Repertory https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/5ad0d85570a6adbfd89a531d/5ed940d6839d7d391eb1c2ad/1591296214437/ Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424938700-N3ZIVRPLAWLF8NZX7UM5/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Tales+of+Hopper Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594843103646-PYRFTDSL6HG77S1VT10E/CLD-20181125-4334.jpg Featured Repertory - About Lavagnino creates a double male/female duet with angular, taut movement vocabulary to explore the uncompromising aspects of ourselves that extend to our most personal relationships. Scott Killian’s evocative score builds on the dancers' unnerving sense of detachment as they dance with keen attention with one another. Ultimately, we recognize that the conflict will not be resolved, yet their impasse is eerily harmonious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594843186296-5VHCMEIFYAICJMWWU32S/CLD-20181125-4294.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “In one stimulating motif, the men spin the women rapidly in a penchée arabesque like simultaneously whirling helicopters. Lavagnino delivers functional but not intimate relationships, and the choreographic intricacy and technical prowess of the dancers impresses.” —The Dance Enthusiast, Theo Boguszewski https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477993644-Q1TUQ1PXDFPJ2YFXVTA6/image-asset.jpeg Featured Repertory Lavagnino creates a double male/female duet with angular, taut movement vocabulary to explore the uncompromising aspects of ourselves that extend to our most personal relationships. Scott Killian’s evocative score builds on the dancers' unnerving sense of detachment as they dance with keen attention to one another. Ultimately, we recognize that the conflict will not be resolved, yet their impasse is eerily harmonious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297593104-7RACAD4S84OG1A3NLD0L/CLD-20181125-4343.jpg Featured Repertory - Drive (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297593206-7B5TY5LVAV45BCHSB23M/CLD-20181125-4334.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1592506448589-UI7GO8LP37R888J2EKVJ/CLD-20181125-4403.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443467349-G5H9LLV11OZW55MJB0EL/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-9606.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443429105-PKFI1DVNOIJ8ATCDP4IK/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-9851.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443431810-ZCO5DMK38LKG47BZ526W/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-9678.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424938700-N3ZIVRPLAWLF8NZX7UM5/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Tales+of+Hopper Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1dea9fd0-379e-4399-a6b8-64fbd57308f2/CR-20211126-1546.jpg Featured Repertory - About Mythologies features sensual sirens, ferocious Amazonian warriors, and the devoted Band of Thebes in this reimagined dance work. Mythologies considers the interchanging nature of gender roles, with Amazonian warriors demonstrating how strength, grace, and femininity can co-exist in a single body by using the percussive and ethereal qualities of the pointe shoe. Lavagnino intermingles her characters in a partnering section bringing the male and female warriors into combative, ardent, and tender coupling, congruent with the fluid sexual practices during this period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/01ea1a3e-132c-4642-8e25-dcf059ef7055/CR-20211126-2618.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “The choreography . . . is spectacularly vivid and comprehensive in its depiction of beauty, seduction, power, and evil. . . . Based on what I’ve seen, Lavagnino is a master not just of choreography, but of storytelling. But unlike storytellers who often bite off more than they can chew, the stories she weaves are limited in terms of scenic time and apparent scope, like a collection of independent but related short stories.” —Critical Dance, Jerry Hochman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189872536-M5PJWQGH7R2GXNSYBTPJ/image-asset.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189889422-ZN33NEWNOTVPFEGC91UV/CR-20211126-1546.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189904855-QQ4P92J3VLORWX1R5IQG/CR-20211126-1712.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189908665-AAZTDFGH0JBKEMWY3CLI/CR-20211126-1857.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189911676-65VAKPJPMGQP2QYTJNKQ/CR-20211126-1956.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189914480-WATJD1UWUTYK9S8PFAZF/CR-20211126-2424.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1649189917469-SR97MESBZ64J6TTHGYQR/CR-20211126-2618.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424938700-N3ZIVRPLAWLF8NZX7UM5/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Tales+of+Hopper Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594844969884-D1TINOQ6Y5XOE0CYHJJA/CR-20180627-8714.jpg Featured Repertory - About RU, inspired by a novel of the same name and written by Kim Thúy, describes a young woman’s life as a post-Vietnam War political refugee. The dancers, in costumes reminiscent of the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress, move inside composer Scott Killian’s shadowy landscape, their movement suggestive of contrasts between struggle and grace, stoicism and despair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594845085576-B2Q6KCH2GMR49H4FM3KA/CR-20180627-8887.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “Playing with sharp, exciting angles and dancer-on-dancer contact, Lavagnino infuses warmth into everything she does. What was most exciting about this piece was the dynamics of the choreography. Beginning with softer, more ballon movement, "Ru" transitioned to feature sharp in-between steps and explosive leaps. It really proved how versatile these dancers are.” —BWW, Christina Pandolfi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728579751-ZAN5PLILCTBLXZTN3L3U/CR-20180627-8714.jpg Featured Repertory - RU (2014) RU, inspired by a novel of the same name and written by Kim Thúy, describes a young woman’s life as a post-Vietnam War political refugee. The dancers, in costumes reminiscent of the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress, move inside composer Scott Killian’s shadowy landscape, their movement suggestive of contrasts between struggle and grace, stoicism and despair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728571982-BDR78EB7VZ2WHIRBCSTJ/CR-20180627-8917+%281%29.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728572079-P95LWU1UYIQKYHNTK4VF/CR-20180627-8913+%281%29.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728578438-PVO5HJVV7750EVIC107O/CR-20180627-8887.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591728578972-QSU1UX5NX4MM5IK3HZ0M/CR-20180627-8792.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529380182663-87GD9JKLKMZKE7SAQ1NP/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0453.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529379709606-CMVHCCLZMDU2IHD7NNRI/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0417.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297411417-OMQWH0J1G08MU885LV3U/CR-20180627-9092.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529380131543-DVAXXNPJKNWPNZ5CY70K/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0156.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297405198-3KK2R38LGACOR8WBY4SS/CR-20180627-8751.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1529379705224-B127U5RWKARFQPVI6J4N/Charles_Roussel+-20150512-0193.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297409256-9WHVJ6LTCSE99H1BJYR8/CR-20180627-8695.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297405076-1CKS39JLF201P1PDAUM2/CR-20180627-8775.jpg Featured Repertory - RU (2014) inspired by a novel of the same name and written by Kim Thúy, describes a young woman’s life as a post-Vietnam War political refugee. The dancers, in costumes reminiscent of the traditional Vietnamese áo dài dress, move inside composer Scott Killian’s shadowy landscape, their movement suggestive of contrasts between struggle and grace, stoicism and despair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297409434-1TZEAMJB6KPFTQLK66I4/CR-20180627-9006.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424938700-N3ZIVRPLAWLF8NZX7UM5/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Tales+of+Hopper Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1596477743895-CVHNKJ6CV27JOE8CWAB0/CLD-4993.jpg Featured Repertory - About Triptych links two distinct scores: Francois Couperin’s “Troisième Leçons Tenèbres à Deux Voix,” from the deeply religious Baroque period, and an original score by longtime CLD collaborator Scott Killian. A reverent, intertwining entrance for the female chorus, seeped in the religious ecstasy evoked by Couperin’s composition, prefaces each section of the work. Through abstraction, Lavagnino’s choreography references several Christian icons; the distinct qualities of each dancer embody the individual nature of spiritual expression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594845484049-GTZ5CQ5WB3VOTQI24F3O/CLD-5079.