On June 14, 2020, BalletX premiered four short dance films in collaboration with Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Watch a Q&A and Previews of Rena Butler’s BalletX Dance Film Commission
“It felt like a sacred space of creativity and love…”
“I’m extending myself musically and artistically in ways I’ve always wanted to explore.”
“When I make music for dance I am leaving space in there for the elements that the movement brings to the whole experience. I don’t want the music to dominate, I want the combination to be greater than the sum of its parts.”
“I find all things to be dance. Life is dance. From our breath to a simple glance or a handshake – it can all be so powerful.”
“My intention is to create layers of meaning and offer multiple ways to connect with the work in the most inclusive way I can.”
“Limited range of movement does not mean a limit in expressiveness.”
“Age is not the end of being a dancer.”
“For me it is an almost tactile relationship with those in the audience. We give and receive.”
As I have said in one of my lectures, “dance is a language that is illegible in literal translation.”
Read the Summer Series 2017 Program Note by Lisa Kraus.
Read the Spring Series 2017 Program Note by Lisa Kraus.
Go behind the scenes for Matthew Neenan’s “The Last Glass.”
Watch excerpts of Tommie-Waheed Evans’s “In Between the Passing…”
Go behind-the-scenes with video from Cayetano Soto’s “Schachmatt.”
Read the complete monologue from R. Colby Damon’s “On the Mysterious Properties of Light” as performed by dancer Zachary Kapeluck, including select sections of the monologue performed by dancer Caili Quan and fellow BalletX members.
Read about BalletX’s Winter Series 2017 from dance writer Lisa Kraus.
We sat down with R. Colby Damon, choreographer and former BalletX dancer, to discuss his world premiere “On the Mysterious Properties of Light.”
It’s toured to the Vail International Dance Festival, to the Joyce Theater in New York, and, this past summer, to dance mecca Jacob’s Pillow. Why is this work so in demand by prestigious venues?
Interview with Neil Feather, Sound Mechanic for “Sunset, o639 Hours”