Cedar Lake Winter Season

Cedar Lake's Winter Season will feature Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue, a world premiere by Crystal Pite, Rite, a US premiere by Stijn Celis and Symptoms of Development by Jacopo Godani.

Choreographer Crystal Pite is a Vancouver-based choreographer and performer. In 1996, Pite joined Ballett Frankfurt in Germany under director William Forsythe, performing worldwide in works such as “Eidos:Telos.” In 2001, Pite returned to Canada where she formed her own company, Kidd Pivot, and continues to create and perform in her own work. She has created works for Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballett Frankfurt, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (including a term as Resident Choreographer 2001 - 2004), Ballet British Columbia, the Alberta Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, and several independent dance artists; most recently Louise Lecavalier. Kidd Pivot tours nationally and internationally with productions that include “Lost Action” (2006), “Uncollected Work” (2002) and “Double Story” (2004), created with Richard Siegal.  Kidd Pivot is the recipient of the Alcan Performing Arts Award for 2006.

Acclaimed Belgian choreographer Stijn Celis has created works for such companies as Ballet Gulbenkian, I. T. Dansa Barcelona and Iceland Dance Company, as well as "The Lost Shoe" and "Noces" for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and "UBILOZ Vanilla" for Cullberg Ballet. Celis is also the former artistic director of Bern Ballet.

Italian-born dancer-choreographer Jacopo Godani began studying classical ballet and modern dance techniques in 1984 at the Centro Studi Danza La Spezia under the direction of Loredana Rovagna.  He also pursued studies in the visual arts for three years at the Fine Arts School of Carrara.  In 1986, Godani was accepted at Maurice Bejart’s international dance center, Mudra, in Brussels, Belgium. Godani made his professional debut in 1988 performing with Le Marietta Secret in Paris.  He also performed with Archipel Sud in Namur, Belgium,  the Paris-based company of Jean Francois Duroure and Ballet Frankfurt.

Godani has created works for Bayerisches Staatsballett, Compañía Nacional de Danza, Nederlands Dans Theater, Dutch National Ballet, Corpo di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala, Cantiere dell’Arte Montepulciano, Biennale Danza di Venezia, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, Ballett Frankfurt, and the Göteborg Ballet.

Cedar Lake's Winter Season will also include a post-performance Q&A with Choreographer Crystal Pite, Artistic Director Benoit-Swan Pouffer and members of Cedar Lake January 11, 2008. There will be an encore presentation of Ohad Naharin's Decadance January 13, 2008.

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