Aszure Barton Artists
Aszure Barton & Artists - World Premiere
OtherShore - The Snow Falls in the Winter
Thursday, Oct 8: 8:00 p.m.
Friday, Oct 9: 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 10: 5:30 p.m.
Mertz Theater
Tickets: $30, $25, $20, $10
One of Canada’s most talented young choreographers, Aszure Barton is rapidly carving out a place for herself on the international dance scene. Currently the Resident Choreographer for Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Ms. Barton has choreographed new works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sydney Dance Company, The Martha Graham Dance Company, and the Broadway stage. Drawing from classical ballet and contemporary dance vocabularies, Barton plumbs the human psyche to craft a new work that explores the visual architecture of movement, color and sound.
“Aszure Barton is a skillful choreographer with a very interesting mind.” – The Village Voice
“Barton is clearly brilliant… The layers of tension are disturbing and delicious.”
– San Francisco Chronicle
Aszure Barton’s new work is commissioned by The Ringling International Arts Festival.
Founded by Sonja Kostich and Brandi Norton (former dancers with American Ballet Theatre and Trisha Brown Dance Company, respectively), OtherShore debuted in 2008 with a program of commissioned works, including The Snow Falls in the Winter. Created by Annie-B Parson and co-directed by Paul Lazar of Big Dance Theater, The Snow Falls in the Winter was named one of Dance Magazine’s “10 best choreographies in 2008.” A poignant dance-theater piece, it borrows from Eugene Ionesco’s The Lesson, exploring notions of training and teaching, examining the cusp between right and wrong, true and false, artifice and reality.
“Riotously, beautifully more than its parts…” – The New York Times
“We’ll continue to wonder where else this ambitious troupe will take us.” – Dance Magazine
“The Snow Falls in the Winter reinforces two already-evident impressions: These dancers have many talents; this enterprising young group deserves a bright future” – The Village Voice
