NOW: Premieres

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Underwritten by Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation

New works and collaborations made in Vail by a selection of today’s most adventurous voices in dance, featuring a world premiere choreographed by Bobbi Jene Smith with dancers Melissa Toogood, Calvin Royal III, and Smith herself joining in this dance made in and for the virtual space. This evening also features Rise Wait Climb Through, a 2018 world premiere choreographed by Justin Peck, with a commissioned score by Caroline Shaw.

Photo by Erin Baiano

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A Summer Place (2020 Virtual World Premiere)
Music by Max Steiner, Jim Jacobs, and George Gershwin
Choreography by Robert Fairchild
Dancer and Vocalist: Robert Fairchild
Piano and Arrangement: Kurt Crowley
Filmed for the 2020 Vail Dance Festival: Digital Edition

Anywhere on This Road
World Premiere: August 5, 2013 in Vail
Music by Lhasa
Choreography by Fang-Yi Sheu with Ron “Prime Tyme” Myles
Dancers: Fang-Yi Sheu and Ron “Prime Tyme” Myles
Filmed at the 2013 Vail Dance Festival.

Time it Was / 116
World Premiere: August 6, 2015 in Vail
Violin solo by Philip Glass
Choreography by Bill Irwin and Tiler Peck
Dancers: Tiler Peck and Bill Irwin
Violin: Johnny Gandelsman
Filmed at the 2017 Vail Dance Festival.

Farewell excerpt
World Premiere: August 5, 2017 in Vail
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Choreography by Matthew Neenan
Dancers: Lauren Lovette, Joseph Gordon, and Roman Mejia
Piano: Kurt Crowley
Violin: Johnny Gandelsman
Viola: Nicholas Cords
Filmed at the 2017 Vail Dance Festival.

Desire Liar
World Premiere: August 4, 2015 in Vail
Music by Glen Kotche, “Ping Pong Fumble Throw”
Choreography by Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener
Filmed at the 2015 Vail Dance Festival.
Music played by Brooklyn Rider

Solo for Patricia
World Premiere: August 7, 2017 in Vail
Music by Béla Bartók
Choreography by Pam Tanowitz
Dancer: Patricia Delgado
Violins: Johnny Gandelsman & Colin Jacobsen
Filmed at the 2017 Vail Dance Festival.

38109
World Premiere: August 3, 2018 in Vail
Music by Caroline Shaw and Lil Buck
Choreography by Lil Buck
Dancer: Lil Buck
Piano & Vocals: Caroline Shaw and Lil Buck
Filmed at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival.

Contra
World Premiere: August 6, 2018 in Vail
Music by Gabriela Lena Frank
Choreography by Claudia Schreier
Dancers: Dandara Veiga and Chris Bloom
Music: Brooklyn Rider
Filmed at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival.

Rise Wait Climb Through
World Premiere: August 6, 2018 in Vail
Music by Caroline Shaw
Choreography by Justin Peck
Dancers: Jared Angle, Isabella Boylston, Herman Cornejo, Patricia Delgado, Joseph Gordon, Christopher Grant, Misa Kuranaga, and Tiler Peck
Music: Brooklyn Rider
Vocals & Piano: Caroline Shaw
Filmed at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival.

Mercy (2020 Virtual World Premiere)
Music by Max Richter
Choreographed and directed by Bobbi Jene Smith
Dancers: Bobbi Jene Smith, Melissa Toogood, and Calvin Royal III
Cinematography and Editing by Derrick Belcham
Filmed for the 2020 Vail Dance Festival: Digital Edition

Choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith is new to the Vail Dance Festival this year. She was born in Centerville, Iowa. From 2005-2014 she was a member of the Batsheva Dance Company under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin. She is an alumnus of the Juilliard School, North Carolina School of the Arts, and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Her choreography has been presented by The Batsheva Dance Company, CORPUS – The Dance Laboratory of the Royal Danish Ballet, The Martha Graham Dance Company, The Juilliard School, PS122 COIL Festival, A.R.T, The Israel Museum, Luminato Festival, LaMama, Sacramento Ballet, and UNC Chapel Hill. In 2017 she became a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC). 

Ascending Bird
World Premiere: August 4, 2018 in Vail
Music by Brooklyn Rider
Choreography by the Artists
Dancers: Lil Buck, Michelle Dorrance, Ron “Prime Tyme” Myles, Naomi Funaki, Dario Natarelli, and Phyouture
Music: Brooklyn Rider
Violin: Caroline Shaw
Cajon: Savannah Harris
Double Bass Bass: Kate Davis
Filmed at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival.

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