× Upcoming Events Salute to our Partners Thank you to our Donors Campus Maps Ticket Information Support Us Education Mann Music Room Rentals Board and Council Staff Volunteer Past Events
Home Salute to our Partners Thank you to our Donors Campus Maps Ticket Information Support Us Education Mann Music Room Rentals Board and Council Staff Volunteer
Image for BalletX Summer Series
BalletX Summer Series

Presenting Sponsor:
Alphadyne Foundation


June 24-26
TD PAVILION


BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, returns to the stage for its debut at TD Pavilion at the Mann, with new, never-before-seen works by choreographers Hope Boykin, Matthew Neenan, and Dwight Rhoden.

Summer Series is presented with lead support from the Alphadyne Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and J. Watkins Fund for the Arts and Education.

Program

IN The Distance
WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographer:
Hope Boykin

Composer:
Ali Jackson

Lighting Designer:
Michael Korsch

Costume Designer:
Mark Eric

Dancers:
Jonah Delgado, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Stanley Glover, Savannah Green, Zachary Kapeluck, Blake Krapels, Skyler Lubin, Ashley Simpson, Richard Villaverde, Andrea Yorita

Sponsored by
Wyncote Foundation and Jeanne B. Fisher & Robert F. Lang


Mapping Out A Sky
WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographer:
Matthew Neenan

Music:
Color and Light, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Nico Muhly;

Finishing the Hat, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Steve Reich;

Johanna in Space, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Duncan Sheik;

That Old Piano Roll, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Wynton Marsalis;

Not While I’m Around, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Thomas Newman

Lighting Designer:
Michael Korsch

Costume Designer:
Christine Darch

Dancers:
Jonah Delgado, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Stanley Glover, Savannah Green, Zachary Kapeluck, Blake Krapels, Skyler Lubin, Ashley Simpson, Richard Villaverde, Andrea Yorita

Sponsored by
Bradley Frey and J. Watkins Fund for the Arts and Education


We the People
WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographer:
Dwight Rhoden

Music:
also also also and and and by Moses Sumney;

Suite for Cello No. 4 in E-Flat Major by Matt Haimovitz;

Road Signs Variations: Exit Run 44 by Ezio Bosso;

Caruso by Luciano Pavarott;

Kyriena by Víkingur Ólafsson & Skuli Sverrisson

Lighting Designer:
Michael Korsch

Costume Designer:
Christine Darch

Dancers:
Jonah Delgado, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Stanley Glover, Skyler Lubin, Ashley Simpson, Richard Villaverde, Andrea Yorita

Sponsored by
Dr. Peter H. Arger, in honor of Donald Stanley Wilf

BalletX Board of Directors

Janet Averill,
Chair

Neal Krouse,
Vice Chair

Rebecca Malcolm-Naib,
Vice Chair

Frances Sperling Feldbaum,
Treasurer

John Benson,
Secretary

Mark Aronchick
Jan P. Boswinkel, MD
Robert M. Dever
Joslyn Ewart
Jeanne B. Fisher
Marci Generose
Patrick Hardy
Timothy D. Katsiff
Mary W. Kirson
Dennis Oakes
Michael Shannon
Michael M. Soojian, MD
Stanford Thompson
Gary Turner
Megan Vetri

BalletX Staff

Artistic & Executive Director & Co-Founder

Christine Cox


Associate Artistic Director

Tara Keating


Co-Founder

Matthew Neenan


Production & Facilities Manager

Stage Manager

Jason Pizzi


Production Assistant

Kereni Sanchez


Associate Director of Operations

Megan O’Donnell


Development Manager

James Ihde


Development & Communications Coordinator

Christina Dunnington


Education & Community Relations Specialist

Anne White


Administrative Coordinator

Helen Cheon


Assistant

Emily Bernard


Dance eXchange Teaching Artists & Musicians

Barnel Anderson

Helen Cheon

Chanel Holland

Gabriel Miller

Joshua Shaffer

Stephanie Stevens


Company Agent

Margaret Selby

Selby/Artists MGMT

mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com

212-382-3260


Art Direction & Design

Matthew Bouloutian / Modern Good

Emma Lindsay

Helen Cheon


Photographer

Gabriel Bienczycki

Image for BalletX Summer Series
BalletX Summer Series

Presenting Sponsor:
Alphadyne Foundation


June 24-26
TD PAVILION


BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, returns to the stage for its debut at TD Pavilion at the Mann, with new, never-before-seen works by choreographers Hope Boykin, Matthew Neenan, and Dwight Rhoden.

