https://www.sfdanceworks.org/sfdw daily 1.0 2023-01-20 https://www.sfdanceworks.org/donate-today daily 0.75 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1641960059459-I0T4GHVKU5E46Q6HXX25/SFDanceworks_Katerina+Eng_photo+Madison+Keesler.jpg DONATE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/58f3b96b-6010-480d-949f-9aa76384054d/DSCF5430.jpg DONATE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sfdanceworks.org/new-page daily 0.75 2021-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1618992249558-ZK7Y09LDP0PILJS2E15Y/Poster%400.5x.jpg EVIDENCE OF IT ALL - EVIDENCE OF IT ALL Choreographer Drew Jacoby (Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Ballet of Flanders) directs her first short film for SFDanceworks. She commissioned Pulitzer-winning librettist Royce Vavrek to create a story and text based on the concept of the seven cardinal sins through the lens of a woman in solitude, pulsating through her memories. Drawing inspiration from iconic artists Maya Deren and Peter Lindbergh, Jacoby's graphic movement style and aesthetic give the dance film an eerie, absurd, and sometimes surreal sensuality. With narration by Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Rosamund Pike and sound design by the brilliant composer Mikael Karlsson (Alicia Keys and Lykke Li collaborator), dancer Meredith Webster takes the viewer on an intimate and riveting journey through her troubled mind, shedding light on the perpetual inner carnal struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1606267721275-1NH4KRCP9PW8R7RSMWMJ/Drew+Jacoby+Headshot.jpeg EVIDENCE OF IT ALL - Drew Jacoby Photography by Rahi Rezvani https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1635381334366-9UFOP383OOZJ6JMZ3UYM/EVIDENCE_Still%2BFrames_1.16.1.jpg EVIDENCE OF IT ALL - Meredith Webster Meredith Webster grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She worked with Sonia Dawkins Prism and Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance Theatre in Seattle, and earned a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Washington before moving to San Francisco to work with Alonzo King LINES Ballet. She worked with Mr. King for 15 years, 6 of which were as Ballet Master. Meredith has also performed with Ledoh/Salt Farm and Maureen Whiting Company, collaborated with David Harvey to create the site-specific Ladysmith Draw, and co-created Empress Archer for The Cambrians of Chicago. She recently choreographed and starred in the short film Mirrors, written and directed by Mary Marxen. @MeredithTWebster Photography by Genesis Sorrick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1606269890669-0426GEKM6NO2W02H4ZO1/Rosamund+Pike%2C+Photo+by+Francois+Berthier.jpg EVIDENCE OF IT ALL - Rosamund Pike Rosamund Pike is an international stage and screen actress, who is best known for her work as Amy Dunne in David Fincher’s GONE GIRL, for which she received an Academy Award nomination. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Marie Colvin in A PRIVATE WAR and most recently won an Emmy for the short form series STATE OF THE UNION wth Chris O’Dowd. Other notable roles have included Jane in Joe Wright’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Rosalee Quaid in Scott Cooper’s HOSTILES, and most recently Marie Curie in Marjane’s Satrapi’s RADIOACTIVE. Rosamund is currently living in Prague working on an adaptation of Robert Jordan’s WHEEL OF TIME series for Amazon Studios. Photography by Francois Berthier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1606270012332-9CYZ463EVDN25L1M49DO/Royce+Vavrek.jpg EVIDENCE OF IT ALL - Royce Vavrek Royce Vavrek is a librettist who has “shaken up the timid, backward-looking business of American opera” (The New Yorker). He has been called “an exemplary creator of operatic prose” (The New York Times) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera Angel’s Bone, with composer Du Yun, was was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music. His collaborations include operas with Missy Mazzoli (Breaking the Waves, Proving Up and Song from the Uproar), David T. Little (Dog Days and JFK), Ricky Ian Gordon (27 and The House Without a Christmas Tree) and Gregory Spears (O Columbia); concert works with Paola Prestini (The Hubble Cantata), Julian Wachner (Epistle Mass), Ellen Reid (Knoxville: Summer of 2015) and Matt Marks (Strip Mall, A Song for Wade (This is Not That Song)); and a musical with Joshua Schmidt (Midwestern Gothic). Recent and upcoming projects include an adaptation of Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light with Paola Prestini and director Thaddeus Strassberger, developed at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity; Crypto, a contemporary dance creation with choreographer Guillaume Côté and composer Mikael Karlsson for Canadian Stage; new operas with Julian Wachner (Broadview Christ) and Mary Kouyoumdjian (Adoration) for Beth Morrison Projects; a grand opera with composer David T. Little for The Met/LCT commissioning program; and two grand operas with Missy Mazzoli: an adaptation of an original story by Jordan Tannahill for Opera Philadelphia and the Norwegian National Opera entitled The Listeners, and an adaptation of George Saunders’s Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo for The Metropolitan Opera. Royce is an alum of Concordia University (Montreal), NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program and American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program. 