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “Of Triptych tonight, I wrote in my notes: ‘…a slice of Heaven.’” —Oberon’s Grove, Philip Gardner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297828885-8Q9RVVV87W1A0863VV3F/CLD-5118.jpg Featured Repertory - Triptych (2012) Triptych links two distinct movements featuring Baroque composer, François Couperin’s, Troisième Leçons à deux voix and an original score by Scott Killian. Inspired by the distinct qualities of these scores, Lavagnino has developed a movement lexicon with a sense of quiet beauty and reverence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297829314-4B4KEOYL4QI39JUU0SZ8/CLD-4993.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297835456-SR63PJRDUIA3TKH942NL/CLD-5072.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297836764-6T2Y79YGD9SGZUYI0IPM/CLD-5079.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1573840156537-DDEE1K325L2KCRJTPCS9/Triptych+-+Claire+Westby+-+Photographer+Ella+BromblinJPG.JPG Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1573840216998-QN4WZ56Y9P68TWE0Q6VV/Charles_Roussel+-20160117-9798.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1573840179485-IDSLYFH3HRB4ISAJRZTQ/image.png Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424938700-N3ZIVRPLAWLF8NZX7UM5/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Tales+of+Hopper Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1612894809236-GVRKRH6DKIQ6178QHMMF/CR-20180627-7204.jpg Featured Repertory - About Kamila (2017) is inspired by the poetry and music of Leoš Janáček’s song cycle, The Diary of One Who Disappeared. Lavagnino’s interpretation plays with the connection between Kamila (Janáček’s muse and love interest) and the Gypsy. His unfulfilled desire for Kamila generated the emotional intent for the character of the gypsy and her relationship with the young farmer portrayed throughout the song cycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1612895150436-DVISSJAYWS0BO03KPCRR/CR-20180627-7237.jpg Featured Repertory - Press "Reminiscent of the museum exhibit, the dancers displayed great control and sustainability, whirling through repeated rotations and turns to signify the farmers constant yearning for the seductive gypsy. Choreographed with a keen sense of romance, the battle of dark versus light wore on tirelessly." —Christina Pandolfi, Broadway World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1612894527546-KN51E72T99LU37OXFUPP/CR-20180627-7213.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1612894549276-6YBYHU9WGGS6VUH1JBD6/CR-20180627-7153.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1612894673999-ES6S95ZUOYDPDKQWMV8D/CR-20180627-7224.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1612894698974-XVOCEXHW06S3O5LUWYT8/CR-20180627-7221.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/be70f563-a3fe-432b-b245-8b3af43b7bb3/Screen+Shot+2022-06-07+at+9.53.36+PM.jpg Featured Repertory - About Tales of Hopper is the fruit of a collaboration between choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick inspired by the work of American painter Edward Hopper. This theater-dance work casts the dancers as figures plucked from selected Hopper paintings, illuminating human connections through gestural movement steeped in subtext, as Bresnick’s original composition for piano, violin, and cello brings emotional undercurrents to the surface. Transparent set pieces reference Hopper’s environments, contextualizing each of the eight vignettes as they unfold. Tales of Hopper marks a departure for Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, asking each of the dancers to step into the new roles of actor and collaborator in the company’s most character-driven work to date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1654659231336-1FUGENZGOWLVF7XUDCFS/Screen+Shot+2022-06-07+at+9.53.36+PM.png Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1654659248028-9XS38DA99ZWMGI4F5G11/U+of+U+Spring+Dance+2022+615+edit.JPG Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1654659271052-IJ7VXNKE4H39TI6QNL7R/Rehearsal+Photo+by+Tyler+Dean+Kunz+1.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1654659246545-XDQTVSUW85MDN6CJIWJ8/U+of+U+Spring+Dance+2022+677+edit.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1654659271444-1D757ZIES4DFBJY2NPMW/Rehearsal+Photo+by+Tyler+Dean+Kunz+2.JPG Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1654659273996-B7GSKSV2JY99VMW3OEBJ/Rehearsal+Photo+by+Tyler+Dean+Kunz+3.JPG Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/18b94934-b4c1-4c2b-ac2b-28cc299414fe/1-54-20180114-1503.jpg Featured Repertory - About Tales of Hopper is the fruit of a collaboration between choreographer Cherylyn Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick inspired by the work of American painter Edward Hopper. This theater-dance work casts the dancers as figures plucked from selected Hopper paintings, illuminating human connections through gestural movement steeped in subtext, as Bresnick’s original composition for piano, violin, and cello brings emotional undercurrents to the surface. Transparent set pieces reference Hopper’s environments, contextualizing each of the eight vignettes as they unfold. Tales of Hopper marks a departure for Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance, asking each of the dancers to step into the new roles of actor and collaborator in the company’s most character-driven work to date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636231735-H5QYN98SC5AHN9P5WEWR/1-54-20180114-9215.jpg Featured Repertory - Summertime (2017) is a duet inspired by Edward Hopper’s painting Summer Evening, set to Janis Joplin’s recording of George Gershwin’s Summertime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636235272-6JZWDR5S1WW89VQTUROD/1-54-20180114-1604.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1523636250533-34NH0HURMDVR2FXXK1FD/1-54-20180114-1600.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656382597073-ZAR3GV4B11ND1RWQ8PJC/CR-20180627-8512.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656382597317-RUUMQZASGL79KOFRRSUL/CR-20180627-8563.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/383d3961-0051-4c8e-9a5f-4d2540f67c14/CLD-20181125-4720.jpg Featured Repertory - About Treize en Jeu is a dance for thirteen (8 women en pointe and 5 men), set to three movements of Franz Schubert’s Trio in E Flat Major. It features duets, trios, and solos set against a backdrop of counterpoint group entrances and exits to create a textured stage picture to reflect the complexity of the musical score. The off kilter use of ballet vocabulary is highlighted by classical character dance influences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/abcdc595-5566-4ab5-bbf7-caa7b08428b4/CLD-20181125-4660.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “Treize en Jeu is a ballet that will reward further viewings; its richness and its pleasing marriage of music and movement cannot be fully comprehended in a single take. Cherylyn Lavagnino's instinctive response to the Schubert score was given full reward in the lyrical commitment of her dancers.” —Oberon’s Grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381894604-RNVB3P153E5J5IZCY7HQ/CLD-20181125-4660.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381893917-GFAQLQ0KE4OSXUGQ79MK/CLD-20181125-4720.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381898702-U1GXSEE2PB00KPMC1TVL/CLD-20181125-4872.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381900751-MORORLKWOQNNZF4Z1IGW/CLD-20181125-4905.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381905283-LMD3IW89LRB99DV58VLJ/CLD-20181125-4945.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381906692-2II37QXVP5YWCV3369LS/CLD-20181125-5145.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1656381908821-7H2SVMDD4MZMTQ5QT9NF/CLD-20181125-5165.jpg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1541443288573-LJGBUH2HDZGI3JR55ECR/CLD.jpeg Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424938700-N3ZIVRPLAWLF8NZX7UM5/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Tales+of+Hopper Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Featured Repertory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/60fc5d63-f0af-4fca-a55c-e5645980ddfc/Lavagnino+Dance+2023-06-13+-+106.jpg Featured Repertory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/f1a6294a-25d8-4188-a3b4-8435f2bd1c26/Lavagnino+Dance+2023-06-13+-+092.jpg Featured Repertory - About Based on one of William Shakespeare’s last great plays, The Winter’s Tale is a story of improbabilities, loyalty, love, and forgiveness. At times a comedy and others a tragedy, the plot resides in a patriarchal society in which the role of women is constantly thwarted and limited by male dominance. However, Shakespeare’s female characters contradict the gender mores of the period. These strong, grounded women display thoughtful judgement and compassionate morality. Utilizing gesture inspired by sign language, the movement vocabulary lends itself to the fervent emotional context displayed by the performers' embodiments of joy, madness, betrayal, jealousy, and passion. Several roles are portrayed by gender opposites to the original casting; Lavagnino utilizes this device to speak to the rich and interesting dimensionality of all people and urges the audience to lean into the acceptance of these differences to embrace the distinct expression of each individual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/54663364-2817-49f5-8777-47ac361161bc/Lavagnino+Dance+2023-06-13+-+024.jpg Featured Repertory - Press “An exciting interplay of societal niceties, punctuated by sign language-inspired gestures, the piece balanced humor and drama with finesse. 