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DESCRIPTION:<h4 class="text-blue">GERALD R. FORD AMPHITHEATER</h4> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Each year, the Festival fosters unique collaborations between artists of various dance genres to push the boundaries of the art form, further cementing Vail as a major incubator for new choreography. This summer, we celebrate over 100 world premiere commissions under Damian Woetzel’s visionary leadership since becoming Artistic Director in 2006.</span> <p style="text-align: left;"><em>"… what you see is how these returning artists extend themselves here — tackling new idioms, developing new partnerships, working on choreographic premieres — as nowhere else.“ The New York Times</em></p> <a class="btn btn-blue" href="https://vaildance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/8.8-NOW.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SEE OFFICIAL PROGRAM</a> <hr /> <strong>MORE INFORMATION ON WORLD PREMIERES:</strong> <p style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363738;">Commissions for this season include:<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> Bobbi Jene Smith </span></span>creating a new work for<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sara Mearns</span>,<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Caili Quan</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></span>creating a new work for fellow Artist-In-Residence,<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Roman Mejia</span>, and a second new work featuring Tiler Peck to commissioned music by<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Caroline Shaw, Claudia Schreier<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span>choreographing a new work with music by Gonzalo Grau<span style="box-sizing: inherit;">, Pam Tanowitz choreographing for Herman Cornejo and Melissa Toogood to music by Meredith Monk and by Peter Sarstedt, Jodi Melnick<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span>making a new work set to commissioned music by <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Andreia Pinto-Correia, </span>and a new by<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ephrat Asherie featuring a cast including Michelle Dorrance and Lil Buck .</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363738;">On NOW: Premieres, audiences will see a preview of the new work by<span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Justin Peck</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></span>collaborating with bluegrass artist Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, National Public Radio) who will perform alongside a cast of dancers including Robbie Fairchild, Patricia Delgado, India Bradley, KJ Takahashi, Byron Tittle, and Peck himself. See the official premiere of Justin Peck’s new work on closing night,</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363738;"> <strong><a style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-skip: objects;" href="https://vaildance.org/event/dance-for-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="color: #355c7d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Dance for $20.22!</span></span></a></strong></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #363738;">See below for the star-studded cast list of dancers for NOW: Premieres, and musicians appearing on this performance include Composer-in-Residence Caroline Shaw, string quartet Brooklyn Rider, singer Davóne Tines, singer and multi-instrumentalist Kate Davis, jazz pianist Joel Wenhardt, and and bluegrass star Chris Thile. </span></p> <h4 class="text-blue">SEE WHO'S PERFORMING:</h4> Ephrat Asherie Manon Bal Lil Buck India Bradley Preston Chamblee Herman Cornejo Chun Wai Chan Patricia Delgado Michelle Dorrance Philip Duclos Robbie Fairchild Jovani Furlan Christopher Grant Kennard Henson Lauren Lovette Sara Mearns Roman Mejia Miriam Miller Dario Natarelli Justin Peck Tiler Peck Unity Phelan Caili Quan Calvin Royal III Cory Stearns KJ Takahashi Devon Teuscher Byron Tittle Melissa Toogood Matthew “Megawatt” West <strong><em>Casting and repertory are subject to change.</em></strong> <em>New works are Generously Underwritten by:</em> Ephrat Asherie Underwritten by Jonna Mackin Caili Quan Underwritten by Wendy Williams & Noel Kullavanijaya Jodi Melnick Underwritten by Malo & John Harrison Justin Peck Underwritten by Paul Repetto & Janet Pyle Claudia Schreier Underwritten in part by Marvin Naiman & Margery Goldman Family Foundation Bobbi Jene Smith Underwritten by Vail Valley Foundation Board of Directors Pam Tanowitz Co-Commissioned by New York City Center <hr /> <em>Photo credit: Festival cast in Justin Peck's Rise Wait Climb Through at the 2018 Festival. Photo by Erin Baiano. </em>
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