“See the music, hear the dance,” was choreographer George Balanchine’s typically witty description of watching ballets (his ballets, at least.) But what really happens when movement and sound merge in the viewer’s mind? Echoes presents an extreme case: music and dance alternate for most of the ballet, only rarely do they come together. But far from being dry, the separation puts our brain into overdrive to fill the blanks - with echoes of what we just heard, what we expect, what we like or dislike.

Choreography: Miro Magloire
Duration: 11 min.
Music: Anton Webern, Four Pieces for Violin and Piano op. 7
By arrangement with European American Music Distributors LLC, sole U.S. and Canadian agent for Universal Edition Vienna, publisher and copyright owner.
Costumes: Candice Thompson
World Premiere: March 27th, 2008
Original Cast: Emily SoRelle Adams, Elizabeth Brown, Madeline Deavenport, Emery LeCrone and Lauren Toole

Photos by: Kristin Lodoen Linder

Video: Echoes
performed by Emily SoRelle Adams, Elizabeth Brown, Madeline Deavenport, Emery LeCrone and Lauren Toole - (March 2009)