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Lavagnino’s professional dance career spanned worldwide as a soloist with the Pennsylvania Ballet, a principal dancer with Arizona Ballet Theatre, and a principal dancer with Ballet del Espacio in Mexico City under the direction of Michel Descombey. She has performed a range of classical repertoire and contemporary work by choreographers including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, José Limón, John Butler, Hans Van Manen, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington, and Tere O’Connor. The diversity of these experiences has informed the dialogue between classical and contemporary in her work with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. Ms. Lavagnino is an Alpert Award nominee for choreography as well as a recipient of a space grant residency from the Baryshnikov Arts Center. She has had successful commissions at Princeton University, Intermezzo Dance, Indianapolis City Ballet, Southern Methodist University, University of Utah, North Carolina School of the Arts, and Repertory Dance Theatre. Lavagnino served as Chair of the Dance Department at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts from 2006–2014 and as a full-time faculty member from 1987–2022. In recognition of her superior work, she won NYU’s prestigious David Payne Carter Award for Excellence in Teaching (2003) and was selected for a Global Research Institute grant for travel and research in Prague (2018). Lavagnino served as Visiting Professor of Dance at the University of Utah for the 2021–2022 academic year. She teaches professional ballet in NYC and internationally; she is honored to teach company class for A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. She has traveled frequently to conduct workshops in Tokyo, Seoul, Prague, and for the Beijing Dance Academy. Lavagnino continues her Feldenkrais practice with Scott Fraser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/2e9b2a6a-b65a-4507-9b7d-47b97af5046b/image-asset.jpeg Hopper Creators - Cherylyn Lavagnino (Artistic Director, Choregrapher) Cherylyn Lavagnino earned an MFA in Dance under the mentorship of Lawrence Rhodes from New York University’s (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts, as well as a BA in Philosophy from the University of Southern California. Lavagnino’s professional dance career spanned worldwide as a soloist with the Pennsylvania Ballet, a principal dancer with Arizona Ballet Theatre, and a principal dancer with Ballet del Espacio in Mexico City under the direction of Michel Descombey. She has performed a range of classical repertoire and contemporary work by choreographers including George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, José Limón, John Butler, Hans Van Manen, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington, and Tere O’Connor. The diversity of these experiences has informed the dialogue between classical and contemporary in her work with Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance. Ms. Lavagnino is an Alpert Award nominee for choreography as well as a recipient of a space grant residency from the Baryshnikov Arts Center. She has had successful commissions at Princeton University, Intermezzo Dance, Indianapolis City Ballet, Southern Methodist University, University of Utah, North Carolina School of the Arts, and Repertory Dance Theatre. Lavagnino served as Chair of the Dance Department at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts from 2006–2014 and as a full-time faculty member from 1987–2022. In recognition of her superior work, she won NYU’s prestigious David Payne Carter Award for Excellence in Teaching (2003) and was selected for a Global Research Institute grant for travel and research in Prague (2018). Lavagnino served as Visiting Professor of Dance at the University of Utah for the 2021–2022 academic year. She teaches professional ballet in NYC and internationally; she is honored to teach company class for A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. She has traveled frequently to conduct workshops in Tokyo, Seoul, Prague, and for the Beijing Dance Academy. Lavagnino continues her Feldenkrais practice with Scott Fraser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187444154-0LYO5Q6SP92GWLIVVLJT/Martin+Bresnick++-+credit-LIsa+Moore.jpeg Hopper Creators - Martin Bresnick (Composer) Born in New York City in 1946, Martin Bresnick’s compositions - from opera, dance, choral, chamber and symphonic music to film scores and computer music - are performed throughout the world. He delights in reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable, bringing together repetitive gestures derived from minimalism with a harmonic palette that encompasses both highly chromatic sounds and more open, consonant harmonies and a raw power reminiscent of rock. Bresnick’s orchestral music has been performed by the National Symphony, Chicago Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Münster Philharmonic, Kiel Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Radio Televisione Italiana, Orchestra New England, City of London Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika, and Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka, Fairfax Symphony, New Haven Symphony, and the Australian Youth Orchestra. His chamber and choral music has been performed in concert by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Crossing Choir, Sonor, Da Capo Chamber Players, Speculum Musicae; Bang on A Can All-Stars, Nash Ensemble, MusicWorks!, Zeitgeist, Musical Elements, Alarm Will Sound, Double Entendre, Tactus, Le Train Bleu, White Ibis Ensemble, Viney-Grinberg Piano Duo, New Morse Code, NakedEye Ensemble, TwoSense, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Chamber Music Northwest, Yale Choral Artists, Prism Saxophone Quartet, Great Noise Ensemble, Brentano String Quartet, Third Coast Percussion, Sō Percussion, Icarus Quartet, Crux Duo, Mammoth Trio, and Plexus Trio. Festivals throughout the world have featured Bresnick’s music: New York Philharmonic Biennial Festival, Bang on a Can Marathons, Big Ears Festival, Chautauqua Festival, Tanglewood, Olavsfest (Trondheim Norway), Oviedo New Music Festival (Spain), International Navy Saxophone Symposium, Missouri Chamber Music Festival, Evolution Contemporary Music Series, Tura New Music Festival Perth (Australia), International Festival of Arts and Ideas (New Haven), Sonic Boom, Adelaide, Sydney, Israel, Prague Spring, South Bank's Meltdown (London), Almeida, Melbourne Metropolis, Turin, Banff, Norfolk, ISCM, New Music America, New York Philharmonic New Horizons, and Red Note New Music Festival. Bresnick has written music for films - two of which, Arthur & Lillie (1975) and The Day After Trinity (1981) were nominated for Academy Awards in the documentary category (both with Jon Else, director). Other films include Cadillac Desert, Mohammed - Legacy of a Prophet, The Botany of Desire, William Carlos Williams, and Wallace Stevens - Made Made Out Of Words. Bresnick’s prizes and commissions include the inaugural Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Rome Prize, The Berlin Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Koussevitzky Commission, Fulbright Fellowship, three N.E.A. Composer Grants, A.S.C.A.P. Awards, MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Morse Fellowship from Yale University, First Prize - Premio Ancona, First Prize - International Sinfonia Musicale Competition, Connecticut Commission on the Arts Grant with Chamber Music America (1983), two First Prizes, Composers Inc. Competitions, Semi-finalist - Friedheim Awards, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Elise L. Stoeger Prize for Chamber Music, Composer-in Residence, American Academy In Rome. Bresnick is recognized as an influential teacher of composition. Students from every part of the globe and of virtually every musical inclination have been inspired by his critical encouragement. He is currently a professor at the Yale University School of Music, where he has been a widely influential teacher of contemporary composition since 1981. His teaching has been recognized by a Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching at Stanford University, ASCAP Foundation's Aaron Copland Prize for Teaching, and the Yale School of Music’s highest honor - the Sanford Medal for Service to Music. Educated at the High School of Music and Art NYC, University of Hartford (B.A. '67), Stanford University (M.A. '68, D.M.A. '72), and the Akademie für Musik, Vienna ('69-'70), Bresnick’s principal teachers of composition include György Ligeti, John Chowning, and Gottfried von Einem. Martin Bresnick is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His compositions are published exclusively by Carl Fischer Music Publishers, New York; Bote & Bock, Berlin; CommonMuse Music Publishers, New Haven. They have been recorded on Cantaloupe Music, New World Records, Albany Records, Bridge Records, Tall Poppies, Composers Recordings Incorporated, Centaur, Starkland Records, and Artifact Music. