Oregon Ballet Theatre – December 2009/April 2010
As a recipient of a generous grant from The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Emery LeCrone spent three weeks in residence with The Oregon Ballet Theatre. She created a world premiere for their spring series entitled Duets. Ms. LeCrone’s choreography will be featured in a program alongside works by choreographic greats such as George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, and Trey Macintyre. The program opens in Portland on April 22nd, 2010 and runs for ten performances.
Novaballet Residency - June 22nd-August 14th, 2009 - Novaballet kicked off the 2009 season with Imperative Forms with Emery LeCrone's expanded Pulling to Break, set to Philip Glass' Violin Concerto No. 1. The first movement of this piece was developed in 2006, but this summer was extended to the full length of the Glass concerto. As Jennifer Dunning of the New York Times put it, "The ballet is already a delightful whole, exploring inventive partnering as well as the way spinning, full-throttle movement can echo and incorporate the planes of the space around it." Emery LeCrone, in her second collaboration with Novaballet, also premiered a new work in the August 2009 series Dressages.
The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2009 -Joyce Soho, June 20th, 2009 -The A.W.A.R.D. Show! was created in response to a need for a lab-like space in which working dance artists can engage in an open dialogue with the audience about their work. Moderated by notable experts from the dance and cultural arts fields, The A.W.A.R.D. Show! has expanded from an annual series in New York City at Joyce SoHo to take on a multi-city format in 2009. -more-
Fridays at Noon - 92nd Street Y, May 15th 2009 - These free one-hour, mixed-bill events focus on the process of creating choreography. Three to four choreographers show finished or in-progress choreography with audience discussion following each work. Fridays at Noon is co-curated by Catherine Tharin and Krista Nelson and takes place on the 2nd floor of the 92nd Street Y, in Buttenwieser Hall. -more-
The Columbia Ballet Collaborative-April 3rd-4th, 2009 - Aphorismos was created on The Columbia Ballet Collaborative and premiered at the Miller Theatre. Claudia La Rocca of The New York Times called the work “...a ready-for-primetime knockout...hinting at dark undertones that beg second looks.” The ballet will be performed again in The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2009 at the Joyce Soho on June 20th, 2009.
Aphorismos Review in The New York Times
Greensboro Ballet -March 20th-22nd, 2009 -Participated in a week long residency and created Three Movements for the professional company. The work was selected as part of the Fridays at Noon performance series on May 15, 2009.
The Columbia Ballet Collaborative Nov. 20th-22nd, 2008 - Created Figurine, a new work for twelve dancers, for the company’s fundraising performances at Columbia University’s Streng Studio and at The City Center Studios.
Figurine in The New York Times
