BalletX

Thursday, October 14, 2021 • 8PM

As Philadelphia's premier contemporary ballet, whose dancers were named "among America's best" (New York Times), BalletX expands the vocabulary of classical dance. Committed to producing works that cultivate audiences' collective appetite for bold, new dance, BalletX has been hailed as a "place of choreographic innovation" (The New Yorker). balletx.org

PROGRAM

Increasing
Choreographer: Matthew Neenan
Music: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 and D. 956, Movement I. Allegro ma non troppo by Franz Schubert
Lighting Designer: Drew Billiau
Costume Designer: Carol Divet, courtesy of Pennsylvania Ballet
Stage Manager: Jason Pizzi
Lighting Supervisor: Aly Docherty
Dancers: Shawn Cusseaux, Jonah Delgado, Francesca Forcella, Blake Krapels, Skyler Lubin, Alexandra Policaro, Ashley Simpson, Eric Trope, Pete Leo Walker, Andrea Yorita

Fancy Me

Choreographer: Caili Quan
Music: "Groove Me" by King Floyd
Stage Manager: Jason Pizzi
Lighting Supervisor: Aly Docherty
Dancers: Shawn Cusseaux, Andrea Yorita

It's Not a Cry
Choreographer: Amy Seiwert
Music: "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley, after Leonard Cohen
Lighting Designer: Drew Billiau
Costume Designer: Amy Seiwert
Stage Manager: Jason Pizzi
Lighting Supervisor: Aly Docherty
Dancers: Skyler Lubin, Pete Leo Walker

 

—INTERMISSION—

 

Steep Drop, Euphoric
Choreographer: Nicolo Fonte
Music: Symphony No. 1 "Oceans": V. Cadenza by Ezio Bosso; Eulogy for Evolution 2017's "3326" by Olafur Arnalds; Six Breaths: I Breath, Draw Breath, and Music for Weather Elements: Thunders and Lightnings by Ezio Bosso
Lighting Designer: Mark Stanley
Costume Designer: Christine Darch
Set Designer: Nicolo Fonte, in collaboration with Mark Stanley
Stage Manager: Jason Pizzi
Lighting Supervisor: Aly Docherty
Dancers: Shawn Cusseaux, Jonah Delgado, Francesca Forcella, Blake Krapels, Skyler Lubin, Alexandra Policaro, Ashley Simpson, Eric Trope, Pete Leo Walker, Andrea Yorita