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His many collaborators include ICE, ACME, Isabel Leonard, Mivos Quartet, Claire Chase, Callie Day, Anna von Hausswolff, Lykke Li, Mariam Wallentin, Alicia Keys, and Lydia Lunch. www.mikaelk.com Photography by Niklas Alexandersson https://www.sfdanceworks.org/advisory-board daily 0.75 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/1606274428958-1C00CR74S2IAMC6G2OVG/The%2BBedroom.jpg Advisory Board and Team - ADVISORY BOARD AND TEAM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/94d963c2-8b4e-40a2-a433-64d9598b7e1b/Christina+Gray+Rutter+photo.jpg Advisory Board and Team - CHRISTINA RUTTER Operations and Administration With a background rooted in arts administration and a love for getting things organized behind the scenes, Christina has spent the past two decades working with some of San Francisco’s most iconic cultural institutions. She currently serves as Board Relations Manager at the San Francisco Symphony, where she ensures board operations run smoothly and strategically. Prior to that, she held several roles at San Francisco Ballet, most recently as Dean of School Administration, where she oversaw everything from budgeting and enrollment to student wellness and operational planning. Born and raised in San Francisco, Christina spent most of her free time in a dance studio—and the rest on MUNI getting there. She trained primarily at San Francisco Ballet School before discovering a passion for nonprofit arts administration. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in arts management from American University in Washington, D.C. Christina is grateful to live and work in her hometown and is dedicated to supporting resilient arts institutions through behind-the-scenes excellence and thoughtful leadership. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/c417e1ee-fd57-4b8d-8265-8cfdaa59bf3a/STRONGINHEADSHOT.jpg Advisory Board and Team - LAUREN STRONGIN Marketing Lauren Strongin (she/her) was born in Los Gatos, California, and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. At 11, she was offered a full scholarship to attend The Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC. In 1999, she was awarded a full scholarship to the John Cranko-Schule in Stuttgart, Germany. She was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition in Switzerland and IBC at Jackson, Mississippi. Lauren joined Sarasota Ballet and quickly was promoted to Principal dancer. She then danced for Houston Ballet and finally, as a soloist for San Francisco Ballet. Her classical repertoire includes principal roles in Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Les Sylphides, Paquita, Giselle, Balanchine’s Coppélia, The Nutcracker, Le Corsair, and Cranko’s Onegin among others. She danced principal roles by Ashton, MacMillan, Balanchine, Robbins, Van Manen, Bourne, Tudor, Cranko, Kylián, Morris, Tharp, Possokhov, Wheeldon, Tomasson, Ratmansky, and Forsythe. She created roles in ballets by Scarlett, Morris, Elo, Barton, Peck, and others. Lauren retired from a professional ballet career in 2019. She is a certified instructor for the Dance for Parkinson’s program, has interned with the SF Ballet in their wellness department, focusing on mental healthcare accessibility for dancers, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in their development department and has designed costumes for SFDanceworks and other companies. Lauren has managed social media and marketing for several small companies. Currently, she is a stager and trustee for the Liam Scarlett Trust and is completing her degree in American Studies and Masters in Communications at Stanford University. She is most proud to be mother to her daughter Cy with her husband Joseph Walsh. They live in San Francisco. 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Upon moving to NYC with her family, Dana continued studies at the School of American Ballet, Kirov Academy of Ballet, and finally the Paris Opera Ballet School prior to joining the San Francisco Ballet in 2000, promoted to soloist in 2008. Dana’s repertory includes both classical and contemporary works by Petipa, Balanchine, Robbins, Cranko, Ashton, Nuemier, Forsythe, Possokhov, Morris, Taylor, McGregor, Wheeldon, Liang, among others. In 2015, Dana joined the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet school, under Patrick Armand, where she began teaching a wide array of classes, Ballet, Contemporary and Improvisation...in particular supporting the development of the choreographic workshop initiatives. In 2016, Dana was selected to participate in the NY Choreographic Institute, jump starting her choreographic career. The same year, Dana joined SFDanceworks inaugural season, performing works by Cerrudo and Saunders, as well as choreographing a solo work, entitled “Portrait”, which has since then been adapted to film and screened in festivals globally including SFDanceFilmFestival, Paris Independent Film Festival, Montreal Independent Film Festival, Prague International Indie Film Festival, and Berlin International Art Film Festival. Notably her choreography is featured in George Harrison’s official music video, ‘What is Life’. Dana continues to teach, mentor and choreograph. Her commissions include the Washington Ballet, Ballet Met: Columbus, Ohio, The Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Idaho, SFBallet Training program, and ABT Studio Company. Her works have been seen at ‘Fall For Dance’ in NYC, Guggenheim Works and Process, and Marquee TV. Dana was the recipient of the 2018 Princess Grace Award for choreography. In October of 2021, Dana was appointed Interim Artistic Director for SFDanceworks’ 2022 performance season, and Artistic Director beginning Fall 2022. 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Much gratitude for the generosity and support from Larissa Roesch, Dana Genshaft, and Kristina Dutton.” Photo: Amelia Shultz, Lani Lamanaka Matt Wenckowski in Within Where. