Jie Hung Connie Shiau performs “In Closing” a solo excerpt of the ensemble work “Delicate Power.”

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Jie Hung Connie Shiau performs “In Closing” a solo excerpt of the ensemble work “Delicate Power.”

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Four choreographers, four companies, four world premieres!

Audiences will delight in a feast for the eyes as four new works premiere on Yardley Hall stage. For this festival of contemporary and modern dance, the Midwest Trust Center has enlisted four choreographers to create original works for four local dance companies to perform at the world premieres.

The collaborative partners are:

• The Kansas City Ballet, working with Peter Chu

• Owen/Cox Dance Group, working with Alexander Anderson

• Störling Dance Theater, working with Hélène Simoneau

• Regina Klenjoski Dance Company, working with Kia S. Smith

Performances are September 20-21 at 7:30pm at the Midwest Trust Center.

Pre-show talk: Artistic Advisor Michael Uthoff at 6:30 p.m., Sep. 20 and 21.

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/ v . anthology /, marks the culmination of PARA.MAR's fifth season, featuring an exclusive collection of works curated by founder and director Stephanie Martinez with renowned choreographers Jennifer Archibald, Xavier Nuñez, Hélène Simoneau, and Yin Yue. Martinez's own creations "kiss." and "Dos Lados" bookend the program, securing her unique artistic voice to the lineup.

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Under the leadership of Donna Faye Burchfield, the School of Dance at University of the Arts in Philadelphia is a community of 300 talented, expressive students and an exceptional faculty of world-recognized artists with expansive and far-reaching abilities and experiences.

This Winter, Hélène will be staging an excerpt of her work “Delicate Power.” Assisted by original cast members Jie-Hung Connie Shiau and Maya Addie, the project has expanded the cast of this work from 7 to 19 dancers. Join us for the performances April 25-27.

New World School of the Arts dance training is conservatory-based, grounded in classical ballet and incorporating dances of different cultures and newer forms.

This Winter, Hélène will stage her work “Paper Wings” with the students of the school’s colege program. Assisted by Lindsay Viatori, the work will be performed in April 2024.

In March, DANCECleveland and NCCAkron will collaborate to support choreographer Hélène Simoneau (Montréal, QC / New York, NY). NCCAkron will host the company for a week-long Creative Residency and teaching in The University of Akron’s dance program as a part of 21st Century Dance Practices. 

DANCEClevland will present two free public events – Join the advanced-level contemporary class with Hélène in Cuyahoga Falls on Saturday morning. Then make a day of it as she explains her creative process, shares a deeper understanding of her company and dance history, and answers questions in the afternoon.

Vitacca Ballet is a creation-based repertoire company in the Houston area. This company creates approachable work that combines wit, beauty, athleticism, and intellect within dance performance. Hélène Simoneau has been commissioned to choreograph a new ballet during a two week creation residency this August. Performances are October 20-21 at MATCH (Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston) Matchbox 2.

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Amy Seiwert’s Imagery SKETCH 13: Lucky invites four choreographers to embrace chance and create their own luck as they step out of their creative habits. Simoneau will be joined by acclaimed choreographers Natasha Adorlee, Trey McIntyre, and Amy Seiwert. Tickets available here.

Oregon Ballet Theatre has commissioned renowned choreographers from near and far: Princess Grace Award winner Rena Butler, Guggenheim Fellow Hélène Simoneau, push/FOLD Founder and Director Samuel Hobbs, and OBT’s own rising star, Makino Hayashi.

Tickets available November 7!

Struck by the poetry and vulnerability of shedding one’s own leaves in a season’s change, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre is thrilled to announce our third season: PIVOTAL with a program of new work that confronts and grapples with the theme of "pivotal change". 

Inspired in part by the city's 2023 "Year of Chicago Healing'' initiative and by the recent, and unexpected, loss of founder and director Stephanie Martinez’s mother, we have invited two of the most sought-after choreographers in contemporary dance: Hélène Simoneau (2021 Guggenheim Fellow, NYCC Choreography Fellow), and Yin Yue (YYDC, Martha Graham, 2021 Harkness Promise Award) to join us in delving into a process that explores the bewilderment, tenderness, and strength that comes from loss – offering a season designed around vulnerability, healing, growth, and pivotal change.

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Charlotte Ballet has commissioned three choreographers for their INNOVATIVE WORKS program. The evening will feature Jennifer Archibald, Hélène Simoneau, and one of Charlotte Ballet’s very own artists.

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Santa Barbara Dance Theater presents Guest Choreographers Hélène Simoneau and David Maurice Johnson, and a new work by new Artistic Director, Brandon Whited (Assoc. Prof. of Dance/Director of Dance Performance).  Simoneau brings an excerpted version of her evening-length DARLING (2020), and Johnson offers the premiere of a new work.  Both guests joined the SBDT Dancers and Apprentices in August 2022 for an intensive creative residency that interfaced with UCSB Dance Summer Students.

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