In Monday’s (3/17) Miami Herald, Jordan Levin writes that on Tuesday night “the dancers of Miami City Ballet and the musicians of New World Symphony … will present a show of original choreography to live music they’ve created and put together entirely on their own, a collaboration that’s unprecedented for both…. Jeremy Morrow, a NWS bass trombonist who has organized more than 40 NWS Fellows to play for more than 25 MCB dancers in a show that’s part of the symphony’s Behind the Music series [says], ‘We never expected this, but it’s one of New World’s biggest productions this season.’ The idea for the collaboration arose last spring, after New York City Ballet dancer and choreographer Justin Peck created a duet for MCB for a show at the symphony. Ballet artistic director Lourdes Lopez and NWS director of community engagement Robert Smith, a former dancer, arranged for some of the musicians to watch the dance troupe’s daily technique class. But the performers took it from there…. MCB dancers have periodically staged ‘Our Show’ performances at the troupe’s studio theater, with a mix of their own and others dances, while NWS fellows create the Behind the Music programs. But this first collaboration is the most ambitious either group has attempted.”
Posted March 18, 2014
