In just a few short weeks, Chicago Repertory Ballet will take the stage at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture to present “Ten: celebrating 10 years of CRB”. One of the most exciting features of this performance will be the three world premiere works from three varying choreographers on the bill. Here’s a sneak peek at each of these exciting new dances!
Transcending Quiet by Kia Smith
This beautiful Pas de Deux by Kia Smith (South Chicago Dance Theater) is a study in texture and tone with classical ballet partnering colliding into gestural dance phrases and emotional tension to a unique contemporary score. Over the 7 minute dance we see the couple snake through one another’s negative space creating a feeling of simultaneous separation and connectedness. This duet is not to be missed!
Birthday Fête by Wade Schaaf
Birthday Fête is an abstract ballet choreographed in the Neo-Classical style celebrating Chicago Repertory Ballet’s 10 year anniversary. This dance is a romp for 8 dancers to Mendelssohn as they joyously leap and turn through the space in celebration. The adjacent clip features ensemble member Eliza Weekley in her turns á manège from Birthday Fête.
Hunter’s Moon by Mike Tyus
Based around the movements, behaviors and physicality of wolves in the wild, Hunter’s Moon is a thrilling contemporary dance for the full company choreographed by Mike Tyus of LA. In this work dancers hunt and stalk as group phrases give way to partnerships and solo material with Mike’s unique choreographic style.