Concept and Choreography: Julia K. GleichMusical direction: Oli Newman Costumes: Jocelyn Koning Lighting: Fay Patterson Stage Manager: Genevieve Giron and Daniel Callandine
with collaborative performances by People Pile, Junior Laniyan and The Michele Drees Quartet
Dancers: Michelle Buckley, Eric Sosa Sanchez, Miyako Asano, Kim Amundsen, Stephanie Berge, Jeremy Colvard, Chiara Favaretti, Bless Klepcharek and Kevin Neil and Marc Krause
Premiere: Jun 21, 2013, The Broadway, Barking, London __________ Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through the Arts Council England Produced by Norte Maar and The Broadway
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Concept and Choreography: Julia K. GleichMusical Direction: Ryan Francis Décor and costumes: Tamara Gonzales Collaborating artists: Paul D’Agostino, Lawrence Swan, Denis Pelli, Audra Wolowiec, Margo Wolowiec and others Dancers: Dylan Crossman, Michelle Buckley, Jace Coronado, Morgan McEwen, Abbey Roesner and Ida Josephsson
Premiere: Apr 25, 2013, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY __________ Commissioned by Norte Maar
Read MoreCitywide has frequently appreciated the way the North Brooklyn and Bushwick art scenes are coming together. We’ve painted a picture of individual artists scrapping together to instill bygone industrial regions with beauty and poetry. We’ve admired these communities for providing evidence of the heart and purpose emitting from a generation of artists that many have ascribed a bleak future to. Here is an interview with choreographer Julia K. Gleich who is collaborating with several Bushwick artists to create a new ballet.
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Concept and choreography: Julia K. GleichMusical direction: Matthew Richmond with accompaniment by Henry Westmoreland and David Grubba Costume and decor: Tamara Gonzalez lighting and technical assistance: Gene Felice
with collaborative performances by invited guests: performer / musician Elisa Faires poets Tim Peeler, Ted Pope, + Eric Steineger dancer / choreographer Janice Lancaster with projection designer Adam Larsen
Premiere: Saturday, Aug 6, 2011, The Masonic Temple, Downtown Asheville, NC __________ Co-produced by Norte Maar and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
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Concept and choreography: Julia K. GleichMusical direction: Andrew Hurst Collaborating artists: Audra Wolowiec, Andrew Hurst, Austin Thomas, Kevin Regan Dancers: Michelle Buckley, Brittany Fridenstine*, Kate Kelley, Morgan McEwen, Claire McKeveny, Mary Jane Ward and Marc St-Pierre Produced by Jason Andrew
Premiere: April 14, 2011, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
A commissioned project by Norte Maar
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Concept and Choreography: Julia K. GleichMusic: Sean Hagerty, Pass Kontrol, Andrew Hurst, D.O.V. Set: Corey Schneider Costumes: Luis Velazquez Dancers: David Botana, Fiona Brown, Jason Jordan, Jake Laub, Claire McKeveny, Johnny McMillan and Amy Schulster
The program, shards and scenes, for Ballet Y Bushwick is a kind of stew of dances ranging from conceptual work to lightly narrative. The connection among these works is an image of windows and the gaps they create, opportunities and concealments, obscuring and revealing. Even in the less conceptual pieces there remains a vestige of the frame.
Premiere: Aug 22, 2009, Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn, NY __________ Commissioned and produced by Norte Maar
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Concept and Choreography: Julia K. GleichSound design: Verbal Graffiti Costumes and decor: Jason Andrew in collaboration with the Champlain Children’s Day Care and the children of Rouses Point Researcher: Jason Andrew
Premiere: Aug 14, 2008, Civic Center, Rouses Point, NY
__________ A commissioned work by Norte Maar
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Concept and Choreography: Julia K GleichOriginal score: Paul Siskind with additional music by William Pfaff, Lola Perrin, George Antheil, Richard Grayson, and Henry Cowell Set design: Jason Andrew, assisted by Dick Baker Costumes: Jackie Sabourin and Eleanor Robinson
Premiere: Fete de Danse 2007, Rouses Point, NY, August 16, 2007
Description: Full-length ballet celebrating painter Fernand Léger’s life in Rouses Point __________ Commissioned by Norte Maar
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Choreography: Julia K GleichMusic: Fiona Apple and Benjamin Sportès
Performed by Burklyn Ballet Theatre: David Beer, Emily Conelly, Tali Dan, Kelly DeLameter, Susan Elliot, Elizabeth Halajian, Louisa Mann, Kristin Marrs, Julia Mifsud, Iona Newell, Emily Parker, Victoria Pattinson, Jessie Phetteplace, Tenille Ramirez, Jenifer Sarver, Katherine Sheperd, and Samantha Smith
Premiere: Aug 5, 2006, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT __________ Commissioned by Burkyn Ballet Theatre
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Choreography: Julia K GleichMusic: Mel Torme Costumes and decor: Jason Andrew
Performed by Gleich Dances
Premiere: Jul 27, 2006, Fete de Danse 2006, Rouses Point, NY __________ Commissioned by Norte Maar
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Concept and Choreography: Julia K GleichMusic: Paul Siskind, Daft Punk, Space Capades, and spawning salmon Video Projections: Julia Gleich, Theo Michael Lighting: Fay Patterson
Description: Set in a fish tank with video installation, the dance explores the life of fish moving together in their bag and finding space in the tank and then imagining the ultimate fish dream.
Premiere: Resolution!, The Place, Robin Howard Dance Theatre, London, UK, February 2, 2006 __________ Produced by The Place, London
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Music: Oli Newman Performed by Burklyn Ballet Theatre
Premiere: August 2005, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT
Description: Fractured dances that culminate in a ballet structured improvisation __________ Commissioned by Burklyn Ballet Theatre
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Choreography: Julia K GleichMusic: Paul Siskind
Performed by Burklyn Ballet Theatre
Premiere: August 2005, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT __________ Commissioned by Burklyn Ballet Theatre
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