Episode 3: ballet 22

This week, Clare spoke to Roberto Vega Ortiz and Theresa Knudsen, co-founders of ballet 22. The company, founded in 2020, exists to push the boundaries of what is possible in ballet by focusing on producing works ranging from classical to contemporary ballet that break gender-normative traditions and are guided by values of inclusivity of body type, gender identity, and race. Roberto and Theresa touches on many topics, including how the factors presented by the pandemic allowed the company to emerge, adapting dance for the camera, and their vision for the future of their still-nascent company

Ballet 22 presents their program Tōtum between June 18-20 at the Great Start Theater in San Francisco. The program will include excerpts from beloved classic ballets, Le Corsaire, Giselle, Carmen, and Paquita as well as contemporary ballets by Nicholas Rose and Myles Thatcher. Ticket information can be found here (https://www.greatstartheater.org/shows/totum/show-totum.html)

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