Ballet Tucson – Footprints at the Fox

Ballet Tucson announces 2019 Footprints at the Fox showcasing original works created within its “ChoreoLab” program designed to encourage and develop emerging talent.

ChoreoLab is an important Ballet Tucson initiative to support the next generation of dance makers, providing an opportunity for budding choreographers in the company to hone their art, develop their own voice, and realize their artistic vision. The overall concept is not only to foster and develop the next generation of choreographers but also to offer an opportunity for audiences to be exposed to new, youthful voices in dance. In particular, an outreach component has been created by Ballet Tucson and Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation to distribute tickets to children and families who might otherwise not be able to attend this performance and experience the beauty and importance of art in everyone’s lives.
Innovative and entertaining pieces in a wide range of dance styles including classical ballet, neo-classical, and contemporary will be presented. Audience members will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite piece and the top three choreographers will each receive a cash prize.

For the 3rd year in a row, Ballet Tucson presents Footprints at the Fox, featuring new works created by nine young choreographers in an exciting, one performance only event at the historic Fox Tucson Theatre. Founding Artistic DirectorMary Beth Cabana has established “ChoreoLab”, a choreography laboratory for emerging choreographers. This program fosters the development of new, young voices in dance choreography. It also exposes participants to skills needed for future careers as Artistic Directors, Ballet Masters, Lighting Designers, Sound Designers, and Costume Designers. Ballet Tucson’s twelve apprentices lead the cast in nine pieces with company members added to support the performance.

The overall concept is not only to foster and develop the next generation of choreographers but also to offer an opportunity for audiences to be exposed to new, youthful voices in dance. In particular, an outreach component has been created by Ballet Tucson and Fox Tucson TheatreFoundation to distribute tickets to children and families who might otherwise not be able to attend this performance and experience the beauty and importance of art in everyone’s lives.

The audience will be treated to an array of unique creations and will vote for their favorite piece at the conclusion of the performance. Cash awards will be presented to the top 3 choreographers and announced on Ballet Tucson’s Facebook page.

Footprints at the Fox has become an extremely popular show for Ballet Tucson patrons. The interactive element of voting adds a fun and unique dimension to this event.

This year’s repertoire for footprints at the Fox:

1. Choreographer: Danielle Cesanek
Title of piece: L’air du Temps (Spirit of the Times)
Choreographer’s description: L’air du Tempsis a neo-classical style ballet that explores patterns, musicality and new relationships.

2. Choreographer: Casey Myrick
Title of piece: Lost and Bound
Choreographer’s description: The inspiration for this new work comes from the seemingly meaningless choices we make on a daily basis that can snowball over time into monumental changes to our lives. It is meant as an exploration of the impetus and impact of these small movements in our lives as they take us on journeys we may not be aware of until it is too late to change course.

3. Choreographer: Anna Lisa Wilkins
Title of piece: Allora (Let’s Begin)
Choreographer’s description: This work is an abstract view of the “now.” What if we were to break down a movement and look at the forces at play? The pull from one direction to another, the constant need for movement, but also the desire to remain still is explored. Past, present, and future are represented in 3 movements with an all-female cast.

4. Choreographer: Sierra Sebastian
Title of piece: Weighted
Choreographer’s description: Weighted is a contemporary dance work inspired by the poem The Weight of the World is Loveby Allen Ginsberg. The movement embodies the grounding impact of the weight that we carry and the endeavor to push past the norm.

5. Choreographer: Tim Kolman
Title of piece: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Choreographer’s description: Utilizing composer Gustav Holst’s Jupiter, this work serves as an exploration of the endless possibilities that the universe holds. Just as the composer’s music takes the listener to another world, this ballet was created to take the audience to a limitless world beyond the stars.

6. Choreographer: Jared Kelly
Title of piece: Excerpts from The Pass
Choreographer’s description: This ballet is constructed as a physical representation of the music. With inspiration drawn from ballet great George Balanchine, it follows his famous quote “See the music, hear the dance”.

7. Choreographer: Michelle Alexander
Title of piece: Horizons
Choreographer’s description: In every generation of ballet dancers, boundaries are pushed in new and inventive ways. This work traverses a mixture of contemporary and neo-classical ballet fro

m the ground up -literally and figuratively. As an artist, it is important to embrace the past, but also to explore what is on the horizon.

8. Choreographer: Jennifer Holoubek
Title of piece: La Terre Vue du Ciel (Earth from Above)
Choreographer’s description: In chaos, there is order. “What we call chaos is just patterns we haven’t recognized. What we call random is just patterns we can’t decipher.” -Palahniuk In chaos, there is beauty.

9. Choreographer: Violet Rose Arma
Title of piece: Starcrossed
Choreographer’s description: The answers cannot be found in the stars, but only within ourselves.

PERFORMANCE DATE/TIME:
Saturday,November 16 -2:00 pm

LOCATION
Fox Tucson Theatre
17 W. Congress St.

TICKETS
General $25 (festival seating)
Phone: 800.838.3006
Online: www.ballettucson.org