Artists, choreographers, and composers collaborate. New forms of artistic expression emerge.
About the Collective
About BalletCollective
BalletCollective connects artists, composers, and choreographers to create new ballet-based works.
Through a unique consideration of process, the Collective produces collaborative works that expand the boundaries of artistic disciplines and resonate with a wide audience. Founded in 2010 by choreographer Troy Schumacher, BallectCollective has collaborated with over 50 artistic partners and produced ten new works.
Each BalletCollective project begins with a group of artists from various disciplines exploring a concept or idea. This idea is expressed in the creation of a work by one artist or designer, which is considered the overall project’s “source art.” The choreographer and musician then work together to create a ballet and musical score that interprets, explores, or responds to this source art. The final work is performed live. With each new collective of artists, there are new ideas, new challenges, new experiments, and, ultimately, new forms of artistic expression.
The Contributors
Contributors
Troy Schumacher
Founder, Director, and Resident Choreographer
Troy Schumacher is an American choreographer, dancer, and soloist at the New York City Ballet. In 2010, he founded BalletCollective, a non-profit organization that brings artists, composers, and choreographers together to create new ballet-based works.
Over the past few years, Schumacher’s work has been presented by New York City Ballet, Performa, Danspace Project, the Guggenheim’s Works in Progress, Joyce Theater, New York Choreographic Institute, and NYU Skirball Center. This coming fall, Schumacher will premiere several new ballets with BalletCollective as well as with other major companies, to be announced soon.
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Translation
This fall at NYU Skirball Center, BalletCollective presents Translation, a performance that explores the rapid evolution of communication we’re experiencing today: the abbreviation of words, the mediation of reality through screens, artificial intelligence and machine vision, and more. The program will include the premiere of two new ballets choreographed by Troy Schumacher and Gabrielle Lamb, both set to original and commissioned scores that will be performed live for the first time.
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Translation
Choreography by Troy Schumacher
Music by Julianna Barwick
Environment by Sergio Mora-Diaz
Inspired by a commissioned essay by science fiction writer Ken Liu
*World premiere Oct. 25Orange
Choreography by Gabrielle Lamb
Music by Caleb Burhans
Inspired by new artworks by Trevor Paglen
*World premiere Oct. 25The Answer
Choreography by Troy Schumacher
Music by Judd Greenstein
Inspired by a print by architect Carlos Arnaiz depicting basketball legend Allen IversonThe Last Time This Ended
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Choreography by Troy Schumacher
Music by Mark Dancigers, commissioned score
Inspired by photography by Dafy Hagai