2019/2020 Season
Chapter TWO
We present works by Karissa Barry and our artistic director Wen Wei Wang
NIGHTbox
An adrenaline-infused transportation back to the times of our youth, when the days were shorter and nights were longer.
Originally created for Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal. World premiered in 2015, Montreal, Quebec.
Choreographer: Wen Wei Wang
SWAN
Swan by Ballet Edmonton Artistic Director Wen Wei Wang is a remount of his masterful piece, which first debuted with Ballet BC in 2016. Inspired by the iconic characters in Swan Lake, this breathtaking work highlights Wang’s capacity to move dancers in ways that exemplify the poise and grace of the balletic dancer while expanding the vocabulary of movement to tell a familiar story through a new lens.
“SWAN, choreographed by Wen Wei Wang, proved itself as a stunning, flawless endeavour that had its audience breathless by the time the curtain closed…”
– Lords of Dogwood
Choreographer: Wen Wei Wang
What am I learning from this love?
As Rehearsal Director for Ballet Edmonton, Karissa Barry is also a choreographic voice in her own right. Her meticulous, intelligent choreography offers our company dancers an opportunity to give voice to her inspired movement.
Choreographer: Karissa Barry
Process
