Dancers: Morgan McEwen, Johnny McMillan, Mary Jane Ward
Dance with small step ladder
Dance with tall ladder and sousaphone
and featuring
House of the Sun, inspired by the series of paintings by Jack Tworkov.
Premiere: Masonic Temple, Asheville, North Carolina.
Produced by Norte Maar and Black Mountain College + Arts Center
In the Use of Others for the Change (2011)
Features collaborations with artists: Audra Wolowiec, Andrew Hurst, Austin Thomas, Kevin Regan
Dancers: Michelle Buckley, Brittany Fridenstine*, Kate Kelley, Morgan McEwen, Claire McKeveny, Mary Jane Ward and Marc St-Pierre*
Produced by Jason Andrew and Norte Maar
Premiere: April 14, 2011, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY.
*Courtesy American Repertory Ballet
THE PELICAN (REVISED) (2008)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Original sound by Verbal Graffiti Costumes and set design by Jason Andrew in collaboration with the Champlain Children's Learning Center and the children of Rouses Point Performed by Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet Premiere: Fete de Danse 2008, Rouses Point, NY, August 14, 2008 Description: Full-length ballet that revisits Robert Rauschenberg's first performance art work.
Staging by Julia K. Gleich after Marius Petipa (1890) Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchiakovsky (1820-1893) Costumes on loan from Burklyn Ballet Theatre Performed by Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet Performance date: Fete de Danse 2008, Rouses Point, NY, August 14, 2008 Description Excerpts from the full-length ballet The Sleeping Beauty. Performed: Florestan and his Sisters, Act III (original version possibly by Bronislava Nijinksa), Bluebird, Act III (Pas de Deux), Variation of the Hunter, Act I, Fairy Candide (Prologue), Gold Variation, Act II (after Rodulf Nureyev), Diamond Variation, Act III, Finale, Act III
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Original score by Paul Siskind additional music by William Pfaff, Lola Perrin, George Antheil, Richard Grayson, and Henry Cowell Set design by Jason Andrew, assisted by Dick Baker Costumes by Jackie Sabourin and Eleanor Robinson Performed by Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet Premiere: Fete de Danse 2007, Rouses Point, NY, August 16, 2007 Description: Full-length ballet celebrating painter Fernand Léger’s life in Rouses Point.
Commissioned by Norte Maar funded in part by a grant from the William K. Simpson Fund
KISS MOI (2006)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Fiona Apple and Benjamin Sportès Performed by Burklyn Ballet Theatre Premiere: Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT, August 2006
MEL MEDLEY (2006)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Mel Torme Performed by Gleich Dances New York/London Premiere: Fete de Danse 2006, Rouses Point, NY, July 27, 2006
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Paul Siskind, Daft Punk, Space Capades, and spawning salmon Video by Julia Gleich, Theo Michael and A Small Tropical Fish Lighting by Fay Patterson Performed by Gleich Dances New York London with Juna Kay Premiere: Resolution!, The Place, Robin Howard Dance Theatre, London, UK, February 2, 2006 Description: Video installation and dance.
13 SCENES InSANITY (2005)
a collaboration with choreographer Julia K. Gleich + scenographer Olga Danylyuk Premiere: Performing Arts Laboratory (White Space) at Central St. Martin's Back Hill Campus, London, UK, September 2005
SLIPPERY SLOPE (2005)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Paul Siskind Lighting by Robert Auchter Performed by Burklyn Ballet Theatre Premiere: Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT, August 2005
CRASH (2005)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Oli Newman Performed by Burklyn Ballet Theatre Premiere: Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT, August 2005 Description: Fractured dances that culminate in a ballet structured improvisation
EPIC (2005)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Peter Schickele Performed by Gleich Dances New York London Premiere: Fete de Danse 2005, Rouses Point, NY, July 28, 2005 Description: Story of the Voyager
Commissioned by Norte Maar funded in part by a grant from the Marilyn M. Simpson Charitable Trust
AWKWARD PROXIMITY (2003)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Rebecca Clarke Costumes by Maribeth Maxa Lighting by Philip Sandström Performed by Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet Premiere: Joyce SoHo, New York, NY, January 2003
SIBELIUS SUITE (2001)
Choreography by Julia K. Gleich Music by Jean Sibelius Costumes by Olga Danylyuk Set Design by Robert Natkin Lighting by Philip Sandström Performed by Gleich Dances Contemporary Ballet Premiere: Joyce SoHo, New York, NY, January 2001
