Jonathan Ollivier and Gabrielle Lamb (photographed by Kokyat, above) are among the dancers who will appear with MORPHOSES in their current season which will feature the New York City premiere of Luca Veggetti's BACCHAE in October.
Kokyat and I were invited to the final afternoon of the audition process where he photographed some of dancers who will be part of the MORPHOSES Company for the Veggetti project:
Willy Laury and Yusha-Marie Sorzano
Luca demonstrating with Gabrielle Lamb
Luca working with Jonathan Ollivier
Luca coaching Sarah Atkins
Jonathan Ollivier, Gabrielle Lamb
Willy Laury, Yusha-Marie Sorzano
On March 20th two of the other Company dancers, Frances Chiaverini and Emma Pfaeffle (above) participated in a demonstration of a special platform that will be part of the MORPHOSES staging.
The complete roster of dancers for MORPHOSES 2011 will be:
Kokyat and I plan to follow the various stages of the creation of BACCHAE for my blog and we are very grateful to Lourdes Lopez and Luca Veggetti for opening their studio doors to us.
I'm wishing Morphoses well! Thanks for these atmospheric photos from Kokyat.
Posted by: Andrea | March 25, 2011 at 08:25 PM
Oooooh...Jonathan Ollivier!!!
Posted by: Miranda | March 25, 2011 at 09:36 PM
I really enjoyed Gabrielle Lamb in prior Morphoses seasons so I'm glad she's back!
Are we talking about the same Jon Ollivier that danced with Matthew Bourne? Great dancer.
Also really loved Willy Laury and was sad to see that he is no longer with Ailey - I'm very glad to have a chance to see him again. But October seems so far away...
Posted by: nysusan | March 26, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Yes, that's the same Jon Ollivier who did the Bourne. He and Gabrielle were trying out some partnering at the audition and they look great together. Willy is a beautiful dancer.
Posted by: Philip | March 26, 2011 at 12:13 AM