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/3b61b8cb-d2a7-4869-9088-87fdf7a823a7/DSC09864.jpg Season 5: Summer 2022 - Martha Graham Deep Song, West Coast Premiere Premiere date: 1937 Music: Henry Cowell single prepared piano recording, Cante Hondo Lighting: Jim French Costumes: Martha Graham Bench Build: Lucas Smithey Regisseur : Miki Orihara Dancer: Dores André and Katerina Beckman This work is made possible by the support of the Dossetter family, in loving memory of Jeremy and the generous support of David Chase. Photo: Katerina Beckman in Deep Song https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/8d113418-afc2-46e9-a7c8-4d0012368880/DSC09246.jpg Season 5: Summer 2022 - Edward Clug Benjamin Simoens, Amelia Shultz, Erik Debono in Edward Clug’s ‘mutual comfort’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/5c3141af-e301-4ac5-9684-999eca1cef88/DSC00528.jpg Season 5: Summer 2022 - Danielle Rowe Little Scratch, World Premiere Music: Joby Talbot's gloriously rich rendition of "Chacony in G Minor" Costumes: Susan Roemer Lighting Design: Jim French Staging: Brett Conway Dancers: Ben Simeons and Katerina Beckman “The piece traverses through two people's inner chatter and the feedback loop of memory, the senses and distractions whilst revealing the divergence between what is chosen to be shared and what is scratching beneath the skin.” This work is made possible by the generous support of the Dossetter Family, in loving memory of Jeremy. Photo: Katerina Beckman & Benjamin Simoens in Little Scratch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/94d767be-4deb-49de-aad0-6a93963f718e/DSC00932.JPG Season 5: Summer 2022 - Yin Yue Just Above the Surface, West Coast Premiere Digital Premiere with Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (NY) in 2020. “The piece was created during joint residency at West Michigan University with Peridance contemporary dance company.” Music: Michel Banabila, Shifted, Machinefabriek & Freiband, Metamorphoses Costumes: Mondo Morales Lighting: Recreated by Jim French Dancers: Lani Yamanaka, Brooke Corrales, Sarah Chou, Amelia Shultz, Matt Wenckowski, Erik Debono, Nick Korkos, Babatunji Johnson The piece “is about realizing and becoming fully aware of our existence through gravity. We must anchor ourselves first before we can interact with others. 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At one point, they push the piano across the stage; Gosling ambles along with them, his fingers not leaving the keys. With a grounded simplicity and sense of play, the piece resolves as almost a mirror image of where it started.” New York Times, Siobhan Burke, April 24, 2022. Season 6 will proudly present Gustave Le Gray No. 1, a ravishing and arresting work by Pam Tanowitz, a choreographer Artistic Director, Dana Genshaft, has long admired. In its West Coast debut, this work will be performed with live piano accompaniment to a score written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. Photo: George Etheredge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/912abf43-475b-42a2-9bae-3b76d3cf20be/Screen+Shot+2023-03-21+at+12.06.40+PM.jpg Season 6: Summer 2023 - José Limón Danzas Mexicanas West Coast Premiere Music: Lionel Nowak, original score Premiered: Mills College, Oakland, CA 1939 Restaged: Joyce Theatre NYC, NY 2022 “In celebration of the Limón Dance Company’s 75th anniversary season we are reconstructing and reimagining “Danzas Mexicanas”, a partially lost early work by José Limón. Developed at a pivotal moment in his career, “Danzas” is a collection of five solos representing historical Mexican figures that reveal Limón’s complicated relationship with his heritage and identity.” Dante Puleio, Artistic Director, Limón Dance Company Danzas Mexicanas deepens our connection and reverence for masterworks. Working with the Limón Company, we secured an excerpt comprising two solos. These will be performed by a wonderful dancer (and former student of Dana Genshaft), current Limón Company member MJ Edwards, accompanied by a piano score by American composer Lionel Nowak. The work, which is José’s response to his Mexican heritage, premiered in 1939 at Mills College in Oakland. Since then it has not been seen outside of New York, and SFDanceworks is the first company to perform these solos apart from the Limón Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/b471261d-09c9-43dd-8d91-b02e646e7c46/Screen+Shot+2023-03-21+at+9.51.30+AM.jpg Season 6: Summer 2023 - Laura O’Malley The Tone Inside World Premiere For her third commission, we are thrilled Laura, former co-director of SFDW will create an anchor piece for Season 6. Laura, who is on the precipice of a rich choreographic career, will be collaborating with lighting and set designer James French and costume designer Lauren Starobin, using music composed and arranged by Alton Allen. Her world premiere is generously underwritten by Larissa Roesch. After her success last season with Within Where we are anxious to see where Laura takes us this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/d2bfb7e3-04ee-4e81-a57f-60dcd5b59f2b/BrianArias.jpg Season 6: Summer 2023 - Bryan Arias The Broken Glass World Premiere Bryan, who is based in Zurich, Switzerland, will be creating a new work, a world premiere for SFDanceworks, that dives into his Puerto Rican heritage, uncovering the music of Bomba Y Plena, Boleros, and the music of his childhood. Season 6 is Bryan’s first time working with SFDW. "Arias’s approach is similar to the magic mixture in Wes Anderson’s films: The silliness is graced by sincerity, and the poignancy glows with humanity” Boston Globe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/040c5e86-468a-44c0-a541-e66f86af0729/Screen+Shot+2023-03-21+at+12.03.38+PM.jpg Season 6: Summer 2023 - Alexander Anderson What’s Left Unsaid World Premiere Alexander Anderson, a gorgeous emerging artist from NYC and former member of the Netherlands Dance Theater and Gibney, has choreographed an intimate duet for returning long-time company artist Nick Korkos and former SF Ballet principal dancer, Benjamin Freemantle. Alex joins Season 6 as a choreographer for the first time, after being part of the staging of Edward Clug’s Mutual Comfort last season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/4185fdf6-5129-462f-b0e4-a606df73ddc2/AlbaCastilloLimeArt.jpg Season 6: Summer 2023 - Alba Castillo Before You Land US Premiere Music: Joep Beving, “Prelude”, adapted by Alba Castillo Premiere date: July 15th 2019, National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Alba Castillo, a fantastic choreographer originally from Spain and formerly with Campanie National de Dance, will be presenting a work for two women that earned her a choreographic gold medal in 2019 at the Beijing Choreographic Competition. https://www.sfdanceworks.org/new-page-49 daily 0.75 2024-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/2b06f0f4-e520-4a02-b66a-92ea7d0a9ad7/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+8.05.10+PM.png IN THE KNOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/5356f66f-8fd0-4d29-a905-3d9e1d236585/Screen+Shot+2023-02-27+at+8.35.22+PM.png IN THE KNOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/89815fa6-3389-4448-8966-b15cb771730b/Screen+Shot+2023-02-07+at+8.31.50+PM.jpg IN THE KNOW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/fac67dec-1a15-42a7-8806-4746f2001a59/Screen+Shot+2023-03-17+at+8.44.27+PM.