NCB is starting into the new year with this program of two world premieres and two repeat performances. Magloire's new ballets Aeolia, set to music by Georg Philipp Telemann, and a new ballet to music by Giacinto Scelsi, offer two strikingly contrasting visions of dance to the sounds of the violin. Also on the program Magloire's ground-breaking Reflection, for which he created both the music and the dance, as well as last season's trio Mostly Soft, set to Schubert.

Don't miss this program, which will also be our send-off to company dancer Denise Small who will take an extended leave to go to college! Tickets are on sale already - reserve your seats today!

Friday, January 18th at 8:30pm &
Saturday, January 19th at 8:30pm
(late curtain!)
New York City Center Studio 4
130 West 56th St, 4th floor (betw. 6th and 7th Ave)

NCB dancer Denise Small has been a backbone of the company both onstage and off since its inception four years ago. Recently, her performances have acquired a new intensity that has captivated audiences as well as critics.

She traces this development to her growing awareness of movement quality. In the past year, looking beyond the realm of ballet, she discovered a wealth of inspiration in a field not often associated with ballet: Kinesiology. Working with a coach, Doris Pasteleur Hall, she explored ways to give her dancing a more personal flavor.

Small also learned to embrace her individuality: "The work gave me a lot of confidence. Instead of approaching steps as one-dimensional things that can either succeed or fail, I began to see a wide range of possibilities to shape them, color them and make them work for me. Suddenly I was free to express myself within the context of my facility, of what I can and can't do, rather than trying to live up to an outside image. "

Far from being content with what she has discovered so far, Denise decided to take an even bigger plunge. After the upcoming performances she will take a leave from the company to begin a college education, with the goal of eventually mastering in Kinesiology. "It's not that I want to stop dancing - I just want to learn more about it so that I can share with others what I've found: that your body's capabilities are endless."

Coming up in February, NCB will perform in a free performance at the 92nd Street Y on Manhattan's East Side. Part of the Fridays at Noon series, this mixed bill will focus on the process of creating choreography and will be shared with Deborah Lohse's ad hoc ballet and Lynn Parkerson's Brooklyn Ballet.

The hour-long performance will include the world premiere of Reflection II, a new solo by Miro Magloire, again set to his own music and performed by Christin Hanna and violinist Erik Carlson, as well as works by Lohse and Parkerson. The program will be followed by an audience discussion.

Friday, February 15th at 12pm
92nd Street Y, Buttenwieser Hall, Lexington Ave at 92nd Street
Admission is free. For further information, call (212) 415-5553.

Also in February, the German House at New York University will present a lecture evening with Miro Magloire about his work in dance and music:

"Music of the Body"
A conversation on ballet, sound, gestures, notation, tradition and silence.

Tuesday, February 12th at 7pm
German House at New York University, 42 Washington Mews (one block north of Washington Square between Fith Avenue and University Place)

Finally! NCB is now on YouTube, with a short clip featuring Denise Small and Damien Johnson dancing a pas de deux from the ballet Fall. We hope to add more clips soon.

The current clip might be available only for a limited time, so don't wait - click the link below, see our video, add it to your favorites, even rate it...

Who said "winter holidays?" New Chamber Ballet's artists have been quite busy around the country in December. Lauren Toole and Damien Johnson (photo) performed in the Los Angeles Ballet's Nutcracker... A little further north, Christin Hanna gave a masterclass in Lake Tahoe, CA... Closer to home, Emily Vonne SoRelle spread Nutcracker magic as the Snow Queen and Dewdrop fairy with the Ballet Theatre Company in West Hartfodt, CT... And back here in New York, Melody Fader performed with the Buglisi Dance Theatre at the brand new TheTimesCentre... While Denise Small continued to appear at the Metropolitan Opera in a variety of operas, including the monumental War and Peace...

At the beginning of this new year, we're asking for your money again... Why? Ticket sales cover only about 20% of the costs of each performance. We aim to keep our costs as low as possible, but there are rehearsal studio fees (a big item here in the city), performance space fees, music royalties, performer fees, printing costs, costume building and maintenance, sheet music costs, stamps, banking fees, advance ticket sale fees, PR costs...

All of these items are necessary to produce our little, bare bones performances. Instead of cutting back, we try to perform more to keep our art alive and you, our audience, happy. Not an easy task, but we can do it with your help! Please take a moment to go to our website and find out how you can support our work...