Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
{{Short description|Ballet company in New York City, USA}}
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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.Luke Jennings, [https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/oct/21/cedar-lake-sadlers-wells-review Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet – review: Sadler's Wells, London], The Guardian, 21 October 2012 It had sixteen dancers.
Cedar Lake offered a wide-ranging repertory, including works by Alexander Ekman, Jiří Kylián, Hofesh Shechter, 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.{{cite news |url=http://observer.com/2015/03/breaking-top-ny-avant-garde-ballet-company-closes/ |title=Breaking: Top N.Y. Avant-Garde Ballet Company Closes |last=Voien |first=Guelda |newspaper=The New York Observer |date=March 20, 2015 |accessdate=March 20, 2015}} The company concluded at Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, 2015 with a final world premiere by Richard Siegal.
Artistic staff
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- Alexandra Damiani, Artistic Director{{Cite web |date=2020-06-16 |title=Alexandra Damiani (Cedar Lake) |url=http://www.theaxisconnect.com/axis-guest-artists/alexandra-damiani |access-date= |website=Axis Connect |language=en-US}}
- Crystal Pite, Associate Choreographer{{Cite web |last=Perron |first=Wendy |date=2014-09-30 |title=10 Minutes With Crystal Pite |url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/10_minutes_with_crystal_pite/ |access-date= |website=Dance Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Mackrell |first=Judith |date=2013-09-29 |title=Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet – review |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/sep/29/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet |access-date= |issn=0261-3077}}
- Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Artistic Director (previous to Damiani){{Cite web |title=Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet |url=https://www.nyc-arts.org/organizations/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet/ |website=NYC-ARTS}}
=Dancers included=
- Jubal Battiste{{Cite web |title=Spoleto Festival presents: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet |url=https://www.festivaldispoleto.com/en/event/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.festivaldispoleto.com |language=en}}
- Jolene Baldini{{Cite web |title=Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater Presents "The Nutcracker ROCKS" |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?titlelink=axelrod-contemporary-ballet-theatre-presents-the-nutcracker-rocks |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.newjerseystage.com}}
- Jon Bond{{Cite web |title=Dance Teacher Faculty Bio {{!}} Jon Bond {{!}} Steps on Broadway |url=https://www.stepsnyc.com/faculty/bio/Jon-Bond/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.stepsnyc.com}}{{Cite web |title=Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet |url=https://calperformances.org/learn/program_notes/2013/pn_cedar.pdf |website=Cal Performances}}
- Patrick Coker (apprentice){{Cite web |date= |title=Patrick Coker |url=https://www.alvinailey.org/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater/patrick-coker |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater}}
- Nickemil Concepcion
- Soojin Choi{{Cite web |title=Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet |url=https://spoletousa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Cedar-Lake-Contemporary-Ballet.pdf |website=Spoleto Festival USA}}
- Vânia Doutel Vaz
- Daphne Fernberger (apprentice){{Cite web |title=2023 Festival Artists |url=https://vaildance.org/festival-artists-2023/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Vail Dance Festival |language=en-US}}
- Gwynenn Taylor Jones
- Jessica Lee Keller
- Jason Kittleburger
- Joseph Kudra
- Ana-Maria Lucaciu
- Navarra Novy-Williams
- Raymond Pinto{{Cite web |last=Jowitt |first=Deborah |date=June 8, 2015 |title=Cedar Lake’s Last Stand |url=https://www.artsjournal.com/dancebeat/2015/06/cedar-lakes-last-stand/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.artsjournal.com}}
- Guillaume Quéau
- Matthew Rich
- Ida Saki
- Joaquim de Santana
- Acacia Schachte
- Billy Bell{{Cite web |title=Ballet Intensive {{!}} CCJ Conservatory |url=https://www.ccjconservatory.com/ballet-intensive |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.ccjconservatory.com}}
- Rachelle Scott
- Jessica Coleman Scott{{Cite news |last=Macaulay |first=Alastair |date=2008-01-12 |title=Rituals and Symptoms in a Triple Bill of Movement |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/12/arts/dance/12ceda.html |access-date=2024-01-03 |issn=0362-4331}}
- Harumi Terayama
- Kristen Weiser{{Cite web |last=Yung |first=Susan |date=2008-06-30 |title=Cedar Lake |url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/cedar-lake/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Dance Magazine |language=en-US}}
- Ebony Williams
- Jin Young Won
- Madeline Wong
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20150907202740/http://cedarlakedance.com/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090907073514/http://www.cedarlakedance.com/index.php?id=206 Cedar Lake project 52]
- [https://archive.today/20130704034324/http://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/dance/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet?ref=artist&refcar=/artist/c-d Archival footage of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in 2009]
- [http://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/dance/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-0 Archival footage of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet performing Jo Strømgren's Necessity, Again in 2013 at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.]
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