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/b471261d-09c9-43dd-8d91-b02e646e7c46/Screen+Shot+2023-03-21+at+9.51.30+AM.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/912abf43-475b-42a2-9bae-3b76d3cf20be/Screen+Shot+2023-03-21+at+12.06.40+PM.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/040c5e86-468a-44c0-a541-e66f86af0729/Screen+Shot+2023-03-21+at+12.03.38+PM.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/fdea8955-57f4-4dfa-a221-121689215fdd/BrianArias.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/9e0d1a8b-f528-4c78-bcae-7fc625510ad6/Screenshot+2024-06-24+at+6.21.12+PM.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/c3913e0f-fdb5-42e1-b35b-f8eb3b013f51/DSCF6949.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/b35736e9-eb12-4585-b79d-9e7700e15c90/DSC00553.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/b35736e9-eb12-4585-b79d-9e7700e15c90/DSC00553.jpg IN THE KNOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sfdanceworks.org/artists-copy daily 0.75 2023-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/6b547aac-85a5-48bc-98ad-797a2867f467/QBW06927.jpg Artists (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/cbd85633-ffba-4cd1-b2f0-d8402daf9d9f/Brookes+head+shot.jpg Artists (Copy) - BROOKE CORRALES Brooke Corrales is originally from Paso Robles, California. She danced at Artistry in Motion and trained at Nor Cal Dance Arts under the direction of Tawnya Kuzia. She is a graduate of Alonzo King LINES Pre-Professional Program under the direction of Karah Abiog. During her two years with LINES, she performed pieces by Alonzo King, Chuck Wilt, and Mike Tyus, among others. She had the amazing opportunity to perform with SFDanceworks Season 5 under the direction of Dana Genshaft debuting pieces by Edward Clug, Yin Yue, and Babatunji Johnson. She is currently attending Arts Umbrella Graduate Program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. While at Arts Umbrella she has worked and performed pieces by Ethan Coloamgelo, Crystal Pite, Lucas Timulak, James Kudelka, and Stephen Shropshire. She is looking forward to being a part of SFDanceworks Season 6. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/41ce5a32-d7a9-4ec1-abbb-06dea9396236/Bates-Vinueza%2C+Isaac+Headshot+BW.jpeg Artists (Copy) - ISAAC BATES-VINUEZA Isaac Bates-Vinueza (he/him) is from Louisville, Colorado. He studied at Boulder Ballet School and at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, where he was a 2016 recipient of the Flemming Halby Exchange with the Royal Danish Ballet School. Upon his graduation, he joined Sacramento Ballet, where he performed leading roles in works by George Balanchine, Penny Saunders, and Amy Seiwert, among others. He has also performed with LED Boise and Amy Seiwert’s Imagery. Isaac recently made his choreographic debut with "Rumor," which premiered at Sacramento Ballet in 2022. That same year, he was awarded the Ann and Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship at Jacob’s Pillow. He lives in Berkeley, California, where he works as a freelance artist and studies English at the University of California, Berkeley. Photo Credit: Frances Powless https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/e95955a7-524e-4a4e-9c8f-d2b72077278b/Sarah+Chou+Headshot+-+Sarah+Chou.jpg Artists (Copy) - SARAH CHOU Sarah Chou (she/her) is originally from San Diego, California and received her training at Southern California Ballet and Danceology. She is a graduate of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program under the direction of Karah Abiog, where she performed works by Sidra Bell, Gregory Dawson, David Harvey, Alex Ketley, and Chuck Wilt, among others. In 2021, she attended the School at Jacob’s Pillow’s Contemporary Program on full scholarship. Sarah was a guest artist for ODC/Dance in 2022 and this is her second season with SFDanceworks. Sarah graduated Cum Laude from Wellesley College in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Economics. As an undergraduate, she performed, choreographed, and produced extensively for Harvard Ballet Company and Wellesley College Dancers. Beyond her performance career, she has worked as an arts administrator at numerous organizations, bridging her passions for performance and production leadership. Photo credit: Peter Wei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/8155a4da-32e2-40af-9388-e36e371b0ab6/MJ+Edwards+Headshot.jpg Artists (Copy) - MJ EDWARDS Michael Edwards Jr (they/them), today known as MJ was born in Middletown, NY. They began their professional training at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. While at LaGuardia, they trained on scholarship at American Ballet Theatre JKO School, Steps on Broadway, and French Academie of Ballet. They further studied and performed with MOVE|NYC| where they had the opportunity to work with notable faculty such as Jermaine Spivey, Sidra Bell, Maleek Washington, Navarra Novy-Williams, and Jamall Callender along with many others. Additionally, they performed the works of Azsure Barton, Shamel Pitts, Nigel Campbell, Yin Yue and Gregory Dolbashian. In 2017 MJ began studying at the San Francisco Ballet School. There they achieved the San Francisco Ballet School 2018-2019 Choreographic Fellowship and had the privilege of premiering their own choreography “Constant Search” for the San Francisco Ballet School’s 2019 Spring Festival Performance. They are a 2019 YoungArts Winner in Modern/Contemporary, as well as a 2019 Meringoff Family Foundation Valedictory Prize Winner. MJ also attended The Juilliard School in pursuit of a BFA in Dance. During