Summer Series is presented with lead support from the Alphadyne Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and J. Watkins Fund for the Arts and Education.

Program

IN The Distance
WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographer:
Hope Boykin

Composer:
Ali Jackson

Lighting Designer:
Michael Korsch

Costume Designer:
Mark Eric

Dancers:
Jonah Delgado, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Stanley Glover, Savannah Green, Zachary Kapeluck, Blake Krapels, Skyler Lubin, Ashley Simpson, Richard Villaverde, Andrea Yorita

Sponsored by
Wyncote Foundation and Jeanne B. Fisher & Robert F. Lang


Mapping Out A Sky
WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographer:
Matthew Neenan

Music:
Color and Light, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Nico Muhly;

Finishing the Hat, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Steve Reich;

Johanna in Space, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Duncan Sheik;

That Old Piano Roll, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Wynton Marsalis;

Not While I’m Around, composed by Stephen Sondheim and arranged by Thomas Newman

Lighting Designer:
Michael Korsch

Costume Designer:
Christine Darch

Dancers:
Jonah Delgado, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Stanley Glover, Savannah Green, Zachary Kapeluck, Blake Krapels, Skyler Lubin, Ashley Simpson, Richard Villaverde, Andrea Yorita

Sponsored by
Bradley Frey and J. Watkins Fund for the Arts and Education


We the People
WORLD PREMIERE

Choreographer:
Dwight Rhoden

Music:
also also also and and and by Moses Sumney;

Suite for Cello No. 4 in E-Flat Major by Matt Haimovitz;

Road Signs Variations: Exit Run 44 by Ezio Bosso;

Caruso by Luciano Pavarott;

Kyriena by Víkingur Ólafsson & Skuli Sverrisson

Lighting Designer:
Michael Korsch

Costume Designer:
Christine Darch

Dancers:
Jonah Delgado, Shawn Cusseaux, Francesca Forcella, Stanley Glover, Skyler Lubin, Ashley Simpson, Richard Villaverde, Andrea Yorita

Sponsored by
Dr. Peter H. Arger, in honor of Donald Stanley Wilf

BalletX Board of Directors

Janet Averill,
Chair

Neal Krouse,
Vice Chair

Rebecca Malcolm-Naib,
Vice Chair

Frances Sperling Feldbaum,
Treasurer

John Benson,
Secretary

Mark Aronchick
Jan P. Boswinkel, MD
Robert M. Dever
Joslyn Ewart
Jeanne B. Fisher
Marci Generose
Patrick Hardy
Timothy D. Katsiff
Mary W. Kirson
Dennis Oakes
Michael Shannon
Michael M. Soojian, MD
Stanford Thompson
Gary Turner
Megan Vetri

BalletX Staff

Artistic & Executive Director & Co-Founder

Christine Cox


Associate Artistic Director

Tara Keating


Co-Founder

Matthew Neenan


Production & Facilities Manager

Stage Manager

Jason Pizzi


Production Assistant

Kereni Sanchez


Associate Director of Operations

Megan O’Donnell


Development Manager

James Ihde


Development & Communications Coordinator

Christina Dunnington


Education & Community Relations Specialist

Anne White


Administrative Coordinator

Helen Cheon


Assistant

Emily Bernard


Dance eXchange Teaching Artists & Musicians

Barnel Anderson

Helen Cheon

Chanel Holland

Gabriel Miller

Joshua Shaffer

Stephanie Stevens


Company Agent

Margaret Selby

Selby/Artists MGMT

mselby@selbyartistsmgmt.com

212-382-3260


Art Direction & Design

Matthew Bouloutian / Modern Good

Emma Lindsay

Helen Cheon


Photographer

Gabriel Bienczycki