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DIVINE
COMEDY
BALLET
2023
Excerpts from Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso | October 21, 2023 at Schmidt Artist Lofts
I choreographed, produced, and presented thee excerpts from The Divine Comedy Ballet in Saint Paul, MN as part of a fundraiser to support the composition of new music for this project. I designed and created the costumes, choreographed, collaborated with composer, Ian McGlynn to create original music, and organized a fundraising event that led to a successful campaign.
Ian and I are currently developing the music for the Overture of this ballet, commissioned by the donations from this event.
Excerpt from Paradiso,
THE DIVINE COMEDY BALLET
2016
Dante is exploring the first sphere of Paradiso - the moon sphere - the slowest of all the spheres in the heavens (Paradiso II-IV). With each sphere that Dante advances, they rotate at higher and higher speeds until he reaches the Empyrean. Based on Dante Alighieri's vision of his journey through the afterlife which began in the 'Inferno', and culminates in emerging through heaven or 'Paradiso'. Anna Betz choreographed this for Kanopy Dance Company, a modern dance company in Madison, WI in spring of 2016. Performed at the Overture Center for the Performing Arts in the Promenade Theater.
YAGP / UBC - Contemporary Solo 2022
“Unhappy End” is a solo that I choreographed for Julia Cornette of Classical Ballet Academy of Minnesota - Feb. 2022