their Juilliard career they worked with choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Sonya Tayeh, Amy Hall Garner, Andrea Miller and performed the work “Crossing the Rubicon” by Donald Mckayle at The David H. Koch Theater. Since departing Juilliard they are an artistic assistant and performer with The Francesca Harper Project. They most recently joined the Limón Dance Company in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/00fc85d3-e19f-45ae-8dec-ee3c70f94da8/BenjaminFreemantleHeadshot.jpg Artists (Copy) - BENJAMIN FREEMANTLE Guest Principal Artist, Benjamin Freemantle (he/him), started his training in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada at the Caulfield School of Dance. At 15 years old he was offered a full scholarship to train at the San Francisco Ballet School, later joining the San Francisco Ballet School Trainee Program. He joined the San Francisco Ballet as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2015, immediately dancing Principal roles in original works and full length ballets like Lensky in Onegin. In 2018, Benjamin became a Soloist with the company and was named “25 To Watch” by Dance Magazine. In 2019, he was named Principal Dancer by Helgi Tomasson, after performing works by George Balanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, Jerome Robbins, Trey McIntyre, Dwight Rhoden, John Neumier, William Forsythe and many more. In 2022, he stepped away from San Francisco Ballet and now pursues an independent artistic career based in New York City. As a professional performer and creative, Benjamin challenges and re-imagines boundaries and possibilities both on the stage and on the screen. Photo credit: Travis Chantar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/ed5536dd-9e28-4a76-8863-63551b1c6a7f/EmilyHansel2.jpg Artists (Copy) - EMILY HANSEL Originally from Rochester, Minnesota, Emily Hansel (she/they) received their BFA in Dance from the University of South Florida. They currently dance for Post:ballet, Christy Funsch, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Jennifer Perfilio, and David Herrera Performance Company. Emily has also performed Cunningham repertory in “Signals from the West: Bay Area Artists In Conversation with Merce Cunningham at 100” and danced with Robert Moses’ KIN, Garrett-Moulton Productions, FACT/SF, ZiRu Dance, The Anata Project, Talli Jackson, and Marika Brussel, among others. Emily is a self-producing choreographer whose work centers the dancer’s experience. Recently, Emily created new work for Post:ballet, choreographed new work for Berkeley Ballet Theater in collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Võ, and created a dance film commissioned by REYES Dance. In 2022, Emily was named an Individual Artist Fellow by the California Arts Council, was awarded a free rental by ODC Theater, and self-produced her first evening-length choreographic work, Four by Four. She writes for the Life as a Modern Dancer blog and the ODC Dance Stories blog, speaks on dancers’ rights, and teaches ongoing dance classes for youth and teens. Emily advocates for equitable working conditions for dancers, and is a proud member of the Leadership Committee at Dance Artists’ National Collective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/730c1c00-e214-4f04-93f5-eacfb76665ec/Stella+Jacobs Artists (Copy) - STELLA JACOBS Stella Jacobs (she/her), originally from Boston, is a NYC-based freelance dancer. She joins SFDanceworks for a second year in their 6th season, and has performed for Dawson Dance SF. Stella apprenticed for BODYTRAFFIC, a contemporary dance company in Los Angeles, after completing the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program in San Francisco. During her time at LINES, she was a soloist, part of a duet, and a company member in works by David Harvey, Alex Ketley, Chuck Wilt, Gregory Dawson, Sidra Bell, and others. She also choreographed and co-choreographed pieces performed at LINES Training Program shows. Stella began her training at the Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center in Somerville, MA, where she studied under Adreinne Hawkins, Christopher Huggins, and Gino DeMarco, and attended summer intensives at Juilliard, Jacob’s Pillow, BODYTRAFFIC, and elsewhere. She will be attending GibneyPRO this fall to further immerse herself in the New York based community of artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/9fa515f6-d164-4f1a-8e35-0b645bc021ec/DSC_0599.jpg Artists (Copy) - NICHOLAS KORKOS Native San Franciscan Nicholas Korkos has performed with Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Aszure Barton & Artists, SFDanceWorks, Hubbard Street 2, Loni Landon Dance Project, Zhukov Dance Theatre, Robert Moses' KIN, project agora, tinypistol, Opera Omaha, LA Opera, San Francisco Opera, and four times with the San Francisco Symphony, including a restaged version of On the Town with the original Broadway revival cast and as Charlie in A Charlie Brown Christmas. In addition to performing, Korkos teaches and choreographs at various schools including the LINES Ballet School B.F.A. and Training programs, Gibney Dance and Peridance Center in NYC. In 2021 he conceived, directed, choreographed, performed in and crowdfunded for the dance film Being Alive, a Dance. As a photographer Korkos has photographed for Opera Philadelphia, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Opera Parallèle, and various dance companies, and his work has been seen in numerous publications including The New York Times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/5a93bfa5-f31f-4c6f-be35-fe75bd57da9e/Screen+Shot+2022-06-02+at+6.49.06+AM.jpg Artists (Copy) - MATTHEW WENCKOWSKI Matthew is from St. Charles, Illinois, where he received his early training at Moves Dance Studio in North Aurora. As a competitive dancer with Excel Dance Productions, he was awarded the national title Senior Mr. Adrenaline at the age of 17. Matt joined the Joffrey Academy of Dance’s pre-professional and trainee programs under the direction of Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik, performing with the Joffrey