BalletCollective

BalletCollective
Formation	5 January 2010
Founder	Troy Schumacher
Founded at	New York City, New York
Website	http://balletcollective.com

BalletCollective is a New York based Non-Profit arts collective that connects artists, composers, and choreographers to create new, ballet-based works. Through its unique collaborative process, Balletcollective expands the boundaries of artistic disciplines in a way that resonates with a wide audience by founder and artistic director Troy Schumacher.^[1] Founded in 2010, BalletCollective has collaborated with a roster of over 50 acclaimed artists, choreographers, composers, musicians, designers, and dancers. BalletCollective has been presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joyce Theater, NYU Skirball Center, Guggenheim Works & Process, Guggenheim Bilbao, the Fire Island Dance Festival, and the Savannah Music Festival.

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, BalletCollective commissioned. produced and safely performed live both the first world-premiere one-act ballet, Natural History, and the first full-length world premiere ballet, The Nutcracker at Wethersfield, in the US

Contributing Artists

Troy Schumacher, Artistic Director & Choreographer
Gabrielle Lamb, Choreographer
Preston Chamblee, Choreographer
Bryn Cohn, Choreographer
Augusta Read Thomas, Composer
Alex Somers, Composer
Judd Greenstein, Composer
Paul Moravec, Composer
Mark Danciger, Composer
Ellis Ludwig-Leone, Composer
Caleb Burhans, Composer
Julianna Barwick, Composer
Olafur Eliasson, Artist
Douglas Fitch, Source Artist
Zaria Forman, Source Artist
David Salle, Source Artist
Cynthia Zarin, Source Artist
Carlos Arnaiz, Source Artist
Sergio Mora Diaz, Source Artist
Dafy Hagai, Source Artist
George Steinmetz, Source Artist
Ken Liu, Source Artist
Paul Maffi, Source Artist
Carey Mchugh, Source Artist
James Ramsey, Source Artist
Karen Russel, Source Artist
Trevor Paglen, Source Artist
Brandon Stirling Baker, Lighting Designer
Ben Rawson, Lighting Designer
John Cuff, Lighting Designer
Karen Young, Costume Designer

Works

Adapted.^[2]

Title	Year	Choreography	Music	Details
Scorpio Desert	2019	Preston Chamblee	Paul Moravec	7 dancers Length: 12 minutes Source art: George Steinmetz
Faraway	2019	Troy Schumacher	Judd Greenstein	8 dancers Length: 30 minutes Source art: Zaria Forman
Translation	2017	Troy Schumacher	Julianna Barwick	6 dancers Length: 31 minutes Source art: Ken Liu
Orange	2017	Gabrielle Lamb	Caleb Burhans	5 dancers Length: 10 minutes Source art: Trevor Paglen
Until the Walls Cave In	2016	Troy Schumacher	Ellis Ludwig-Leone	7 dancers Length: 26 minutes Source art: James Ramsey
The Answer	2016		Judd Greenstein	2 dancers Length: 10 minutes Source art: Carlos Arnaiz
The Last Time This Ended	2015		Mark Dancigers	2 men Length: 8 minutes Source art: Dafy Hagai
Invisible Divide	2015		Ellis Ludwig-Leone	7 dancers Length: 25 minutes Source art: Paul Maffi
All That We See	2014			5 dancers Length: 19 minutes Source art: David Salle (painting)
Dear and Blackbirds	2014			2 dancers Length: 9 minutes Source art: Cynthia Zarin (poem)
The Impulse Wants Company	2013			7 dancers Length: 22 minutes Source art: Cynthia Zarin (poem)
Warehouse under the Hudson	2012		Nick Jaina, Nathan Langston, Amanda Lawrence, David Moss (arr. Ellis Ludwig-Leone)	7 dancers Length: 30 minutes Multimedia projections by Kevin Draper
Epistasis	2011		Nick Jaina, Nathan Langston, Amanda Lawrence (arr. Ellis Ludwig-Leone)	7 dancers Length: 25 minutes
Progress	2011*		Nick Jaina, Nathan Langston, Amanda Lawrence	6 dancers Length: 21 minutes Multimedia projections by Kevin Draper

* First performed in Fremont, MI in 2010.

References

^ Harss, Marina (19 September 2014). "A Dancer's Creative Evolution". The New York Times.
^ "Works | BalletCollective". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

[1] Harss, Marina (19 September 2014). "A Dancer's Creative Evolution". The New York Times.

[2] "Works | BalletCollective". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

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