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Dancers

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João Pedro Silva
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Minori Sakita
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Eileen Kim
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Mathis Joubert
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Peter Weil
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Itzkan Barbosa
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Lanie Jackson
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Eli Alford
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Jonathan Montepara
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Jerard Palazo
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Jared Kelly
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Skyler Lubin
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Francesca Forcella
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Savannah Green
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Ashley Simpson
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Ben Schwarz
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Choreographers

Marguerite Donlon

Donlon is known for her humour and profound creativity, her work thrills an unusually broad audience. With stylistic innovation, Irish wit and the combination of different art forms, she has...

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Matthew Neenan

Matthew’s choreography has been featured and performed by The New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Ballet West, Ballet Met, Colorado Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Ballet, Oregon...

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Takehiro Ueyama

Ueyama has enjoyed worldwide recognition; his Sakura Sakura was a prizewinner at the International Modern Dance Choreographic Competition in Burgos, Spain, and he was one of four choreographers selected for...

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Keelan Whitmore

As a member of Kansas City Ballet from 2001 to 2006, Whitmore danced works by choreographers such as George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. In 2006, Whitmore...

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Loughlan Prior

Following his training at the New Zealand School of Dance, Loughlan joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2010 and rose to the rank of Soloist, performing landmark works by...

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Gregory Dawson

Gregory founded dawsondancesf in 2007 as an outlet for his choreographic vision.  With movement that is raw and deliberate, Gregory uses the classical vernacular to push choreographic boundaries in unpredictable...

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Caili Quan

With BalletX she performed new works by Matthew Neenan, Nicolo Fonte, Gabrielle Lamb, Penny Saunders, Trey McIntyre, and danced at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Belgrade Dance Festival, and DEMO by...

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Amy Hall Garner

She personally coached Grammy Award winner Beyoncé, providing additional choreography for The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. Theatrical choreography credits include: The Color Purple (Milwaukee Repertory Theater) and Invisible Thread,...

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Noelle Kayser

In addition to her choreographic work, Noelle has performed works by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Ihsan Rustem, Wen Wei Wang, Danielle Agami, Robyn Mineko Williams, Kevin O’Day, and Alice Klock, among...

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Behind the Scenes with Marguerite Donlon
Behind The Scenes with Matthew Neenan
Behind the Scenes with Loughlan Prior
Behind the Scenes with Jennifer Archibald
Behind the Scenes with Jodie Gates
Behind the Scenes with Nicola Wills
Behind the Scenes with Natasha Adorlee
Behind The Scenes with Jamar Roberts
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  • Premiered July 10, 2024

Macaroni

Loughlan Prior

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Major Season Support for BalletX is provided in part by William Penn Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Shubert Foundation, the Joan DeJean Innovation Fund, and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

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