Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

West 26th Street studio

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet was a New York City-based contemporary ballet company.

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet was founded in 2003 by Nancy Walton Laurie.^[1] It had sixteen dancers.^[1]^[2]

Cedar Lake offered a wide-ranging repertory, including works by Alexander Ekman, Jiří Kylián, Hofesh Shechter,^[1] Crystal Pite, Jacopo Godani, Angelin Preljocaj, Ohad Naharin, Didy Veldman, Jo Strømgren, Regina van Berkel and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Cedar Lake is featured in the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau, including original choreography for the film's co-star Emily Blunt.

On March 20, 2015, artistic director Alexandra Damiani announced to the troupe that the company would close.^[2] The company concluded at Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, 2015 with a final world premiere by Richard Siegal.

Artistic staff[]

The troupe of the Cedar Lake Ballet at the end of a representation of Orbo Novo by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, in Rome

Alexandra Damiani, Artistic Director
Crystal Pite, Associate Choreographer
Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Artistic Director (previous to Damiani)

Dancers included[]

Jubal Battiste
Jolene Baldini
Jon Bond
Patrick Coker (apprentice)
Nickemil Concepcion
Soojin Choi
Vânia Doutel Vaz
Daphne Fernberger (apprentice)
Gwynenn Taylor Jones
Jessica Lee Keller
Jason Kittleburger
Joseph Kudra
Ana-Maria Lucaciu
Navarra Novy-Williams
Raymond Pinto
Guillaume Quéau
Matthew Rich
Ida Saki
Joaquim de Santana
Acacia Schachte
Billy Bell
Rachelle Scott
Jessica Coleman Scott
Harumi Terayama
Kristen Weiser
Ebony Williams
Jin Young Won
Madeline Wong

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Luke Jennings, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet – review: Sadler's Wells, London, The Guardian, 21 October 2012
^ ^a ^b Voien, Guelda (March 20, 2015). "Breaking: Top N.Y. Avant-Garde Ballet Company Closes". The New York Observer. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

External links[]

[guardianreviewluke-1] Luke Jennings, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet – review: Sadler's Wells, London, The Guardian, 21 October 2012

[shut-2] Voien, Guelda (March 20, 2015). "Breaking: Top N.Y. Avant-Garde Ballet Company Closes". The New York Observer. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

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