Silas Farley’s dance for City Ballet’s Stravinsky festival has a score by David K. Israel that builds on a poem Balanchine wrote and set to music for Stravinsky.
Claire Kretzschmar, a dancer and soloist with the New York City Ballet, joins the show to discuss her path to becoming a professional dancer, the challenges and joys of being a Catholic in the ballet world, and the spiritual value of dance. She also discusses a beautiful dance film which she choreographed for the NYC Ballet this year, and the Catholic arts community she founded in New York City, of which Thomas is a part.
In the YouTube version of this interview, Claire’s full dance film is shown at the 20:46 mark (used with permission of NYC Ballet).
Links
New York Times profile of Claire, “Rehearse, Ice Feet, Repeat: The Life of a New York City Ballet Corps Dancer” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/arts/dance/rehearse-ice-feet-repeat-the-life-of-a-new-york-city-ballet-corps-dancer.html