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Saint Paul Ballet will collaborate with local visual artists to create a story about the life of dancers, from pre-dance instruction to professional artist, and their role in the community. A local photojournalist, filmmaker, graphic designer, and animator will create an online blog that documents the life of dancers during the year-long project. Participating dancers will provide quarterly feedback on the process. 2: Choreographers of regional and national prominence will create and stage works for Saint Paul Ballet that help develop them as artists and provides new programming for dancers and audiences. Three or more choreographers will create new works for Saint Paul Ballet to perform on Twin Cities’ stages. Evaluations by choreographers and dancers, audience survey responses, and reviews by critics will determine the success of the outcome.
Caroline Yang created a photo documentary project on Saint Paul Ballet and shared her works with the community in gallery installations and is currently booking additional installations. SPB Company dancers and students welcomed Caroline into the studios so she could photograph candid moments in their daily lives. Positive responses to the process and product prompted Caroline to continue the project for two more years. 2: Four visiting choreographers created and staged new works for SPB that helped dancers develop and provided new programming for season performances. Choreographers Peter Davison, Boulder Ballet; Katie Elliot, 3rd Law Dance/Theater; Joseph Morrissey, Hong Kong Ballet; and Swiss-Canadian Kinsun Chan created works that SPB Company performed. Evaluations were overwhelmingly positive.
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