Ballets with a Twist





































Ballets with a Twist
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General information
Name Ballets with a Twist
Year founded 1996
Founders Marilyn Klaus, Stephen Gaboury
Founding artistic director Marilyn Klaus
Principal venue
New York City USA
Website www.balletswithatwist.com
Artistic staff
Artistic Director Marilyn Klaus

Ballets with a Twist is a New York City-based company that performs the work of Artistic Director Marilyn Klaus throughout the United States. Klaus founded Ballets with a Twist in 1996, in association with Grammy-nominated composer Stephen Gaboury.[1][2] The company performed the first incarnation of its signature work, Cocktail Hour: The Show, a collection of theatrical dance vignettes celebrating iconic American social culture, in Manhattan, in 2009.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Dancers


  • 3 Collaborations


  • 4 Artistic Staff


  • 5 References





History


In the 1980s and early 1990s, Klaus began working with composer Stephen Gaboury, presenting dances set to original music in New York City, around the United States, and in Europe. Premieres during this period included Klaus’s ballroom suite for eight women, Return to Normalcy; the quintet Silver Thaw; and The Johnny Show, a blend of honky-tonk, circus, and comic revue.


In 1996, Klaus formed Ballets with a Twist and began working with costume designer Catherine Zehr. In its inaugural year, the company appeared at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts' Clark Studio Theater, the Church of the Holy Trinity, and other venues.[3] Premieres included Seven-Minute Musical and a short musical film, Temple of Swing.[4]


From 1996 to 2008, the company appeared at a variety of venues and events throughout New York City, including the Kumble Center for the Performing Arts, the Taste of Dance Festival, To the Pointe programs, and First Look at the Schermerhorn Performance Space in Brooklyn. Since 2002, the company has performed annually at the Tribeca Film Festival, premiering a new dance each year.[5]


Cocktail Hour, Klaus's signature evening-length collection of dance vignettes, debuted at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in November, 2009, with a total of nine cocktail-themed selections. In 2010, Ballets with a Twist presented the suite at Teatro in Piazza, an invitation-only theater in Los Angeles, California.[6] The next year, the company was invited to Lincoln Center for a sold-out performance of Cocktail Hour at the David Rubenstein Atrium, incorporating animated graphic background projections (now standard for the show) for the first time.


In 2012, XL Nightclub and Cabaret on 42nd Street presented two summer showings of Cocktail Hour in a unique floorshow format. XL hosted the company again in September for a performance featuring music icon Cyndi Lauper and benefiting Lauper's True Colors Fund.[7][8][9][10] The company joined Lauper again several months later at the Beacon Theatre, for an appearance during Home for the Holidays, Lauper's annual True Colors Fund benefit concert.


Also in 2012, Hamilton Stage, an arm of the Union County Performing Arts Center(UCPAC) in Rahway, New Jersey, welcomed Ballets with a Twist as an artistic affiliate during the theater’s inaugural season.[11] During the company's residency, the UCPAC invited Klaus and her company to represent Hamilton Stage and the city before the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in celebration of the federal Our Town grant awarded to Rahway by the National Endowment for the Arts.


The company's 2013 fall season featured return engagements at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Hamilton Stage; debut performances at PlayhouseSquare's Ohio Theatre in Cleveland, Manhattan's Stage 48, and the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey; and appearances on Cleveland television stations WKYC and WEWS-TV.[12][13][14][15]


Significant engagements in 2014 included premieres at Oregon's Craterian Theater and at Staten Island's St. George Theatre, where the company partnered with award-winning New Jersey youth gospel choir The Special Ensemble.[16][17] A return to the Beacon Theatre for a guest appearance during Cyndi Lauper's fourth annual Home for the Holidays benefit concert brought the year to a close. 2015 saw additional company firsts: a Texas debut at El Paso's Plaza Theatre, featuring young dancers from Mexico; a lecture/performance presentation on costume design at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology; a Vermont premiere at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe; and a holiday engagement presented by the Chenango Arts Council in Norwich, New York.[18][19][20][21]


In 2016, Ballets with a Twist completed a university residency with the Department of Theater Arts at Ohio Northern University. Following a week of master classes and choreography workshops, several students were invited to join the company on stage during performances at the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.[22] In the spring, Pennsylvania's Bucks County Playhouse programmed ballet for the first time with a weekend run of Cocktail Hour.[23] Several months later, Brooklyn Ballet invited the company to participate in First Look, a curated program of new choreography, held at the Actors Fund Center. Closing out the year were a performance of Cocktail Hour at Westchester Community College; another Beacon Theatre guest appearance at Lauper’s Home for the Holidays; and, in celebration of the season, a set of site-specific showings at Saks Fifth Avenue Downtown.[24][25][26]


