Choreographer
Morgan Holder

Performers
Abby Carson, Jordan Santry, Cate Cameron

Music
Giselle, Act 2: No. 18 Giselle and Albrect Pas de Deux Composed by Adolphe Adam, performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra 

Program Note
Corps is the second installment in a creative and scholarly research project about the ballet Giselle. My research is focused on understanding how a nineteenth-century ballet fits into our twenty-first-century landscape. I am particularly interested in how Giselle and the Romantic ballet as a genre shape conceptions of feminity. Through my creative research, I am asking how we can take the story of Giselle and retell it through a feminist lens. In Corps, I am exploring themes of isolation and community through the dichotomy between the patriarchal society of Act I with the matriarchal society of Act II. 

Special Thanks
Morgan would like to thank her cast for their willingness and dedication to this short rehearsal process and the American Dance Festival for the opportunity to show her work.