in The Nutcracker as well as in pieces created for the Joffrey Academy. He has studied on scholarship at Lou Conte Dance Studio under the guidance of Claire Bataille. Matt then joined DanceWorks Chicago under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. It was there he had the privilege touring nationally and internationally performing a variety of contemporary works. In 2015 he joined the Grand Rapids Ballet and remained there until 2022 working under both Patricia Barker and James Sofranko. It was there he danced soloist roles in both classical and contemporary works, dancing in full-length ballets and as well as new and remounted works. With Grand Rapids Ballet he has had the privilege of performing pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo, Trey McIntyre, Ben Stevenson, George Balanchine, Yuri Possokhov, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Val Caniparoli, Robyn Mineko Williams, Penny Saunders, and many more. Matt joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for the 2022-2023 season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/98569b1e-2fef-457d-b929-da585e5f3934/LaniSFDW.jpg Artists (Copy) - LANI YAMANAKA Lani Yamanaka (she/her) is a San Diego native who began her movement training in Judo and Dance and finds the two intrinsically aligned. She studied at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at UC Irvine where she received her BFAs in Dance Performance and Choreography. Lani has been a company dancer with Akram Khan Company, ODC Dance, Entity Contemporary Dance, and SFDanceworks, and a guest artist and collaborator with Kambara+. She has performed works by Donald McKayle, Edward Clug, Yin Yue, and Kate Weare. In 2015, she was in the original ensemble of PEARL, directed and choreographed by Daniel Ezralow which premiered at Lincoln Center. In 2019, she served as dance captain for DRAGON SPRING PHOENIX RISE, the inaugural production of The Shed NYC. She is featured in MOVE, a Netflix docu-series featuring Akram Khan which follows her time in Bangladesh right before the Covid-19 lockdown. Lani is an educator and a NASM Certified Personal Trainer who strives to bring forth a deeper sense of awareness and body autonomy to movement learning environments. Instagram: @laniyamanaka Photo Credit: Patrick Andrada https://www.sfdanceworks.org/season-6-program-1 daily 0.75 2024-12-09 https://www.sfdanceworks.org/season-seven daily 0.75 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/28df3bca-a01e-4724-b2c1-4c1d8244e4cd/SFDanceworks%2BSeason7.jpg Season 7: Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/c10416e5-177b-42fa-9cbd-aea40d6faefd/Screenshot+2024-06-24+at+6.21.12+PM.jpg Season 7: Autumn 2024 - Rena Butler Sheep’s Gothic World Premiere In collaboration with The Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco Rena Butler hails from Chicago, IL. She began her studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, studied overseas at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena danced with companies including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (also a choreographic fellow), AIM by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Manuel Vignoulle/M-Motions, The Kevin Wynn Collection, Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company, among many others. She most recently danced with Gibney Company and was their inaugural Choreographic Associate. She is a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography and created works for the National Ballet of Canada, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Parsons Dance, Charlotte Ballet, Boston Dance Theater, Ballet X, Oregon Ballet Theater, Oklahoma City Ballet, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Parsons Dance Company, Pony Box Dance Theater, AIM by Kyle Abraham, Whim W'Him, Norrdans, San Francisco Opera’s Orpheus and Euridice, The New Orleans Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Academy Award-Winning jazz composer, Terrence Blanchard, CHTV Stories television program in Switzerland, a film portrait for Third Coast Percussion x Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange, The Young Choreographer’s Festival in NYC, The Juilliard School, Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, The Ailey/Fordham School, TEDxChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, and more. She has been spotlighted in Dance Magazine’s On The Rise feature in 2013, and the featured cover story in Dance Magazine’s November 2021 issue. Butler has taught dance and choreographic workshops at L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille in France, The Macau Cultural Center in China, Ailey Camp Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. She served on the Consortium for Chicago Dancemakers Forum for 3 years, was on the annual panel for Black Girls Dance in Chicago, and co-created and directed DanceLab—a free, choreographic course for Chicago teens, empowering participants of varying socioeconomic backgrounds + identities to find commonality in creation. She currently serves on Dancewave’s Artistic Advisory Council in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/5323d017-0c57-44cd-90bb-ea4efcf9e74b/JA_Photo+by+Skye+Schmidt+Varga.jpg Season 7: Autumn 2024 - JA Collective impact III World Premiere "We are thrilled to be collaborating with SFDW. This whole process is significant for our creative journey, especially in that it is our first time premiering our work on a professional dance company in the concert scene. In doing this, it feels meaningful to go back to one of the first live works we ever made and redefine it for a more mature audience with more mature dancers. We are honored to share a space imbued with such rich history and vibrant energy. DanceWorks' open and exploratory environment inspires us, and we are excited to be a part of it. This opportunity will lead our art into new spaces literally and metaphorically.” JA Collective is a creative collaboration between Los Angeles natives Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry. JA Collective was formed at University of Southern California