Ballets with a Twist visited Florida and Colorado for the first time in 2017 with engagements at The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center, in The Villages, and the Colorado Chautauqua, in Boulder.[27][28] Later that year, the company traveled to Oregon for a performance at the Florence Events Center, presented by Seacoast Entertainment Association. An engagement at Raue Center for the Arts, in Crystal Lake, Illinois, followed soon after.[29][30] A fourth show-opening turn during Cyndi Lauper's Home for the Holidays benefit, at the Beacon Theatre, and a guest appearance in Everett Bradley's seasonal touring production, "Holidelic," at the Highline Ballroom, rounded out 2017.[31]


Early 2018 found Ballets with a Twist in Augusta, Georgia, kicking off the centennial celebrations of the Imperial Theatre with the Academy of Richmond County Purple Pride Marching Band, then in Delray Beach, Florida, for a performance at Old School Square's Crest Theatre.[32][33]


As of early 2018, the menu of Cocktail Hour vignettes includes (in order of creation)




  • "Champagne"

  • "Sputnik"

  • "Gimlet"

  • "Roy Rogers"

  • "Mai Tai"

  • "Martini"

  • "Margarita"

  • "Shirley Temple"

  • "Manhattan"

  • "Brandy Alexander"

  • "White Russian"

  • "Absinthe"

  • "Holy Water"

  • "Scotch on the Rachmaninoff"

  • "Mint Julep"

  • "Zombie"

  • "Bloody Mary"

  • "Eau de Vie"

  • "Boilermaker"

  • "Singapore Sling"

  • "Pink Lady"

  • "Grappa"

  • "Cuba Libre"

  • "Caipirinha"

  • "Mojito"

  • "Lemon Drop"

  • "Swimming Pool"




Dancers


Ballets with a Twist maintains a consistent roster of 12 to 14 dancers. In addition, young apprentices frequently join the professionals on stage. When on tour, the company often hosts workshop auditions for local children, some of whom have the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the ensemble.[12][13][18]



Collaborations


Artistic partnerships with professional and aspiring musicians are a regular feature of Ballets with a Twist's regional and national outreach efforts. The company's in-house band, the B-Twist Orchestra, first joined the dancers in performance during Cyndi Lauper's Home for the Holidays concert at the Beacon Theater in 2012. Subsequent productions of Cocktail Hour: The Show have included appearances by the Rahway High School Marching Band, East Cleveland's Mighty Shaw High School Marching Cardinal Band, Newark Symphony Hall's Special Ensemble, and professional solo artists throughout the country.[13][32]



Artistic Staff








References





  1. ^ Breslin, Tom. "Synths, stars, and true colors, continued: Cyndi Lauper and Vince Clarke discuss analog synths and fruitful mistakes, past and present." Keyboard Magazine, 1 Nov. 2007. Web: 19 Dec. 2012.


  2. ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Cast Albums for Avenue Q, Assassins, Boy From Oz, Wicked, Wonderful Town All Grammy Nommed." Playbill, 7 Dec. 2004. Web: 19 Dec. 2012.


  3. ^ Anderson, Jack. "Eye-Catching Imagery And Surreal Stage Pictures Ballets With a Twist Church of the Holy Trinity." The New York Times, 20 Mar. 1996. Web: 13 Jun. 2013.


  4. ^ "Company History." Ballets with a Twist. Web: 13 Jun. 2013.


  5. ^ Stahl, Jennifer. "Cocktail Hour Gets Choreographed." Pointe. 27 Apr. 2012. Web: 14 Jun. 2013.


  6. ^ Levine, Debra. "Ballets with a Twist Serves Drinks All Around." The Huffington Post, 16 Sep. 2010. Web: 14 Jun. 2013.


  7. ^ Woodard, Stephanie. "Not Your Mother's Ballet Company: Choreographer Marilyn Klaus at NYC's XL Nightclub." The Huffington Post. 26 Jun. 2012. Web: 15 Jun. 2013.


  8. ^ Catton, Pia. "Clubs for Those Who Choose to Schmooze." The Wall Street Journal. 10 Jun. 2012. Web: 15 June 2013.


  9. ^ Alvarez, JC. "XL's Cocktail Hour on Point". Edge, 13 June 2012. Web: 16 June 2013.


