Georgina Pazcoguin News

Nanette Lepore has designed the costumes for the New York City ballet. Charles Askegardv and Georgina Pazcoguin will perform, featuring Lepore's designs, "Picnic," at the Joyce Theater in New York.

Ballet Next, the independent ballet company founded by acclaimed dancers Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, will present its first week-long season at The Joyce Theater from tonight, October 23-28, 2012.

Ballet Next, the independent ballet company founded by acclaimed dancers Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, will present its first week-long season at The Joyce Theater from October 23-28, 2012. Since debuting for a one-night only, sold out performance at The Joyce in 2011, Ballet Next has forged an exciting creative laboratory, bringing together world-class choreographers, dancers and musicians to develop contemporary work with the highest level of classical technique as its foundation. The highly-anticipated season includes two programs with five world premieres from Mauro Bigonzetti, Brian Reeder, Margo Sappington, Alison Cooke Beatty, and Charles Askegard, and features dancers from New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet, as well as young talents who comprise the Ballet Next group of Soloists. The Ballet Next Ensemble will accompany the dancers with live music led by noted Israeli cellist Elad Kabilio.

American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21) will present a workshop presentation of four classic musical theater and film dance numbers on Thursday, June 28 at New York City Center, Studio 4 at 6 pm. Each piece has been coached by artists intimately involved in their original productions; numbers from Contact, A Chorus Line, Lovely to Look At and Jerome Robbins' Broadway will be presented. The evening will be directed by Artistic Director Margo Sappington and feature live music with musical direction by Tedd Firth. ADM21 is a new not-for-profit dance company founded by Executive Director Nikki Feirt Atkins, dedicated to creating a living and vibrant archive of classic and current notable musical theater choreography.

Ballet Next, New York's elite independent ballet company founded by international ballet stars Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, is launching a series of intimate choreographic exhibitions featuring new and classical works in final stages of rehearsal with interactive audience discussions at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center in New York City on March 1, March 28 & April 25 at 8:00 pm.

Ballet Next, New York's new classical ballet company founded by international ballet stars Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, will present its third intimate choreographic workshop featuring all new works in final stages of rehearsal at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center on April 25 at 8:00 pm. The workshop will be broadcast live via web-simulcast on balletnext.com Participants will include Misty Copeland, Georgina Pazcoguin, Michele Wiles, Charles Askegard, and other guest artists.

Ballet Next, New York's new independent ballet company founded by Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, will present its second intimate choreographic exhibition featuring new and classical works in final stages of rehearsal with interactive audience discussions at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center on March 28 at 8:00 pm.

Ballet Next, New York's new independent ballet company founded by Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, will present its second intimate choreographic exhibition featuring new and classical works in final stages of rehearsal with interactive audience discussions at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center on March 28 at 8:00 pm.

Ballet Next, New York's elite independent ballet company founded by international ballet stars Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, is launching a series of intimate choreographic exhibitions featuring new and classical works in final stages of rehearsal with interactive audience discussions at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center in New York City on March 1, March 28 & April 25 at 8:00 pm.

Ballet Next, New York's elite independent ballet company founded by international ballet stars Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard, is launching a series of intimate choreographic exhibitions featuring new and classical works in final stages of rehearsal with interactive audience discussions at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center in New York City on March 1, March 28 & April 25 at 8:00 pm.