Cedar Lake Presents Season at The Joyce, 5/7-12

Returning to The Joyce Theater, May 7-12, with its 16 bravura dancers led by Artistic Director Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Cedar Lake will present a stimulating 2013 season featuring the New York Premiere of Ji?í Kylián's pulse racing and youthful "Indigo Rose," a world premiere by provocative Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis and the return of critically acclaimed company favorite "Ten Duets On A Theme Of Rescue" by Crystal Pite.

Under Pouffer's direction, Cedar Lake has become known for commissioning new works by the most provocative of new generation choreographers and modern masters. This artistically charged repertoire showcases the company's voluptuous physicality enhanced by classical technique. Cedar Lake takes audiences on a choreographic journey that challenge and expand the boundaries of dance performance.

"INDIGO ROSE" by Ji?í Kylián

Ji?í Kylián created "Indigo Rose" in 1998 to commemorate the 20th anniversary year of Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT 2). After an absence from choreographing for the "breeding ground" company of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) and feeling compelled to return to the youthful qualities of its members, he created a dance celebrating the transient nature of youth and human relationships. "Indigo Rose" embodies an unattainable ideal, and in this creation Kylián summons the dancers to seek perfection with fervor while shrewdly understanding its elusiveness.

Ji?í Kylián (born in Prague in 1947) began his dance career at Stuttgarter Ballet and made his debut as a guest choreographer for Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) with the work "Viewers" in 1973. Following its success he created a series of 50 works for NDT.

In 1978 Kylián made his international breakthrough with "Sinfonietta," set to music by his friend Leoš Janá?ek and created specifically for the Spoleto Festival in the United States. In that same year Ji?í Kylián was appointed artistic director of NDT, a post that he held for 25 years and during which he created many of his most renowned works, including "Dream Dances" (1997), "De Kinderspelen" (1999), "Piccolo Mondo" (1999), "Symfonie in D" (2002), "Sechs Tänze" (2004), "Stamping Ground" (2006), "Evening Songs" (2006), "Un Ballo (2009) and "Indigo Rose" (2011).

Kylián has received various awards, including the Edinburgh Festival Critics Award (1996, 1997) and the Joost van den Vondel Award (1997). In 1995 he was made an Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau. In June 2008, during the 6th International Festival of Contemporary Dance at the Venice Biennale, he received the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Upon his NDT farewell in 2009, he was honored with the creation of the "Kylián Fund for Innovative Cooperation". In 2011, he created "Anonymous," a dance and video installation for the opening of the Cadance Festival at Korzo Theater, The Hague. The Czech Ministry of Culture has recognized Ji?í Kylián with the Lifetime Achievement Award for dance and theatre.

NEW WORK by Andonis Foniadakis

Andonis Foniadakis created this full company work for Cedar Lake during a recent residency. This new piece explores the vivid network of actions and reactions that characterize the intersection of public and private personas in urban life. Foniadakis investigates individuality and personal expression within our society, the different aspects of human fragility and the power of human spirit. The choreographer examines these themes, drawing on artists from various disciplines, including visual arts, contemporary music, and theater, to complete the vision of the work.

Julien Tarride, a composer and visual artist, whose work combines performing arts with new technologies such as electronic generated scores and 3D computer-based imagery, created an original score for the work. Tarride is primarily inspired by traditional classical music, but is also influenced by both "French musique concrete" and American repetitive music.

Lighting designer, Clifton Taylor and German born Greek stylist, photographer and fashion designer, Tassos Sofroniou complete the artistic team.

Foniadakis, choreographer and dancer, grew up in the city of Lerapetra on the island of Crete, Greece. He began his dance training at his city's local dance school. He continued his studies at the State Dance School in Athens, and before his graduation he received the prestigious Maria Callas Scholarship to continue his studies at L'Ecole-Atelier Rudra-Béjart Lausanne, in Switzerland.

As a performer Foniadakis danced and collaborated with some of the most distinguished dance artists and companies of his time, including Béjart Ballet Lausanne; Lyon Opera Ballet, including works of William Forsythe, Bill T. Jones, Ji?í Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Maguy Marin and Trisha Brown, among others; and Saburo Teshigawara/Karas Company, under the direction of Saburo Teshigawara.

As choreographer Foniadakis has collaborated with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Lyon Opera Ballet, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Balé Da Cidade De São Paulo, Ballet of the Opéra national du Rhin, National Dance Company Wales, Helsinki Dance Company, Stadttheater Bern, Dansgroep Amsterdam, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Benjamin Millepied Dance Company, among others. He has also created two operas: "Les Boréades" (Rameau) for Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg, and "Il canto de la pelle" (Claudio Ambrosini) for Grame, Centre National de Création Musicale, Lyon, France.

In 2003, Foniadakis founded his own company, Apotosoma Dance Company, based in Lyon. His extraordinary "Selon Désir," performed by Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve mesmerized audiences at The Joyce Theater in 2007. In addition to creating and performing, Foniadakis conducts seminars on his personal dance technique.

"TEN DUETS ON A THEME OF RESCUE" by Crystal Pite

Pite's "Ten Duets On A Theme Of Rescue" premiered with Cedar Lake in 2008. The critically acclaimed five-dancer work rotates each dancer through ten duo combinations, examining iconic storylines that connect mankind. Pite positions and frames narrative elements within her choreographic language that create cinematic movement and storytelling.

"I love the word 'rescue.' It captures a whole story in a single word. Similarly, the body can convey narrative through the simplest of actions. For me, this work for Cedar Lake was an act of excavation. After creating the choreography, I searched within it for images that specifically evoked rescue. There are many of them. They exist inside the dancing like fragments of an untold narrative. I suppose the presence of rescue in this work is twofold, as I tried to liberate and expose these images for brief contemplation before releasing them back into the dance: saving and holding one picture of rescue in each of the ten duets." - Crystal Pite

"Phrase by phrase, Ms. Pite's choreography makes her five dancers look motivated, with constant changes of scale and tone...striking situations of poetry and drama, and each duet was unlike the last." - Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times.

Canadian choreographer and performer Crystal Pite has created works for Nederlands Dans Theater I (Associate Choreographer, 2008-2011), Cullberg Ballet, Ballett Frankfurt, The National Ballet of Canada, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (Resident Choreographer, 2001-2004), Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, and several independent dance artists, most recently Louise Lecavalier.
Crystal Pite is a former company member of Ballet British Columbia and Ballett Frankfurt. In 2002, she formed Kidd Pivot, and continues to create and perform in her own work. Her work and her company have been recognized with numerous awards and commissions. Kidd Pivot tours extensively around the world with productions that include "The Tempest Replica" (2011), "The You Show" (2010), "Dark Matters" (2009), "Lost Action" (2006), and "Double Story" (2004), created with Richard Siegal. Kidd Pivot was the resident company at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, with the support of Kulturfonds Frankfurt Rhein-Main, in Frankfurt, Germany, from 2010 to 2012.
PERFORMANCE AND TICKET INFORMATION

May 7- 12
"Indigo Rose" by Ji?í Kylián
"Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue" by Crystal Pite
"New Work" by Andonis Foniadakis

PERFORMANCE TIMES:
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm

TICKET PRICES AND JOYCE MEMBER INFORMATION:
Single tickets start at $10. Call JoyceCharge (212-242-0800); visit the Box Office (Monday-Friday, 12- 6pm); or charge online at www.Joyce.org. NOTE: Ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street.
For more information about Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, including company member biographies, photos and video please visit: http://www.cedarlakedance.com

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