when Jordan and Aidan found themselves drawn to making work together. Aidan’s strong background in various hip-hop forms and acting, plus Jordan’s contemporary and theater background lead to them developing a unique style together. They are known commercially for their work with the band half•alive for which they’ve made international touring shows, music videos, and tv performances. Also, they have collaborated commercially with Future, Frank Ocean, Taika Waititi, Mike Mills, Paul McCartney, Olivia Wilde, Shia Labeouf, and More. Aside from their commercial success, Jordan and Aidan have been traveling and performing in a new work of William Forsythe’s that they helped choreograph called “Friends Of Forsythe”. They have also been developing their own live performance works in Los Angeles and abroad. Through JA’s continual play in different realms of dance and multidisciplinary forms, they hope to challenge and positively impact the community around them. Photo Credit: Skye Schmidt Varga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/3e9fbdd2-f586-431d-ba86-4883bf57a154/Marco+Goecke+Portrait+2+%C2%A9Rahi+Rezvani.jpg Season 7: Autumn 2024 - Marco Goecke Äffi West Coast Premiere Marco Goecke completed his ballet training in 1988 at the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung ballet academy in Munich as well as at the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague, where he received his diploma in 1995. Engagements followed at the Berlin State Opera and Theater Hagen. It was in the year 2000 at this theatre that Goecke created his first choreography, entitled Loch. There followed several choreographies for the Noverre-Society with dancers from the Stuttgart Ballet, and an invitation to the New York Choreographic Institute. In July 2003 Goecke won the Prix Dom Pérignon in Hamburg with the piece Blushing, danced by the Stuttgart Ballet. In the years that followed, he received numerous commissions for international companies such as Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Norwegian National Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle and the Berlin State Ballet. In the 2005/2006 season Marco Goecke was appointed Choreographer in Residence at the Stuttgart Ballet, and it was there in December 2006 that he created his first narrative ballet The Nutcracker, which was later also filmed for the ZDF theatre channel. From 2006 to 2012 Goecke also held the post of Choreographer in Residence at the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam. Since the 2013/2014 season he has been Associate Choreographer at the renowned Nederlands Dans Theater. Between 2019 and 2023 he was Artist in Residence with Gauthier Dance Stuttgart and held the position as Artistic Director of the State Ballet Hannover. Of the over ninety works Goecke has created in just a few years, many are also performed by companies for whom they were not originally created, for example in Tel Aviv, in Sao Paulo, by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, by the Canadian National Ballet, by the Ballett-Theater in Munich, by the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki, by the Stanislavsky Theater in Moscow, by the Zurich Ballet, by the German Opera on the Rhine in Düsseldorf, and by the Vienna State Opera. Goecke has received several international awards, including the Culture Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg in 2005, the Nijinsky Award in Monte Carlo in 2006, the Choreographer of the Year in the critics’ survey by the magazine Tanz in 2015, and the Dutch dance prize Zwaan as well as the Italian prize Danzadanza for the best choreography of the year in 2017. This award was for the full-length work Nijinski, which he created in 2016 for Gauthier Dance in Stuttgart; since then it has been performed on worldwide tours to great success. In 2022 he was awarded with the Jiří-Kylián-Ring and the German Dance Prize 2022. The book Dark Matter (Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg), published in 2016, offers a concise overview of his oeuvre. His most recent successful works include the full-length piece “A Wilde Story” based on the live and work of the author Oscar Wilde for the Staatsballett Hannover and “In The Dutch Mountains” for the Nederlands Dans Theater created in 2023. From the season 2025/26 he will be Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of the Ballet at Theatre Basel. 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Projects of San Francisco Rena Butler hails from Chicago, IL. She began her studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, studied overseas at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena danced with companies including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (also a choreographic fellow), AIM by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Manuel Vignoulle/M-Motions, The Kevin Wynn Collection, Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company, among many others. She most recently danced with Gibney Company and was their inaugural Choreographic Associate. She is a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography and created works for the National Ballet of Canada, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Parsons Dance, Charlotte Ballet, Boston Dance Theater, Ballet X, Oregon Ballet Theater, Oklahoma City Ballet, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Parsons Dance Company, Pony Box Dance Theater, AIM by Kyle Abraham, Whim W'Him, Norrdans, San Francisco Opera’s Orpheus and Euridice, The New Orleans Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Academy Award-Winning jazz composer, Terrence Blanchard, CHTV Stories television program in Switzerland, a film portrait for Third Coast Percussion x Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange, The Young Choreographer’s Festival in NYC, The Juilliard School, Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, The Ailey/Fordham School, TEDxChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, and more. She has been spotlighted in Dance Magazine’s On The Rise feature in 2013, and the featured