Entering the Year with Delicacy
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Entering the Year with Delicacy

At the start of 2026, despite what we may be going through in our own lives, the news around us constantly reminds us of the turmoil in the surrounding world. Whether wars, the state of the planet, or human miseries both small and large, there are many reasons to grieve, to be moved while witnessing helpless the tribulations of a faltering humanity.

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Statement
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Statement

Statement

On November 7th and 8th 2023, the Bolshoi Ballet will perform my ballet "Silentium", originally created in 2020.

The performance rights for this work have expired as of September 2023, and the theater has approached me to renew them for another three years. However, my team and I have decided we cannot accept their offer in good conscience.

Both the director of the Theater and the ballet company have decided to perform it anyway, putting myself and my team in a very uncomfortable situation vis-a-vis the dancers and our peers, and I deeply regret it.

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About Giselle…
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About Giselle…

This Giselle, created for the Opéra national du Rhin, begins with the same relational architecture as Adolphe Adam's 1841 ballet. A woman falls in love with someone who has deceived her. He is committed to another. The deception is revealed. Grief follows. The question of forgiveness arises…

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Wise words
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Wise words

" Sometimes there's an obsession with technique that can kill your best impulses. But communicating with an art form means being vulnerable. Being imperfect. And most of the time this is much more interesting. Trust me." - Michael Baryshnikov

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