Upcoming: A New Season @ New Chamber Ballet

Above: dancers Amber Neff and Kristine Butler of New Chamber Ballet

Monday September 18th, 2017 – Today I stopped by at the Ballet Hispanico studios to visit some of my favorite people from the dance world: Miro Magloire and the ballerinas of his New Chamber Ballet. They are presently in rehearsal for the opening performances of their 2017-2018 season, which will take place on September 22nd and 23rd, 2017, at the City Center Studios. Tickets and more information about the performances here.

The all-Magloire program for the opening performances features a new ballet commissioned by Richard and Leslie Curtis to music by J S Bach. The other composers represented will be Luciano Berio, Beat Furrer, and Miro Magloire. The dancers are Sarah Atkins, Elizabeth Brown, Kristine Butler, Traci Finch, and Amber Neff. In keeping with New Chamber Ballet’s time-honoured tradition, all of the musical scores will be performed live by pianist Melody Fader and violinist Doori Na.

The overcast sky and a recalcitrant camera kept me from getting any really good images today, but here are some of Amber and Kristine rehearsing the new Bach piece and Voicelessness, the Beat Furrer ballet: