Gleich Dances: Performances and Criticism
New York-based Gleich Dances was founded in 1996 by choreographer Julia K. Gleich who has created nearly 50 works for regional ballet companies, colleges, private schools and her own company. Her dances merge classical ballet with contemporary forms. Funded by public and private grants and donors. Selected collaborators include:
composers: Alan Terricciano, Steve Corey, Stephen Dickinson, Paul Siskind, Jody Elff, Kevin Quigley, William Pfaff, Lola Perrin
directors: Tom Amen, Richard Wacko, David Rodwin
writers: David Rodwin, James Blaettler SJ, Chris Longenecker
visual artists: Robert Natkin, Jason Andrew, Emanuele de Reggi
musicians: Eve Wickert (violist), Steve Corey (percussion)
choreographers: Stephan Koplowitz, Maureen Laird, Richard Wacko, Dara Paprock, Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham, Lynn Parkerson, Susan Sentler
costume: Olga Danylyuk, Maribeth Maxa, Steve Rasmussen, Bernard Johnson
§ The Wal-Mart Ballet and Rouses Point Fete de Danse featured Gleich Dances in the Wal-Mart parking lot and dancing on a purpose-built stage in a skating rink, respectively. The Wal-Mart Ballet received critical acclaim for its unique setting and juxtaposition of elements. (see review attached) Fete de Danse with an audience of over 300 benefited the Rouses Point Historical Society.
§ Gleich has performed in lectures on Rudolf Laban for Dr. Valerie Preston-Dunlop, and performed Ghost (for Martin) and Alluvion at the Bonnie Bird Theatre – both at Laban in London.
§ Midsummer Celebration: Arts and the Mind. Gleich collaborated with Susan Sentler, creating a classical pas de deux that was morphed into Graham Technique for an exploration of creativity, the arts and the brain at the Dana Center in London.
§ Gleich Dances’ New York City seasons were held at Joyce SoHo January 2001 and 2003.
§ In 1999 Gleich Dances was produced by the Virginia Waterfront Wave International Arts Festival and was named a “Best Pick” by The Beacon. Gleich's work was also produced in 1999 by the Rivertowns Arts Council, Dobbs Ferry, NY in EDGE alongside well-known choreographers, Pascal Rioult, Zvi Gotheiner, Robert Battle, Chris DC Ramos, Heidi Latsky.
Gleich’s choreography has been produced and/or commissioned in New York:
92nd Street Y, Ballet Builders, Context Performance Space, Corpus Christi Church, Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker, Dance at Holy Trinity, Draftwork at Danspace/St. Mark’s Church, Joyce SoHo, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New Choreographers on Point Previews, New York (formerly the Hastings Creative Arts Council), Norte Maar, Rivertowns Arts Council in Westchester, The Field’s Performance Zone, Ubu Repertory Theatre, Westchester Theater of Dance in Scarsdale
Gleich Dances has been presented by:
American Diabetes Association, Burklyn Ballet Theatre, Johnson, Vermont, Clytie Adams School of Ballet in Utah, Darien Arts Center, Darien, CT, Lake Placid Club Resort, Lake Placid, NY, Three Rivers Dance Co. and Arts on the Hill Dance Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, University of California at Irvine Dance Department, University of Utah Ballet, Theater, Music, and Women’s Studies Departments, Wisconsin Dance Ensemble and the WHAWHAW Dance Company in Madison, WI, Norte Maar, Rouses Point, NY
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