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Greetings,
"I believe dance is about the human being, not the
human body." These words by choreographer John Neumeier can seem at odds with today's exaggeratedly physical dance world.
Of course, in our intimate performance setting, the dancers always remain human beings. But to make the choreography resonate as well is an entirely different challenge.
Our upcoming performances in two weeks - April 17 & 18 - propose four different approaches. I am especially delighted that company member Emery LeCrone's first work for NCB, which had to be postponed last time due to an injury, is back on the program.
And if you share our belief that music too is a living art form, you will rejoice at our lineup of three of today's contemporary masters (and an old one.)
Neumeier again: "I believe you don't understand a ballet; you have
an experience of it." Come experience it with us - the details (and more!) are below.
Warmly,
Miro Magloire
Artistic Director, New Chamber Ballet
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Upcoming Performance - Program IV
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 April 17th & 18th, 2010
Four ballets grace our spring program, including two World Premieres and one revival.
There's driving energy, in Emery LeCrone's new ballet, set to John Adams' Road Movies;
Split personality, on pointe and off, in a new solo by Magloire to Pierre Boulez' violin solo Anthèmes;
A healthy dose of humor in Miro Magloire's Allegretto, Innocente, a whimsical trio to piano sonatas by Joseph Haydn;
Cool detachment in Monologue, danced by Elizabeth Brown, a solo-with-accompaniment echoing Morton
Feldman's music with a "continuously contemplative quality."
(Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times)
Don't miss it! Tickets are on sale already - reserve your seats today!
Saturday, April 17th at 8pm &
Sunday, April 18th at 8pm
New York City Center Studio 4
130 West 56th St, 4th floor (betw. 6th and 7th Ave)
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A Delayed Unveiling
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 'Chamber Dances' - World Premiere
Finally: company dancer Emery LeCrone's first work for NCB, Chamber Dances, will premiere in two weeks! It was originally intended for the February performance, but an injury forced a last-minute cancellation.
Nothing can stop it this time. In fact, the postponement allowed Emery to add on to it, growing it into a three-movement, high-energy trio to John Adams' Road Movies for violin and piano. At a recent rehearsal viewing it was hard to say who has the rhythmically more intricate part - the dancers or the musicians - but the result is exhilarating.
In the last newsletter, Emery spoke about her creative process and the experience of choreographing for her peers - if you missed it, you can read it here...
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NCB Review
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 The Village Voice
NCB's February performances, with the ballets Allegretto, Innocente, Lace, Pas De... and Two were reviewed by Deborah Jowitt in the Village Voice. Writing about Lace, Jowitt pointed out the "modeling [of] dancing bodies in space to exploit ballet's
three-dimensional possibilities as well as to affirm its essentially
two-dimensional designs," adding that the dancers' "calmness is a nice contrast to the intricacies of the solos and Berio's
virtuosic [music]." (photo, a Lace rehearsal) Commenting on Allegretto, Innocente, Jowitt wrote that "as in the earlier pieces, the interplay between stillness and lively motion and between soloist and
attendants is charmingly engineered." But the most fervent praise was reserved for Deborah Lohse's Two, in which "the choreography demands that Emily SoRelle Adams and LeCrone
focus intently on each other and the import of their actions... Perhaps this sounds trite, but Lohse and the performers... make it seem both touching and believable." Click here to read the full review... |
Rehearsal Visit
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 Seeing NCB from the inside...
On beautiful Saturday afternoon earlier this year, a group of NCB's most dedicated supporters dropped by our rehearsal studio for a behind-the-scenes look. How are the ballets created? How does the collaboration between musicians and dancers work? Seeing a ballet up close in performance is one thing, but watching the choreographer(s) at work had its own charm. A reception following the rehearsal visit provided an opportunity for further questions. If you would like to attend a future rehearsal visit, click here to find out how to become a NCB supporter. |
The Buzz
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News From Our Artists...
Here's what New Chamber Ballet's artists have been up to since the last show:
Emery LeCrone's Five Songs for Piano will premiere at the Miller Theater next week in a performance by the Columbia Ballet Collaborative featuring Victoria North (photo, in rehearsal)... Victoria, along with pianist Melody Fader, will also appear with Avi Scher & Dancers this weekend at the Citigroup Theater in Manhattan... Melody also performed in a fundraiser for victims of the Chilean earthquake at the Bechstein House last month... Emily SoRelle Adams will appear in Rebecca Kelly Ballet's spring season later this month... Erik Carlson's New York Miniaturist Ensemble performed an evening of musical miniatures - 100 notes or less - for violin(s) last month... Erik will also appear with the International Contemporary Ensemble at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art this month, in a collaboration with the John Jasperse Dance Company...
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