Abilities Dance Boston. (Courtesy Abilities Dance)
Drawing inspiration from one of her favorite legends, choreographer Ellice Patterson will debut “Firebird” as a reimagined ballet on May 14-15. Although she grew up seeing versions of the ballet, something always seemed to be missing.
“I always felt different identities that I had, and others had, weren t reflected in [the ballet], she said. I was thinking of how to take a fairy tale and completely recreate a new ballet with the new score, with a new movement that is more inclusive of the world around us,” she said.
Patterson is the founder and executive director of Abilities Dance, a dance company that seeks to create a thriving space for professional dancers of all abilities. Her company has performed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, GRUNT Festival in Chicago and Gibney in New York.