DB NEWS • April 21, 2021
Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Ballet Theatre have partnered to create UNITING IN MOVEMENT, a program featuring works by contemporary-dance choreographers Jessica Lang, Lauren Lovette and Darrel Grand Moultrie, and 18 dancers. The artists have been working in a COVID-safe bubble since March 22.
The program, which will also pay homage to choreographer Victor Gsovsky’s “Grand Pas Classique,” will premiere to a live audience on April 25 at Segerstrom Hall, and will be streamed on demand from May 12-16.
"These creations reflect a time of recalibration on how we create and deliver new work, reinvent how to gather together to create, and what it means to use this art form to lift us all, artist and audience alike," says Kevin McKenzie, the artistic director of ABT. "Lauren's use of classical vocabulary for dynamic effect of empowerment, Darrell's facile use of classical technique fused with classic jazz, and Jessica's joyous, reverent nod to Tony Bennett's fabulous voice, contrasted with a classic pas de deux, exemplify the vibrant spirit of American Ballet Theatre."
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