| Ballet, contemporary dance choreography, Configuration Dance Theatre montage presenting excerpts from "What's the Pointe," "Tchaicotic," "Transfiguration," "Awakenings" by Resident Choreographer, Michael Shannon (Bolshoi Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet); "Fascia La Spina" by Sasha Janes (North Carolina Dance Theatre); "Cumbling" by Edgar Zendejas (Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet); "Levitation" by Yuri Zhukov (Kirov, San Francisco Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet); "En Redondo Sombras" by Harrison McEldowney (BalletMet, Hubbard Street Dance Company, Louisville Ballet); produced by Founding Directors, Joseph Cipolla (Sadler Wells Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem) and Catherine Batcheller (Birmingham Royal Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, San Francisco Ballet). ARTVOICE described Configuration Dance Theatre in "Balanchine and Beyond" (9/20/2009): "As their name implies, their emphasis widens the scope of dance and dramatic, a certain noir-ness, they lay bare emotions, startle senses, and make one think," qualities Dance Magazine experts described as, "A LIVING ART GALLERY." CONFIGURATION choreographers and dancers were featured in "DANCE SPECTACULAR" (9/22/09) by its producer, New York City Ballet star, Daniel Ulbricht, with Boston Ballet and New York City Ballet stars in "Apollo," "Who Cares, "Diamond," "Tarantella" authorized by the Balanchine Foundation, and presenting "What's the Pointe" by Michael Shannon, "Royenne" by ... |