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/6644da904307dc5a1ad6f5ce/6862ef04ed93d21f43037f41/1751314192414/ Hopper Creators https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/hopper-designers daily 0.75 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1582511898228-VU99DBYTNQC4K79IVWRQ/image0.jpeg Hopper Designers - Frank DenDanto III (Lighting Designer) Frank DenDanto III: lighting Design and visual artist, received his MFA in Design from NYU's Tisch School. Select NYC credits include Full Circle's Solar Powered at the New Victory Theater, Blind Alley at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Only You at the Jewish American Theater, Shadow Box at the Hudson Guild Theater, Title of Show for NYMF, People Are Wrong at PS122 and Acts of Love at the Kirk Theater. He has designed for Spalding Gray, Eric Bogosian, Karen Finely, Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, John Fleck, Deb Margolin, Ann Magnuson, and John Kelly and Sarah Jones. Dance Credits include work with Sarah Michelson, Lava Love, Stacy Dawson, David Neumann, and the White Oak Dance Project and of course two decades with Bridgman/Packer Dance. His regional credits work at Stage Works in Hudson NY, the Berkshire Theater Festival, New York Stage and Film and Delaware Valley Opera and Half Moon Theater Co. Awards for his light installation/sculptures include First Runner Up in Light Forums 98, and a Jerome commission in 2002. His work and designs have been displayed at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, The Museum of Art and Architecture and The New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC, The ICA in Portland ME and the Basilica in Hudson NY. He is co-founder of Mother’s Milk Inc., a nonprofit arts support organization, based north of NYC, supplying production support, workshop and rehearsal space for theater and dance in NY. When not working to support or create works of art, Frank designs lighting for retail, commercial and museum spaces. In his free time he enjoys building full size whale skeletal articulations with his brother Dan in ME that can be seen at the Nantucket Historical Society, Phillips Exeter Academy, Seacoast Science Center and Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1582511898228-VU99DBYTNQC4K79IVWRQ/image0.jpeg Hopper Designers - Frank DenDanto III (Lighting Designer) Frank DenDanto III: lighting Design and visual artist, received his MFA in Design from NYU's Tisch School. Select NYC credits include Full Circle's Solar Powered at the New Victory Theater, Blind Alley at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Only You at the Jewish American Theater, Shadow Box at the Hudson Guild Theater, Title of Show for NYMF, People Are Wrong at PS122 and Acts of Love at the Kirk Theater. He has designed for Spalding Gray, Eric Bogosian, Karen Finely, Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, John Fleck, Deb Margolin, Ann Magnuson, and John Kelly and Sarah Jones. Dance Credits include work with Sarah Michelson, Lava Love, Stacy Dawson, David Neumann, and the White Oak Dance Project and of course two decades with Bridgman/Packer Dance. His regional credits work at Stage Works in Hudson NY, the Berkshire Theater Festival, New York Stage and Film and Delaware Valley Opera and Half Moon Theater Co. Awards for his light installation/sculptures include First Runner Up in Light Forums 98, and a Jerome commission in 2002. His work and designs have been displayed at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, The Museum of Art and Architecture and The New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC, The ICA in Portland ME and the Basilica in Hudson NY. He is co-founder of Mother’s Milk Inc., a nonprofit arts support organization, based north of NYC, supplying production support, workshop and rehearsal space for theater and dance in NY. When not working to support or create works of art, Frank designs lighting for retail, commercial and museum spaces. In his free time he enjoys building full size whale skeletal articulations with his brother Dan in ME that can be seen at the Nantucket Historical Society, Phillips Exeter Academy, Seacoast Science Center and Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1530501383157-DLQSLNDUP9JNG3OS51UB/image0.jpeg Hopper Designers - Christopher Metzger (2020 Costume Design) Christopher Metzger is a Brooklyn based designer working in theatre, opera, and dance. Designs for CLD include: Kamila, Veiled, Ru, Treize en Jeu, Hera’s Wrath, and Naděje. His work with the company has been seen at the Beijing International Contemporary Dance Festival, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, American Dance Guild, and Danspace Project. Recent designs include: "Little Gem" (Irish Rep), Orlando (AADA), Sweat (Mobile National Tour, Public Theater), Harlequin & Pantalone (Dorrance Dance), LIFE SUCKS., Happy Birthday, Wanna June, Enemy of the People (Wheelhouse Theater), La Traviata (Philharmonia of New York), West Side Story (Sioux City Symphony), Tosca (Opera Roanoke), Sehnsucht (Jack). Associate credits include: Sweat (Broadway), Falsettos (First National Tour), The Public Theatre, Santa Fe Opera, Theatre for a New Audience, Glimmerglass Opera. Christopher’s work in television includes, Apple TV’s, Dickinson. MFA, NYU. Proud member Local USA 829. www.christophermetzgerdesign.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1699639833135-6O5PMFCDJOA3R7WQ73FL/image0.jpeg Hopper Designers - Karen Boyer (2024 Costume Designer) Karen Boyer designs and builds costumes in NYC. Past and recent collaborators include choreographers Catherine Galasso, Faye Driscoll, Sidra Bell, Abigail Levine, Sarah Dahnke, nicHi douglas, Katy Pyle, and Sunny Hitt; Opera Columbus, Fresh Squeezed Opera, and theater makers Yangtze Rep, the New Wild, Object Collection, harunalee, Little Lord, Pan Asian Repertory, and Target Margin Theater. BFA: Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA: NYU Tisch. karenrachelboyer.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1561502525927-L1FLESAIU0L2K01XNLWC/image0.jpeg Hopper Designers - Jesse Seegers (Set Designer) Jesse Seegers is a New York-based spatial practitioner working between architecture, graphic design, writing, editing, publishing, and research practices. His hybrid creative practice includes; designing and fabricating pneumatic/inflatable environments commissioned for events, performances, parties and temporary social encounters; teaching graphic design and publishing at New York University in the Tandon School of Engineering's Media and Gaming Network (MAGNET) and at The New School for Social Research in the Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism MA program as well as the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons School of Design. He maintains a practice writing, editing and consulting on architecture, art, design and technology for publications, institutions and cultural organizations as a balance between both mental and tactile labor as well as technical and artistic faculties. