MorDance, in its mission to create modern, relevant movement that maintains the integrity of classical ballet, returns to New York’s newest performing arts center as its resident ballet company this spring with Season IV, From the Center. MorDance presents Propinquity and Apart from the Peripheral, two world premieres and The Shape of Voice, a continuation of a work commissioned by the Columbia Ballet Collaborative in November 2015.
Rooted in a classical ballet vocabulary but spoken in a contemporary dialect, the ensemble of seven will reconfigure the Bleecker street space to perform in the round, surrounded by audiences on four sides of the stage. In providing a unique experience and view of these works for each patron, an athleticism, musicality and employment of innovative ideas, music and line redefine the lens through which Artistic Director Morgan McEwen creates.
Apart from the Peripheral, World Premiere
Music: Niko Andreas
Lighting Design: Benjamin Williams
Set to an original score, Apart from the Peripheral delves into the concepts and misconceptions of erosion.
Propinquity, World Premiere
Music: Evening Side by Four Tet
Lighting Design: Benjamin Williams
Created in residency at the Silo at Kirkland Farm, American Ballet Theatre dancer Stephanie Williams joins MorDance in an exploration of nearness in place, time, order and relation
The Shape of Voice, Re-Staging
Music: Caroline Shaw’s Partita for Eight Voices
Lighting Design: Benjamin Williams
Originally commissioned in November 2015for the Columbia Ballet Collaborative, this work, now in its completion, is inspired by the piece of music composed solely of voices
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
