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Opening Night: Digital Edition // 6pm MDT // Tune in on Facebook
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Underwritten by Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
The Vail Dance Festival: Digital Edition begins with a specially curated selection of performances from the past 10 years including debuts, revivals, and new works made in Vail. Hosted by Artistic Director Damian Woetzel, with appearances by a range of the extraordinary dancers and musicians who have made Vail a summer laboratory for creative collaboration.
Photo by Erin Baiano
Celebrate the Beat: a tribute to Aretha Franklin
Music: Aretha Franklin Medley
Choreography by Ellen Weinstein, Tracy Straus, Kris Ashley
Dancers: the children of Celebrate the Beat with James Whiteside
Keyboard: Tony Kierlado
Keyboard: Jacob Lidard
Drums: Larry Dutmer
Trumpet: Connor Williams
Filmed at the 2019 Vail Dance Festival
Suite from Mazurkas (1958)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Posthumous A Minor
Choreography by José Limón © José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc.
Dancers: Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild
Piano: Cameron Grant
Filmed at the 2016 Vail Dance Festival
Apollo (1928) excerpt
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine. © The George Balanchine Trust.
Dancers: Unity Phelan and Calvin Royal III
Music: Brooklyn Rider, Double Bass: Kate Davis
Filmed at the 2019 Vail Dance Festival
Suite of Dances (1994) excerpt
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Choreography by Jerome Robbins. ©The Robbins Rights Trust.
Dancer: Herman Cornejo
Cello: Anne Richardson
Filmed at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival
Thousandth Orange (2019 Vail Commissioned World Premiere)
Music by Caroline Shaw
Choreography by Tiler Peck
Dancers: Isabella Boylston, India Bradley, Herman Cornejo, Christopher Grant, Lauren Lovette, Roman Mejia
Piano: Kurt Crowley
Violin: Colin Jacobsen
Viola: Nicholas Cords
Cello: Michael Nicolas
Filmed at the 2019 Vail Dance Festival
24t h (2019 Vail Commissioned World Premiere)
Music by Caroline Shaw
Choreography by Lil Buck
Artists: Lil Buck with Caroline Shaw
Filmed at the 2019 Vail Dance Festival
This Bitter Earth (2012 Vail Commissioned World Premiere)
Music by Dinah Washington and Max Richter
Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
Dancers: Isabella Boylston, Calvin Royal III
Music: Kate Davis, Catalyst Quartet
Filmed at the 2016 Vail Dance Festival
Elégie (1982)
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine. © The George Balanchine Trust.
Lighting by M.L. Geiger
Dancer: Carla Körbes
Viola: Nicholas Cords
Filmed at the 2012 Vail Dance Festival
1・2・3・4・5・6 (2016 Vail Commissioned World Premiere)
Music based on a rhythm by Steve Reich
Choreography and improvography by the Artists
Developed by Damian Woetzel and Michelle Dorrance
Lighting by M.L. Geiger
Dancers: Michelle Dorrance, Melissa Toogood, Lil Buck, Robert Fairchild
Filmed at the 2016 Vail Dance Festival
Fandango (2010 Vail Commissioned World Premiere, New Staging 2019)
Music by Luigi Boccherini
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
Dancer: Roman Mejia
Music by: Brooklyn Rider
Guitar: Alberta Khoury
Percussion: Dario Natarelli
Filmed at the 2019 Vail Dance Festival