founder Nancy Laurie
artistic director  Benoit-Swan Pouffer
executive director Greg Mudd

 

company members
Jubal Battisti, Jon Bond, Nickemil Concepcion, Gwynenn Taylor Jones, Jessica Lee Keller, JasonK ittelberger, Ana-Maria Lucaciu, Oscar Ramos, Matthew  Rich, Acacia Schachte, Harumi Terayama, Manuel Vignoulle, Ebony Williams, Golan Yosef

 

company manager Pamela Vachon
production manager Anita Shah
ballet master Alexandra Damiani
technical director Andy Cappelli
production stage manager Renata Braga de Almeida
audio video supervisor Dave Rogge
wardrobe supervisor Eva Blank
lighting supervisor Jim French

booking Margaret Selby, CAMI Spectrum LLC

 

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
Founded in 2003 by Nancy Laurie, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet has distinguished itself through both its exceptionally talented corps of sixteen dancers and its concurrent emphasis on acquiring and commissioning new works by the world’s most sought-after emerging choreographers. Under the Artistic Direction of Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Cedar Lake offers a wide-ranging spectrum of both American and international repertory, including works by Nicolo Fonte, Crystal Pite, Jacopo Godani, Stijn Celis, Angelin Preljocaj, Ohad Naharin, Didy Veldman, Jo Strømgren, Luca Veggetti and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Through their daring, athletic movement and integration of ballet into contemporary and popular forms, the dancers of Cedar Lake take audiences on a choreographic journey that explores the infinite possibilities of movement and multimedia. Upcoming works for 2010 include creations by Alexander Ekman and Hofesh Shechter.

choreography Jo Strømgren

lighting design Jim French and Jo Strømgren
assistant to the choreographer Alexandra Damiani
costume design Junghyun Georgia Lee

music
Jesu, Meine Freude, Motet No.3 in E minor, BWV 225-230 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Maitrise Des Petits Chanteurs de Versailles, Concert Saint Julien, Direction Jean-François Fremont

Sunday, Again is first of all a piece that tries to reflect the diversity in Johann Sebastian Bach’s music. Abstract movement  patterns are woven together in fugal ways, not unlike the baroque way of assembling melodic phrases and ornamentations. Secondly, and on an associative level, it thematically threats the domestic jungle of luxury problems and gender frictions. As the title suggest- there is always the irritating and inevitable Sunday which forces couples to test their  coexistence abilities. Leisure time is not good for certain types of relationships.
Jo Strømgren

 

choreography Jacopo Godani

assistant to the choreographer Alexandra Damiani
lighting design Jacopo Godani
costume design Jacopo Godani

cast Jon Bond, Jason Kittleberger, Ana Maria Lucaciu, Oscar Ramos, Acacia Schachte, Ebony Williams

music
Ulrich Müller and Siegfried Rössert of 48Nord

I became fascinated with pushing the dancers to their limits, in bursts of speed and tempo. It’s when the dancers are pushed that they release themselves from the cerebral and move toward the purely physical qualities of dance. In Unit in Reaction I am playing with geometric patterns that split, mutate and are in flux. There is a geometric architecture to this piece that is alive. I’m exploring our place in a world of mass communication and sensory overload. Think of how many communication messages and images we are bombarded with every minute. I think of the movement in this work  like pixels on a video screen – moving, changing and reforming. Maybe the speed of all this ‘communication’ can become artful?
Jacopo Godani

choreography Didy Veldman
assistant to the choreographer Alexandra Damiani
lighting design Ben Ormerod
costume design Miriam Buether
scenic design Miriam Buether

cast Jon Bond, Nickemil Concepcion, Gwynenn Taylor Jones, Matthew Rich, Acacia Schachte, Harumi Terayama, Manuel Vignoulle, Ebony Williams, Golan Yosef

music  
K’ in sventa Ch’ul Me’ tik Kwadulupe music by Osvaldo Golijov.
Mugam Sayagi (String Quartes No.3) written by Franghiz Alizadeh.
Selections from Gaite Parisienne. Written by Jacques Offenbach, arranged by Emmanuel Rosenthal.
Ne Me Quitte Pas
Anastaja written by Kimmo Pojonen.
Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love written by China F. Forbes and Thomas M. Lauderdale.
And the door is still open (to my heart)
                               

I am investigating the physical movement a particular emotion may take, how it manifests itself in our body, how long that physicality may last, and the energy that it creates. By creating different interior and exterior scenes, and utilizing a varied musical landscape, I hope to create an accessible work with a touch of irony and humor.
Didy Veldman