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and has written about architecture, art, design, and technology for publications in print and online including: PIN-UP, REAL Review, The Architect’s Newspaper, TANK, Frog, DAMn°, and Volume, among others. https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/hopper-musicians daily 0.75 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187478536-Z9M9IG96UDL0QCBRF65D/Lisa+Moore+piano+%C2%A9Yumiko-Izu.jpg Hopper Musicians - Lisa Moore (Conductor, Music Director, Piano) New York-based Australian musician Lisa Moore is a multifaceted pianist, a prolific recording artist, and an avid collaborator. The New York Times has singled out her playing for its “life and freshness” and “fragility and tenderness”, The New Yorker describes her as “visionary” and “New York’s queen of the avant-garde piano” while Pitchfork claims “she’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas”. Given a special passion for the music of our time, Moore won the silver medal in the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition and has since performed hundreds of commissioned works and world premieres – having worked with more than two hundred living composers, while residing and collaborating in the vibrant new music scene of New York City since 1985. Moore has performed throughout Europe, the UK, USA, and Asia - on some of the world’s great stages: New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, La Scala in Milan, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein. She has released twelve solo albums - ranging from music by Leoš Janáček to Julia Wolfe - and more than thirty collaborative discs. Gramophone writes about her 2015 Mad Rush Philip Glass disc: “what becomes abundantly clear is Moore’s highly developed, intuitive and nuanced approach to this music”. Moore’s 2016 album The Stone People was selected by The New York Times Top Classical Albums 2016 and Naxos Critics’ Choice 2017. In June 2022, Moore released no place to go but around – her second album of music by Frederic Rzewski – to compelling notice. The New York Times remarked that the album is “meticulous...clever...hits the gas with controlled force”. For sixteen years (92-08) Moore was the founding pianist for the award-winning electro-acoustic sextet Bang On A Can All-Stars. She has performed with leading artists, ensembles and dance companies – Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Don Byron, Pamela Z, Thurston Moore, Iva Bittova, Bryce Dessner, London Sinfonietta, Steve Reich Ensemble, New York City Ballet, American Composers Orchestra, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a concerto soloist, Moore has performed with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmania Symphony, Thai National, Monash MAPA, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Wesleyan University Orchestra-Sumarsam Gamelan, and the Queensland Philharmonic. She has worked under the batons of David Robertson, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Brett Dean, Roger Benedict, Bradley Lubman, Steven Schick, Benjamin Northey, Richard Mills, Reinbert de Leeuw, Jorge Mester, Leonard Dommett, Dobbs Frank, and Angel Gil-Ordonez. Moore’s festival appearances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Banff, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, PianoSpheres LA, Chamber Music Northwest, Huddersfield, Vale of Glamorgan, Liquid Music MN, Holland, Graz, Hamburg, Taormina, Paris d’Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Barbican, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw. Lisa Moore is a Steinway artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187478536-Z9M9IG96UDL0QCBRF65D/Lisa+Moore+piano+%C2%A9Yumiko-Izu.jpg Hopper Musicians - Lisa Moore (Conductor, Music Director, Piano) New York-based Australian musician Lisa Moore is a multifaceted pianist, a prolific recording artist, and an avid collaborator. The New York Times has singled out her playing for its “life and freshness” and “fragility and tenderness”, The New Yorker describes her as “visionary” and “New York’s queen of the avant-garde piano” while Pitchfork claims “she’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas”. Given a special passion for the music of our time, Moore won the silver medal in the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition and has since performed hundreds of commissioned works and world premieres – having worked with more than two hundred living composers, while residing and collaborating in the vibrant new music scene of New York City since 1985. Moore has performed throughout Europe, the UK, USA, and Asia - on some of the world’s great stages: New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, La Scala in Milan, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein. She has released twelve solo albums - ranging from music by Leoš Janáček to Julia Wolfe - and more than thirty collaborative discs. Gramophone writes about her 2015 Mad Rush Philip Glass disc: “what becomes abundantly clear is Moore’s highly developed, intuitive and nuanced approach to this music”. Moore’s 2016 album The Stone People was selected by The New York Times Top Classical Albums 2016 and Naxos Critics’ Choice 2017. In June 2022, Moore released no place to go but around – her second album of music by Frederic Rzewski – to compelling notice. The New York Times remarked that the album is “meticulous...clever...hits the gas with controlled force”. For sixteen years (92-08) Moore was the founding pianist for the award-winning electro-acoustic sextet Bang On A Can All-Stars. She has performed with leading artists, ensembles and dance companies – Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Don Byron, Pamela Z, Thurston Moore, Iva Bittova, Bryce Dessner, London Sinfonietta, Steve Reich Ensemble, New York City Ballet, American Composers Orchestra, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a concerto soloist, Moore has performed with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmania Symphony, Thai National, Monash MAPA, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Wesleyan University Orchestra-Sumarsam Gamelan, and the Queensland Philharmonic. She has worked under the batons of David Robertson, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Brett Dean, Roger Benedict, Bradley Lubman, Steven Schick, Benjamin Northey, Richard Mills, Reinbert de Leeuw, Jorge Mester, Leonard Dommett, Dobbs Frank, and Angel Gil-Ordonez. Moore’s festival appearances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Banff, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, PianoSpheres LA, Chamber Music Northwest, Huddersfield, Vale of Glamorgan, Liquid Music MN, Holland, Graz, Hamburg, Taormina, Paris d’Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Barbican, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw. Lisa Moore is a Steinway artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187576006-EKXAJ7EH1I04L88E3PU9/Elly+Toyoda+Gettysburg+College+Headshots+091423+-+Elly+Toyoda-1.jpeg Hopper Musicians - Elly Toyoda (Violin) A native of Osaka, Japan, Dr. Elly Toyoda is Visiting Assistant Professor of Violin and Coordinator of Strings at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College teaching violin, chamber music, music theory, and contemporary music. She is a recording artist for Cantaloupe Music label, and has performed in festivals and concerts across Asia, Europe, and North America. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Toyoda was awarded the Prix de Musique Contemporaine by the Fontainebleau School, and has appeared on programs at the National Sawdust, Le Poisson Rouge, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Elb Philharmonie in Germany. She has premiered numerous works through the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Massachusetts International Festival os the Arts, Lake George Music Festival, and Talis Festival. Toyoda is a collaborator with Mammoth Trio and Eighth Blackbird - the 4-time Grammy award-winning contemporary music ensemble. Toyoda was previously faculty-artist for Yale School of Music's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Lecturer at Rutgers University, and violin and viola faculty at Lindeblad School of Music, and SpeakMusic Conservatory. Toyoda studied at Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) where she was elected membership to the National Music Honors Society, Yale School of Music (M.M) where she received the school’s Alumni Prize and was a finalist for the concerto competition, and Rutgers University (D.M.A) where she received the school’s highest honors in recognition of excellence in performance and scholarly research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187715562-GZ8THUJXWXXBRQL4SX5C/Miriam+Liske-Doorandish.jpeg Hopper Musicians - Miriam Liske-Doorandish (Cello) At age 2 Miriam Liske-Doorandish requested her first cello and began lessons with her mother, Lisa Liske-Doorandish. She has since studied with Jonathan Kramer, Hans Jensen, Bartholomew LaFollette (BMus studies at the Royal College of Music), Amir Eldan (BA and AD at Oberlin Conservatory) and Paul Watkins (MM and MMA at the Yale School of Music). Raised in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, Miriam is motivated by a love of collaboration which has led her into traditional chamber settings as well as traditional fiddling sessions. As cellist of the exploratory ensemble Trio Ondata, Miriam is a recipient of the gold and audience prizes at the 2023 Yellow Springs Chamber Competition. The trio also won silver medal and the Horszowski Prize at The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (‘22), and were winners of the 2022 Yale School of Music Chamber Competition. Miriam is at home with music up to and beyond the edges of the classical