Three of today’s most celebrated choreographers, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Trey McIntyre, and Matthew Neenan, join BalletX for a captivating bill of world premieres, and Neenan's 2014 work, Increasing.
Darrell Grand Moultrie returns to BalletX with a world premiere celebrating the Latin, Afro-Caribbean music of his native Spanish Harlem. Described as “exuberant and deliberate” by The Washington Post, his work has appeared on the Colorado Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Most recently, he choreographed for Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter World Tour, and the musical Witness Uganda at American Repertory Theater.
Trey McIntyre’s love of 1970’s Motown springs to life in a world premiere embodying the era’s high-octane energy. To capture the counterculture spirit of the time, McIntyre collaborates with Andrea Lauer, who costumed Broadway’s American Idiot. Highly prolific, McIntyre has worked with Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet. His 2016 BalletX premiere, Big Ones, was hailed by The New York Times as “funny, touching, poignant, stirring.”
Matthew Neenan’s Increasing premiered at Vail Dance Festival’s NOW: Premieres in 2014, with guest dancers Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild of New York City Ballet. The work is set to Schubert’s Quintet in C Major, performed live by alumni from Curtis Institute of Music and Yale University. Covering its premiere, The New York Times wrote, “Mr. Neenan is one of those rare dance makers who can create a world that coexists beside important music.”