We open our season with an homage to one of North America’s icons of jazz, Nina Simone. Writer, poet and activist, Nina’s music provides the soundtrack for Alysa Pires’ newest piece commissioned by Citie Ballet. Opening the evening is a new work by Citie Ballet artistic director Jorden Morris.

With exquisite artistry, Rechercher explores our need as human beings to constantly search for something more; whether it be for material possessions, a better job, a faster route to work, or the right partner in life. Jorden Morris brings together his musings from a lifetime of international travel and his own quests to lead us down the winding paths of our universal searches, what they say about us, and ultimately, why the answers we seek are so important.

“We are all wanderers on this earth, with our heart and minds full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams.”
~ Gypsy proverb

Choreographer: Jorden Morris

Lighting Design: Blaine Rittinger

Costume Design: Jorden Morris

Music: Johann Johannson, Rob Simonsen, Carter Burwell, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

First Movement: The Company

Second Movement: Lydia Redpath, Mingyi Liang

Third Movement: Jinah Kim

Fourth Movement: Kylee Hart, Matthew Klippenstein, Mitchell Przybilla

Fifth Movement: Audrey Boccara, Isabella Pisapia

Sixth Movement: Lydia Redpath, Kylee Hart

Seventh Movement: Jinah Kim, Matthew Klippenstein, Mingyi Liang

Eighth Movement: Morgan Thiessen, Mitchell Przybilla

Ninth Movement: The Company