canon, embracing baroque and contemporary performance throughout her studies. In recent years Miriam has appeared at festivals such as Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Norfolk New Music, IMS Prussia Cove, Kneisel Hall, Four Seasons, the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, Musique à Marsac, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. Recognized for her arts advocacy, Miriam has received support from The Secular Society and Oberlin’s Flint Initiative Grant for her work as a founder and co-director of the Cello Springs Festival, a cross-genre education and performance project in Yellow Springs, OH. Miriam is currently based in New Haven, CT where she plays with Trio Ondata, the Havenwood Quartet and Versicolor New Music. In counterpoint with her performing and teaching life, Miriam is invested in community-building, the culinary arts, and exploring the Great Outdoors. She plays a Rocca model cello (2019) by Maryland-based luthier Howard Needham. https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/twt-designers daily 0.75 2024-05-15 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/t/6644e252c3c4075be6797616/1715790267171/ TWT Designers https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/6644dfee706bdb48402f170f/6644e1b8dcbedc6cf4770d7d/1715790267171/ TWT Designers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1582511898228-VU99DBYTNQC4K79IVWRQ/Head+shot+first+crop+2.jpg TWT Designers - Frank DenDanto III (Lighting Designer) Frank DenDanto III: lighting Design and visual artist, received his MFA in Design from NYU's Tisch School. Select NYC credits include Full Circle's Solar Powered at the New Victory Theater, Blind Alley at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Only You at the Jewish American Theater, Shadow Box at the Hudson Guild Theater, Title of Show for NYMF, People Are Wrong at PS122 and Acts of Love at the Kirk Theater. He has designed for Spalding Gray, Eric Bogosian, Karen Finely, Tim Miller, Holly Hughes, John Fleck, Deb Margolin, Ann Magnuson, and John Kelly and Sarah Jones. Dance Credits include work with Sarah Michelson, Lava Love, Stacy Dawson, David Neumann, and the White Oak Dance Project and of course two decades with Bridgman/Packer Dance. His regional credits work at Stage Works in Hudson NY, the Berkshire Theater Festival, New York Stage and Film and Delaware Valley Opera and Half Moon Theater Co. Awards for his light installation/sculptures include First Runner Up in Light Forums 98, and a Jerome commission in 2002. His work and designs have been displayed at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, The Museum of Art and Architecture and The New Museum of Contemporary Art in NYC, The ICA in Portland ME and the Basilica in Hudson NY. He is co-founder of Mother’s Milk Inc., a nonprofit arts support organization, based north of NYC, supplying production support, workshop and rehearsal space for theater and dance in NY. When not working to support or create works of art, Frank designs lighting for retail, commercial and museum spaces. In his free time he enjoys building full size whale skeletal articulations with his brother Dan in ME that can be seen at the Nantucket Historical Society, Phillips Exeter Academy, Seacoast Science Center and Harvard University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1699639833135-6O5PMFCDJOA3R7WQ73FL/image0.jpeg TWT Designers - Karen Boyer (Costume Designer) Karen Boyer designs and builds costumes in NYC. Past and recent collaborators include choreographers Catherine Galasso, Faye Driscoll, Sidra Bell, Abigail Levine, Sarah Dahnke, nicHi douglas, Katy Pyle, and Sunny Hitt; Opera Columbus, Fresh Squeezed Opera, and theater makers Yangtze Rep, the New Wild, Object Collection, harunalee, Little Lord, Pan Asian Repertory, and Target Margin Theater. BFA: Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA: NYU Tisch. karenrachelboyer.com https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/twt-musicians daily 0.75 2024-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187478536-Z9M9IG96UDL0QCBRF65D/Lisa+Moore+piano+%C2%A9Yumiko-Izu.jpg TWT Musicians - Lisa Moore (Conductor, Music Director, Piano) New York-based Australian musician Lisa Moore is a multifaceted pianist, a prolific recording artist, and an avid collaborator. The New York Times has singled out her playing for its “life and freshness” and “fragility and tenderness”, The New Yorker describes her as “visionary” and “New York’s queen of the avant-garde piano” while Pitchfork claims “she’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas”. Given a special passion for the music of our time, Moore won the silver medal in the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition and has since performed hundreds of commissioned works and world premieres – having worked with more than two hundred living composers, while residing and collaborating in the vibrant new music scene of New York City since 1985. Moore has performed throughout Europe, the UK, USA, and Asia - on some of the world’s great stages: New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, La Scala in Milan, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein. She has released twelve solo albums - ranging from music by Leoš Janáček to Julia Wolfe - and more than thirty collaborative discs. Gramophone writes about her 2015 Mad Rush Philip Glass disc: “what becomes abundantly clear is Moore’s highly developed, intuitive and nuanced approach to this music”. Moore’s 2016 album The Stone People was selected by The New York Times Top Classical Albums 2016 and Naxos Critics’ Choice 2017. In June 2022, Moore released no place to go but around – her second album of music by Frederic Rzewski – to compelling notice. The New York Times remarked that the album is “meticulous...clever...hits the gas with controlled force”. For sixteen years (92-08) Moore was the founding pianist for the award-winning electro-acoustic sextet Bang On A Can All-Stars. She has performed with leading artists, ensembles and dance companies – Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Don Byron, Pamela Z, Thurston Moore, Iva Bittova, Bryce Dessner, London Sinfonietta, Steve Reich Ensemble, New York City Ballet, American Composers Orchestra, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a concerto soloist, Moore has performed with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmania Symphony, Thai National, Monash MAPA, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Wesleyan University Orchestra-Sumarsam Gamelan, and the Queensland Philharmonic. She has worked under the batons of David Robertson, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Brett Dean, Roger Benedict, Bradley Lubman, Steven Schick, Benjamin Northey, Richard Mills, Reinbert de Leeuw, Jorge Mester, Leonard Dommett, Dobbs Frank, and Angel Gil-Ordonez. Moore’s festival appearances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Banff, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, PianoSpheres LA, Chamber Music Northwest, Huddersfield, Vale of Glamorgan, Liquid Music MN, Holland, Graz, Hamburg, Taormina, Paris d’Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Barbican, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw. Lisa Moore is a Steinway artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187478536-Z9M9IG96UDL0QCBRF65D/Lisa+Moore+piano+%C2%A9Yumiko-Izu.jpg TWT Musicians - Lisa Moore (Conductor, Music Director, Piano) New York-based Australian musician Lisa Moore is a multifaceted pianist, a prolific recording artist, and an avid collaborator. The New York Times has singled out her playing for its “life and freshness” and “fragility and tenderness”, The New Yorker describes her as “visionary” and “New York’s queen of the avant-garde piano” while Pitchfork claims “she’s the best kind of contemporary classical musician, one so fearsomely game that she inspires composers to offer her their most wildly unplayable ideas”. Given a special passion for the music of our time, Moore won the silver medal in the 1981 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition and has since performed hundreds of commissioned works and world premieres – having worked with more than two hundred living composers, while residing and collaborating in the vibrant new music scene of New York City since 1985. Moore has performed throughout Europe, the UK, USA, and Asia - on some of the world’s great stages: New York’s Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, the Sydney Opera House, La Scala in Milan, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall, and Vienna’s Musikverein. She has released twelve solo albums - ranging from music by Leoš Janáček to Julia Wolfe - and more than thirty collaborative discs. Gramophone writes about her 2015 Mad Rush Philip Glass disc: “what becomes abundantly clear is Moore’s highly developed, intuitive and nuanced approach to this music”. Moore’s 2016 album The Stone People was selected