Thursday June 7, 2012 - I stopped in at Juilliard this afternoon where choreographer Luca Veggetti was working on a duet entitled Scene/Two, to music of his frequent collaborator Paolo Aralla. The dancers are Spencer Dickhaus and Melissa Fernandez (above). The piece will be performed at a Gala on June 18th at the Beijing 2012 Ballet Invitational.
Luca worked with the young dancers, refining the patterns and gestural elements of the duet which is mysterious and subtle, and which moves across the space in the characteristically fluid Veggetti style. The detailing enhanced the dancers' freedom of movement and expression; it was quite exciting to think that in ten days time they'd be dancing the piece together half a world away.
Melissa Fernandez
Spencer Dickhaus
In November 2012, Luca Veggetti will join multimedia artist Susan Hefuna at The Drawing Center for Notationotations, a spontaneous presentation of drawing and dance. More information about this project will appear here when the dates draw near.