Phantasmagoria hit the stage like a dream. With bizarre, gaudy scenes involving everyone from a Byzantine nun to a drunken bum, master choreographer Paul Taylor’s witty and satirical trance came to life. Accompanied by music from anonymous Renaissance composers, this co-commission with the American Dance Festival celebrated Paul Taylor’s 70th birthday.
Company: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Commission: Fold by Fold
Choreographer: Norbert De La Cruz III
Company: Evidence
Commission: On Earth Together (set to the music of Stevie Wonder)
Choreographer: Ronald K. Brown
Company: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Commission: OVER GLOW
Choreographer: Jorma Elo
Artist: Noche Flamenca’s Soledad Barrio
Commission: Levante
Choreographer: Soledad Barrio
Company: Doug Varone & Dancers
Commission: Beyond the Break (7 dances for ukulele) set to recorded music by ukulele phenomenon Jake Shimabukuro.
Choreographer: Doug Varone
Company: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE PHILADANCO
Commission: For Truth
Choreographer: Ron Brown
Company: Pilobolus
Commission: Bugonia*
Choreographer: Alison Chase
*Bugonia was one of the last works Chase choreographed for the company she cofounded.
Company: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Commission: Concerto Caprice (set to music of Vittorio Giannini)
Choreographer: Susan Shields
Company: Ballet Hispanico
Commission: Slices (A Slice of Life in Four Variations)
Choreographer: Ann Reinking
Company: Pilobolus
Commission: Monkey and the Bone Demon (set to music by Paul Sullivan)
Choreographer: Alison Chase
Company: Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
Commission: Kay’s Lift (set to music of Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”)
Choreographer: Randy Duncan
Commission: An Evening of Photochoreography
Choreographer: James Westwater
Music: Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man, and Barber’s Adagio for Strings
Artists: National Symphony Orchestra
Company: Miami City Ballet
Commission: The Big Band: SUPERMEGATROID*
Choreographer: Jimmy Gamonet De Los Heros
*Performed more than 200 times since its Wolf Trap premiere