by The New York Times Top Classical Albums 2016 and Naxos Critics’ Choice 2017. In June 2022, Moore released no place to go but around – her second album of music by Frederic Rzewski – to compelling notice. The New York Times remarked that the album is “meticulous...clever...hits the gas with controlled force”. For sixteen years (92-08) Moore was the founding pianist for the award-winning electro-acoustic sextet Bang On A Can All-Stars. She has performed with leading artists, ensembles and dance companies – Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Ornette Coleman, Frederic Rzewski, Don Byron, Pamela Z, Thurston Moore, Iva Bittova, Bryce Dessner, London Sinfonietta, Steve Reich Ensemble, New York City Ballet, American Composers Orchestra, and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As a concerto soloist, Moore has performed with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Albany Symphony, La Jolla Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Tasmania Symphony, Thai National, Monash MAPA, Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Wesleyan University Orchestra-Sumarsam Gamelan, and the Queensland Philharmonic. She has worked under the batons of David Robertson, Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Brett Dean, Roger Benedict, Bradley Lubman, Steven Schick, Benjamin Northey, Richard Mills, Reinbert de Leeuw, Jorge Mester, Leonard Dommett, Dobbs Frank, and Angel Gil-Ordonez. Moore’s festival appearances include Lincoln Center, BAM Next Wave, Banff, Tanglewood, Aspen, Chautauqua, Gilmore, PianoSpheres LA, Chamber Music Northwest, Huddersfield, Vale of Glamorgan, Liquid Music MN, Holland, Graz, Hamburg, Taormina, Paris d’Automne, Rome, Milan, Turin, Lithuania, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, BBC Proms, Southbank, Barbican, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne Metropolis, Israel, and Warsaw. Lisa Moore is a Steinway artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187576006-EKXAJ7EH1I04L88E3PU9/Elly+Toyoda+Gettysburg+College+Headshots+091423+-+Elly+Toyoda-1.jpeg TWT Musicians - Elly Toyoda (Violin) A native of Osaka, Japan, Dr. Elly Toyoda is Visiting Assistant Professor of Violin and Coordinator of Strings at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College teaching violin, chamber music, music theory, and contemporary music. She is a recording artist for Cantaloupe Music label, and has performed in festivals and concerts across Asia, Europe, and North America. An avid supporter of contemporary music, Toyoda was awarded the Prix de Musique Contemporaine by the Fontainebleau School, and has appeared on programs at the National Sawdust, Le Poisson Rouge, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Elb Philharmonie in Germany. She has premiered numerous works through the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Massachusetts International Festival os the Arts, Lake George Music Festival, and Talis Festival. Toyoda is a collaborator with Mammoth Trio and Eighth Blackbird - the 4-time Grammy award-winning contemporary music ensemble. Toyoda was previously faculty-artist for Yale School of Music's Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Lecturer at Rutgers University, and violin and viola faculty at Lindeblad School of Music, and SpeakMusic Conservatory. Toyoda studied at Oberlin Conservatory (B.M.) where she was elected membership to the National Music Honors Society, Yale School of Music (M.M) where she received the school’s Alumni Prize and was a finalist for the concerto competition, and Rutgers University (D.M.A) where she received the school’s highest honors in recognition of excellence in performance and scholarly research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1716175919585-BLOR8CTNR1K1EJH1YWMA/Eleonore+Oppenheim.jpeg TWT Musicians - Tristan Kasten-Krause (Doublebass) Tristan Kasten-Krause is a bassist and composer living in Brooklyn, New York whose work enlarges the minutiae of close tones and subtle gestures. As a bassist he has been credited with lending his “low-end authority to vital New York institutions” (the New Yorker) and praised for his “heavenly” (the Guardian) original compositions. His work exploring duration and expanded time has led to multiple showcases on the Hudson Basilica’s 24-Hour Drone festival, performances of cathartic, hour-long compositions with experimental black metal band Scarcity, and the premiere of the marathon 6-hour opera, Stranger Love, for the LA Phil. Over the last decade Tristan has worked with forward-thinking artists such as Sigur Ros, Alvin Lucier, Caroline Shaw, LEYA, Sarah Hennies, and Steve Reich. He has served as bassist in many prominent New York ensembles including Talea Ensemble, Wet Ink, Ensemble Signal and Contemporaneous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187842315-GMQ8SCY1EIACK8521XZZ/Amir+Farsi+flute.jpeg TWT Musicians - Amir Hoshang Farsi (Flute) Iranian and Pakistani-American flutist Amir Hoshang Farsi’s playing has been described as “virtuosic and birdlike” (I Care if You Listen) and having a “beautiful sound and personal sense of expression” (New York Classical Review). Amir has made appearances at notable halls and music festivals across the United States and Canada, including Carnegie Hall, the Banff Centre, MASS MoCA, the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, the Time:Spans Festival, the New World Center, Music@Menlo and Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals, the Bang on a Can Festival, the St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar, the Annapolis and Lake George Music Festivals, and the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. A passionate chamber musician, Amir has collaborated with leading artists such as tenor Nicholas Phan, soprano Meigui Zhang, violinists Arnaud Sussmann and Jennifer Frautschi, cellist Inbal Segev, harpist Parker Ramsay, cellist Mike Block, tabla-player Sandeep Das, flutist Claire Chase, and horn player William Purvis. Other projects have included composers Julia Wolfe, Luca Francesconi, Reena Esmail, Kaija Saariaho, Michi Wiancko, Robert Honstein, visual-artist Kevork Mourad, Running AMOC, and multidisciplinary duo The Afield. Amir is an alumnus of Ensemble Connect (2020-2023)—a joint fellowship through Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School, and the Weill Institute of Music. He received a bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Marina Piccinini and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, where he studied with Ransom Wilson. Amir was named one of ten Density Fellows in its inaugural class as part of Claire Chase’s Density 2036 Project where he works closely with Claire Chase on works from her Density2036 Project. Additionally, Amir recently participated in APAP’s YPCA program granting him and 5 other young artists/ensembles resources in professional development, networking opportunities, and an artist showcase at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187790656-K81UEZBVFCC3OH1U7163/Brendon+Randall+Myers+headshot+%28Caroline+Harrison%29.jpeg TWT Musicians - Brendon Randall-Myers (Guitar) Brendon Randall-Myers is a Brooklyn-based composer, guitarist, and sound designer who creates intricate and visceral music at various intersections of rock, experimental, electronic, theater, and classical. His work has been described as "an unflinching testimonial on grief and endurance" (Pitchfork), “emotive and gripping” (The Quietus), “physically punishing, but also detailed with fanatical precision” (Night After Night), and "a yearning explosion” (The Wire). Brendon co-leads avant-black metal band Scarcity, and is a member of the Glenn Branca Ensemble - having conducted the group since Branca’s death in 2018 - and avant-electric guitar quartet Dither. He writes music for classical performers (pianist Miki Sawada, Friction Quartet, cellist Annie Blythe, Chicago Symphony), cross-genre/experimental groups (Bang on a Can, Dither, Warp Trio), and film scores (Docked, Swimming with Stones, We the Economy: Recession). Brendon's work has received support from the Jerome Foundation, New Music USA, New York State Council for the Arts, Chamber Music America, the Guitar Foundation of America, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and ASCAP. He has performed in clubs, concert halls, and basements around the world, including the Barbican Theatre (London), the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), and the Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187757254-VOHURLLTNTANF2BN9O57/Graeme+Steele+Johnson+credit+Dylan+Hancook.jpeg TWT Musicians - Graeme Steele Johnson (Clarinet) Praised for his "elegant and rounded sound" (Albany Times Union) and "effortless...unmatched" technique (The Clarinet Online), Graeme Steele Johnson is an artist of uncommon imagination and versatility. His diverse artistic endeavors range from a TEDx talk comparing Mozart and Seinfeld, to his reconstruction of a forgotten 125-year-old