  10. ^ Associated Press. "Cyndi Lauper Joins Ballets With A Twist For Intimate 'True Colors' Performance In NYC." The Huffington Post, 19 Sep. 2012. Web: 14 Jun. 2013.


  11. ^ Suburban News. "Ballets with a Twist Coming to Rahway's Hamilton Stage." NJ.com, 20 Oct. 2012. Web: 15 Jun. 2013.


  12. ^ ab "Local ballerinas perform at Lincoln Center." The Redding Pilot, 18 Oct. 2013. Web: 3 Nov. 2013.


  13. ^ abc Clawson, Kerry. "New York dance company promises to intoxicate with Cocktail Hour." Akron Beacon Journal, 18 Sep. 2013. Web: 3 Nov. 2013.


  14. ^ "Announcing the 2013-2014 Main Stage Season at the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre." NewJerseyStage.com, 26 Jul. 2013. Web: 3 Nov. 2013.


  15. ^ "Ballet in Cleveland: Ballets with a Twist 9/16." WKYC, 16 Sep. 2014. Web: 13 Jun. 2014.


  16. ^ Decker, Edith. "'Cocktail Hour' shows at the Craterian Theatre." Grants Pass Daily Courier, 11 Sep. 2014. Web: 7 Mar. 2015.


  17. ^ Steussy, Lauren. "'Cocktail Hour' buzz hits PBS before Staten Island show at St. George Theatre." Staten Island Advance, 2 Oct. 2014. Web: 7 Mar. 2015.


  18. ^ ab Alvarado, Kyle. "Cocktail Hour: The Show brings nightlife-inspired elegance and former El Pasoan to Plaza Theatre." El Paso Times, 24 Jan. 2015. Web: 7 Mar 2015.


  19. ^ Schaefer, Brian. "Ballets with a Twist." New York Times, 19 Feb. 2015. Web: 7 Mar. 2015.


  20. ^ Contino, Patricia. "Ballets with a Twist to bring dance show Cocktail Hour on stage in NYC." The Upcoming, 7 Mar. 2015. Web: 9 Mar. 2015.


  21. ^ McCormack, Lisa. “Ballets With a Twist: Shaken, stirred and twirled.” The Stowe Reporter, 10 Sep. 2015. Web: 28 Nov. 2015.


  22. ^ Eddings, Amy. "Ballets with a Twist's 'Cocktail Hour' Brings Spirited Dance to Ada." The Lima News, 28 Jan. 2016. Web: 23 Apr. 2016.


  23. ^ Kalan, Susan. "Ballet Served with a Twist at Bucks County Playhouse." WFMZ-TV, 31 Mar. 2016. Web: 23 Apr. 2016.


  24. ^ “A New Twist on Classic Ballet.” ArtsNews by ArtsWestchester, Nov. 2016, p. A10. Web: Jan. 13, 2017.


  25. ^ Levine, Debra. “Keep pouring on the ballet cocktails, ‘Ballets with a Twist’”. arts-meme. Nov. 7, 2016. Web: 13 Jan. 2017.


  26. ^ “Free Ballet Performances at Brookfield Place”. The Tribeca Trib, 14 Dec. 2016.


  27. ^ Anacleto, Angelique. “It’s Show Time!” Ocala Style, Jan. 2017. pp. 44-46. Web: 13 Jan. 2017.


  28. ^ Jaffe, Mark. "Ballets with a Twist brings Hollywood glitz and pizzazz to Chautauqua." The Denver Post, 15 Jun. 2017. Web: 23 Jul. 2017.


  29. ^ "Seacoast Entertainment Association Presents Ballets with a Twist in COCKTAIL HOUR: THE SHOW." Broadwayworld.com, 5 Jul. 2017. Web: 6 Mar. 2018


  30. ^ Alleman, Annie. "Raue show offers ballet with a twist". Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2017. Web: 6 Mar. 2018.


  31. ^ "You won’t believe the talent at Cyndi Lauper’s Home for the Holidays Concert this year." Queerty, 17 Nov. 2017. Web: 6 Mar. 2018.


  32. ^ ab Brackett, Charmain. "Imperial Theatre to kick off 100th year with ‘Cocktail Hour.’" [The Augusta Chronicle], 23 Jan. 2018. Web: 6 Mar. 2018.


  33. ^ Haase, Linda. "How Intoxicating: 'Cocktail Hour: The Show' Dances Its Way Into Crest Theatre." Boca Raton Observer, Feb. 2018. Web: 6 Mar. 2018.









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