Tue
14
Aug
2018
Busy Summer For Ballaro Dance!
BUSY SUMMER FOR BALLARO DANCE!
In June the company premiered Recall, a new work featuring soloist Lacey Birch and cellist Annabel Gordon.
It was part of 8 In Show at Dixon Place.
Shortly thereafter choreographer Marisa f. Ballaro traveled to Ticino In Danza to study and perform in Mendrisio, Switzerland for an entire week. It was an incredible time of artistic growth, and she brought back some new material with her that was developed while abroad! While there she performed in two venues in the southern part of Switzerland:
outdoors at the Mendrisio Museo d'arte, and while collaborating with young composers from the
Ticino Musica program for a concert in the Museo Vincenzo Vela.
Eager to get back in the studio, Marisa f. Ballaro, along with dancers Lacey Birch, Marie Klaiber, and Sarah Lehman, traveled to Saratoga Springs, NY to be in residence for a week at the 30th anniversary season of the New York State Summer School of the Arts, School of Modern Dance. They taught workshops to the students, developed new work, and premiered a new piece, Spirito Riempito Vita, in a concert in the Skidmore College Dance Theatre on Saturday, August 4th.
Take a tour of the photos from the upper right left corner in a circular path to the bottom left corner to see for yourself!
Thu
12
Apr
2018
New Work To Be Premiered In June
Dancer Lacey Birch will perform alongside cellist Annabel Gordon for a new work premiere this June. Extending existing solo, Untitled, the duo will perform at Dixon Place in Manhattan as part of the
8 In Show series.
Collaborating on the development of the work,
the movement and music call and respond creating a conversation between mover and player.
The music takes over the dancer as the piece culminates in a frenzy.
Join us on Wednesday, June 27th for the first performance of this new collaboration featuring composition by Annabel Gordon.
Tue
28
Nov
2017
Celebrating #GivingTuesday With An Attitude Of Gratitude
Thanks for an incredible year from all of us at Ballaro Dance!
We have spent the year making new dances,
celebrating old ones, and sharing our passion with YOU!
Please consider gifting to Ballaro Dance on this #GivingTuesday - a day when we can acknowledge the importance
of support from friends and family.
Your generous spirit enables us to keep going,
and to keep creating. We are grateful.
About
Ballaro Dance is a New York City based modern dance company performing the work of Marisa f. Ballaro.
Creation
The dance is about physical space, music, and time. Much of the choreography is fast paced, energetic, and playful, utilizing the dynamics of group versus solo work, with intricate spatial patterning and unison canon phrases used to shape space.