work by Charles Martin Loeffler. Johnson’s recent appearances include the Library of Congress, Chamber Music Northwest, Ravinia, Emerald City Music, and the Bridgehampton, Rockport, Orcas Island and Phoenix Chamber Music Festivals, as well as solo recitals at The Kennedy Center and Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess series. Since 2022 he has served as the clarinetist of the award-winning quintet WindSync, one of only two American wind quintets with a full-time, international touring schedule. In 2020, Johnson discovered the unpublished manuscript to a forgotten 125-year-old Octet by Charles Martin Loeffler, one of the most performed American composers of his time. Johnson spent a year reconstructing the Octet's score, creating the first critical edition of the music and revealing a kaleidoscopic piece spanning a half-hour. Johnson’s world-premiere recording of the work will be released on Delos Productions in the spring of 2024, coinciding with the first modern performances of the piece at the Library of Congress, Morgan Library, Harvard Musical Association, Phoenix Chamber Music Festival and The Stissing Center. Interested in shedding fresh perspective on familiar music, Johnson has authored numerous chamber arrangements of repertoire ranging from Mozart to Messiaen, and performed them around the country with such artists as the Miró Quartet, Valerie Coleman and Bridget Kibbey. Johnson is the winner of the Hellam Young Artists’ Competition and the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition and holds an exclusive recording contract with Delos. He earned graduate degrees from the Yale School of Music, and his major teachers include David Shifrin, Charles Neidich, Nathan Williams and Ricardo Morales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1715187715562-GZ8THUJXWXXBRQL4SX5C/Miriam+Liske-Doorandish.jpeg TWT Musicians - Miriam Liske-Doorandish (Cello) At age 2 Miriam Liske-Doorandish requested her first cello and began lessons with her mother, Lisa Liske-Doorandish. She has since studied with Jonathan Kramer, Hans Jensen, Bartholomew LaFollette (BMus studies at the Royal College of Music), Amir Eldan (BA and AD at Oberlin Conservatory) and Paul Watkins (MM and MMA at the Yale School of Music). Raised in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, Miriam is motivated by a love of collaboration which has led her into traditional chamber settings as well as traditional fiddling sessions. As cellist of the exploratory ensemble Trio Ondata, Miriam is a recipient of the gold and audience prizes at the 2023 Yellow Springs Chamber Competition. The trio also won silver medal and the Horszowski Prize at The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (‘22), and were winners of the 2022 Yale School of Music Chamber Competition. Miriam is at home with music up to and beyond the edges of the classical canon, embracing baroque and contemporary performance throughout her studies. In recent years Miriam has appeared at festivals such as Mimir Chamber Music Festival, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Norfolk New Music, IMS Prussia Cove, Kneisel Hall, Four Seasons, the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, Musique à Marsac, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. Recognized for her arts advocacy, Miriam has received support from The Secular Society and Oberlin’s Flint Initiative Grant for her work as a founder and co-director of the Cello Springs Festival, a cross-genre education and performance project in Yellow Springs, OH. Miriam is currently based in New Haven, CT where she plays with Trio Ondata, the Havenwood Quartet and Versicolor New Music. In counterpoint with her performing and teaching life, Miriam is invested in community-building, the culinary arts, and exploring the Great Outdoors. 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Experience CLD has a long-standing commitment to educational outreach. Over the past decade, CLD has collaborated with the Catskill Mountain Foundation in bringing cultural enrichment to Hunter Elementary School. Six company members travel upstate each July to conduct a week-long workshop with children ages 4-12. The focus of this workshop is to expose students to standard dance rhythms, improvisation, musicality, and choreography. Our lessons are centered around a selected folktale, often portraying histories of oppressed populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1600802458601-PEAUH8FGSKOWHUE1BV4I/yhNkfxMg.jpeg Educational Outreach - Mission Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance’s (CLD) mission is to engage its audience through contemporary choreography generated by issues of social injustice and the concern for the human condition. This fuels profoundly sensitive and compassionate work with the intent to heal and call attention to the issues faced by women, people of color, and other marginalized groups. This body of work could not be appropriately created or conveyed without a diverse group of dancers, composers, musicians, and other artistic collaborators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424724484-1CM0UHXTVUYBK9MZSARO/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Drive Educational Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424772351-XPS5XHHFKPQRUFVW1GRV/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Ru Educational Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424833099-LY78KCOFEBQXW1CEHUYJ/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Veiled Educational Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424753175-2PGDTGW3MBUMH0HNAB9K/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Monsters+of+Grace Educational Outreach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1597424815132-TMKU9Q5EXT5JXA5QF8YP/Cherylyn+Lavagnino+Dance+Triptych Educational Outreach https://www.cherylynlavagnino-dance.com/monsters-of-grace daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594927848494-95MY4KH8TR6ECG4O9I6I/CR-20200112-1934.jpg Monsters of Grace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1594927923173-O1RJF0AN9ZULMCS7KYJY/CR-20200112-1988.jpg Monsters of Grace - About Monsters of Grace questions how strength, grace, and femininity can co-exist in a single body using the percussive and ethereal qualities of the pointe shoe. Through a non-traditional application of pointe work, this piece celebrates the strength and ability of the women on stage without losing touch with their intrinsic femininity. We see a band of women reminiscent of Amazonian Warriors who are self-sufficient in and of themselves. They prepare for combat, honing attentive stillness, tension, and calculated release through archery, thrusting themselves into the air with a quiet, earthbound power. Monsters of Grace puts forward a vision of full-bodied, qualified women whose varied inner lives and ways of occupying space lend strength and poignancy to their performance, defying stereotypes around what bodies are suited to ballet. Mythologies (2021) is an expansion on this work. Inspired by the stories of Ancient Greece in and around the time of the Trojan War, Mythologies includes sensual sirens and the devoted Band of Thebes in addition to the ferocious Amazonian warriors. Monsters of Grace can be performed alone or as one of four sections of Mythologies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/cc57e62e-af8e-46f0-8db9-ea1a5b866fae/CR-20200112-1922.jpg Monsters of Grace - Press “The choreography . . . is spectacularly vivid and comprehensive in its depiction of beauty, seduction, power, and evil. . . . Based on what I’ve seen, Lavagnino is a master not just of choreography, but of storytelling. But unlike storytellers who often bite off more than they can chew, the stories she weaves are limited in terms of scenic time and apparent scope, like a collection of independent but related short stories.” —Critical Dance, Jerry Hochman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ad0d692365f02bef78b0ce9/1591297193236-V2CZWSHZ9FBDOQZ3MMI6/CR-20200112-1934.jpg Monsters of Grace - Monsters of Grace (2019) Monsters of Grace, questions how strength, grace, and femininity can co-exist in a single body using the percussive and ethereal qualities of the pointe shoe. Through a non-traditional application of pointe work, this piece celebrates the strength and ability of the women on stage without losing touch with their intrinsic femininity. We see a band of women reminiscent of Amazonian Warriors who are self-sufficient in and of themselves. They prepare for combat, honing attentive stillness, tension, and calculated release through archery, thrusting themselves into the air with a quiet, earthbound power. Monsters of Grace puts forward a vision of full-bodied, qualified women whose varied inner lives and ways of occupying space lend strength and poignancy to their performance, defying stereotypes around what bodies are suited to ballet. 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