producing a beloved work that might be racially outdated?
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Navigating the conversations around race when producing works from the Western canon featuring outdated representations can be uncomfortable, challenging, and confusing. How do we keep the original spirit and intention of the work while eliminating racial caricature? How do we prepare our performers, our staff, and our audiences to receive this work well?
We have led trainings with Ballet West, the National Ballet of Canada, the Merce Cunningham Trust, Oregon Ballet Theater, Northern Ballet, The Royal Ballet, among many others. We have also reimagined classic canonical works, including “Madama Butterfly” for Boston Lyric Opera (Best of 2023, Washington Post and Boston Globe) and “La Bayadere” for Indiana University (with Doug Fullington and Larry Moore in 2024)
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The artists of Ballet West in “Le Chant du Rossignol”
Photo by Beau Pearson, courtesy of Ballet West
The artists of Ballet West in “Le Chant du Rossignol”
Photo by Beau Pearson, courtesy of Ballet West