cover story in Dance Magazine’s November 2021 issue. Butler has taught dance and choreographic workshops at L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille in France, The Macau Cultural Center in China, Ailey Camp Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. She served on the Consortium for Chicago Dancemakers Forum for 3 years, was on the annual panel for Black Girls Dance in Chicago, and co-created and directed DanceLab—a free, choreographic course for Chicago teens, empowering participants of varying socioeconomic backgrounds + identities to find commonality in creation. She currently serves on Dancewave’s Artistic Advisory Council in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/5323d017-0c57-44cd-90bb-ea4efcf9e74b/JA_Photo+by+Skye+Schmidt+Varga.jpg Season 7: Autumn 2024 (Copy) - JA Collective impact III World Premiere "We are thrilled to be collaborating with SFDW. This whole process is significant for our creative journey, especially in that it is our first time premiering our work on a professional dance company in the concert scene. In doing this, it feels meaningful to go back to one of the first live works we ever made and redefine it for a more mature audience with more mature dancers. We are honored to share a space imbued with such rich history and vibrant energy. DanceWorks' open and exploratory environment inspires us, and we are excited to be a part of it. This opportunity will lead our art into new spaces literally and metaphorically.” JA Collective is a creative collaboration between Los Angeles natives Jordan Johnson and Aidan Carberry. JA Collective was formed at University of Southern California when Jordan and Aidan found themselves drawn to making work together. Aidan’s strong background in various hip-hop forms and acting, plus Jordan’s contemporary and theater background lead to them developing a unique style together. They are known commercially for their work with the band half•alive for which they’ve made international touring shows, music videos, and tv performances. Also, they have collaborated commercially with Future, Frank Ocean, Taika Waititi, Mike Mills, Paul McCartney, Olivia Wilde, Shia Labeouf, and More. Aside from their commercial success, Jordan and Aidan have been traveling and performing in a new work of William Forsythe’s that they helped choreograph called “Friends Of Forsythe”. They have also been developing their own live performance works in Los Angeles and abroad. Through JA’s continual play in different realms of dance and multidisciplinary forms, they hope to challenge and positively impact the community around them. Photo Credit: Skye Schmidt Varga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd6e788e89c92eadcefd39/3e9fbdd2-f586-431d-ba86-4883bf57a154/Marco+Goecke+Portrait+2+%C2%A9Rahi+Rezvani.jpg Season 7: Autumn 2024 (Copy) - Marco Goecke Äffi West Coast Premiere Marco Goecke completed his ballet training in 1988 at the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung ballet academy in Munich as well as at the Royal Conservatoire of the Hague, where he received his diploma in 1995. Engagements followed at the Berlin State Opera and Theater Hagen. It was in the year 2000 at this theatre that Goecke created his first choreography, entitled Loch. There followed several choreographies for the Noverre-Society with dancers from the Stuttgart Ballet, and an invitation to the New York Choreographic Institute. In July 2003 Goecke won the Prix Dom Pérignon in Hamburg with the piece Blushing, danced by the Stuttgart Ballet. In the years that followed, he received numerous commissions for international companies such as Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Norwegian National Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle and the Berlin State Ballet. In the 2005/2006 season Marco Goecke was appointed Choreographer in Residence at the Stuttgart Ballet, and it was there in December 2006 that he created his first narrative ballet The Nutcracker, which was later also filmed for the ZDF theatre channel. From 2006 to 2012 Goecke also held the post of Choreographer in Residence at the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam. Since the 2013/2014 season he has been Associate Choreographer at the renowned Nederlands Dans Theater. Between 2019 and 2023 he was Artist in Residence with Gauthier Dance Stuttgart and held the position as Artistic Director of the State Ballet Hannover. Of the over ninety works Goecke has created in just a few years, many are also performed by companies for whom they were not originally created, for example in Tel Aviv, in Sao Paulo, by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, by the Canadian National Ballet, by the Ballett-Theater in Munich, by the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki, by the Stanislavsky Theater in Moscow, by the Zurich Ballet, by the German Opera on the Rhine in Düsseldorf, and by the Vienna State Opera. Goecke has received several international awards, including the Culture Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg in 2005, the Nijinsky Award in Monte Carlo in 2006, the Choreographer of the Year in the critics’ survey by the magazine Tanz in 2015, and the Dutch dance prize Zwaan as well as the Italian prize Danzadanza for the best choreography of the year in 2017. This award was for the full-length work Nijinski, which he created in 2016 for Gauthier Dance in Stuttgart; since then it has been performed on worldwide tours to great success. In 2022 he was awarded with the Jiří-Kylián-Ring and the German Dance Prize 2022. The book Dark Matter (Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg), published in 2016, offers a concise overview of his oeuvre. His most recent successful works include the full-length piece “A Wilde Story” based on the live and work of the author Oscar Wilde for the Staatsballett Hannover and “In The Dutch Mountains” for the Nederlands Dans Theater created in 2023. From the season 2025/26 he will be Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of the Ballet at Theatre Basel. 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