http://www.kathrynposin.org/schedule daily 0.75 2019-07-28 http://www.kathrynposin.org/schedule/2016/2/12/kathryn-posin-dance-company-with-meredith-monk monthly 0.5 2015-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449155544245-BKRAI6EHOQPU8LE9Z5SC/image-asset.jpeg Schedule - Kathryn Posin Dance Company with Meredith Monk http://www.kathrynposin.org/schedule/2016/2/11/kathryn-posin-dance-company-with-meredith-monk monthly 0.5 2015-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449155313480-ZSSLB4SIBNVMRU0NSIJZ/image-asset.jpeg Schedule - Kathryn Posin Dance Company with Meredith Monk http://www.kathrynposin.org/home daily 1.0 2013-01-30 http://www.kathrynposin.org/new-cover-page daily 0.75 2015-11-16 http://www.kathrynposin.org/contact daily 0.75 2015-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449097395692-FL7ZNCD7NLLQV0KWX36Z/image-asset.jpeg Contact http://www.kathrynposin.org/home2 daily 0.75 2015-11-16 http://www.kathrynposin.org/dancers daily 0.75 2019-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564414832147-FEZ9S7FQSILP2NP50UBD/charles-darwin-portrait-vector-file.png Artists - Charles Darwin Though almost a hundred-forty years long-dead, Charles Darwin’s raw and unedited voice, as it came to us through his letters, made the imminent naturatlist feel as alive as anyone participating in recent productions—in particular Evolution: The Letters of Charles Darwin. In fact it feels as appropriate to call him a collaborator as it does to call him a muse. Widely considered one of the most important scientists in human history, Darwin is best known for the theory “Natural Selection,” a foundation of modern biology which explains how organisms evolve into different species. His lengthy scientific career effectively began while serving as “onboard naturalist” for the H.M.S. Beagle during a five-year journey around the world beginning in 1831. His time aboard the Beagle provided lifelong inspiration for his many scientific theories. In addition to “natural selection,” he made many still-relevant contributions to our understanding of numerous topics in science including: geology, botany, zoology, coral reefs, earth worms, barnacles, and facial expressions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564415236774-26EK924PJVKWETD7LQ04/Fredrick+Burkheart+Picture+2.jpg Artists - Frederick H. Burkhardt Frederick H. Burkhardt had a lengthy career as an academic, serving as the head of the American Counsel of Learned Societies, the President of Bennington College (Posin’s alma mater), the Chairman of the Board of Higher Education for the City of New York. He also played a role in the formation of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1974 he began collecting and editing the letters of Charles Darwin. His books, published by Cambridge University Press, are hailed for their indelible contributions to our current understanding of the imminent naturalist—both as a man and theorist—and were the primary source for Posin’s forthcoming production Evolution: The Letters of Charles Darwin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564415994632-3VLCTLNXWVEKDDBBQHQ6/Jonathan+Burkhardt.jpg Artists - Jonathan Burkhardt Images and projections in current productions were provided by Jonathan Burkhardt. Jonathan has had 35 jobs in ten years—and was only fired once. Most of those jobs were on political campaigns, but he has also worked as an EMT, telephone operator for the deaf, teacher teacher and union organizer. In 2013 he received his MFA in narrative illustration from the School of Visual Arts. Currently, he lives in Brooklyn working as a designer, illustrator and animator. Like most of New York’s bearded artsty types he also has a dog. His canine is named Maggie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564359177725-LFU8SCOTMNR8L2Z0MUBE/Momchil.jpg Artists - Momchil Mladenov Momchil Mladenov is a former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Bulgaria and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. In the year 2000, Mr. Mladenov began his performance career in America as a dancer and Ballet Master at the University of Texas in El Paso, under the directorship of Ingeborg Heuser. In 2010, Mr. Mladenov founded Cultural Bridges Association with its mission to expand the repertoire of Bulgarian ballet and enhance its standing by introducing the dancers to the diverse range of American Ballet. His association secured and premiered five years of ambitious programs starting in 2011. Cultural Bridges presented The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and the National Ballet of Bulgaria in a shared program titled "Balanchine and Farrell: American Ballet for Bulgaria". The second edition featured Balanchine’s famed La Source. In both projects Mr. Mladenov introduced two works (Stepping Stones and Scheherazade) of his close to two decades long collaborator and choreographer Kathryn Posin. 2013 included works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and William Forsythe as well as the Ailey II dance company for the first time presented in Bulgaria. The 4th edition of the project a collaboration of dancers from New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Sofia Opera and Ballet. Currently Mr. Mladenov is a Guest Master Teacher at National Ballet of China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564359676690-MGGDJR25AUNN3YLBT5HZ/Chan+.jpg Artists - Chanmee Jeong Chanmee Jeong was born in Seoul, Korea, and graduated from Deokwon Art High School in ballet. She trained at Bolshoi Ballet School in Russia and at Vaganova Ballet Academy in Seoul. She holds a BA and MA in Dance from Ewha Womans University. Chanmee has performed internationally in Israel, East Timor, and India with the Ewha Ballet Ensemble, where she focused on classic and contemporary repertoires, including Paquita, Pas de Quatre, Return of The Prodigal Son, Messiah and You Raise Me Up, and since 2015 has performed in the US with Karole Armitage in World Premiere of The Photographer in Created Butte Music Festival, American Premiere of The Witches of Venice with Opera Saratoga, and Roxey Ballet in The Nutcracker as Sugar Plum Fairy, Carmen as Carmen, Cinderella as Cinderella, and Romeo and Juliet as Juliet. In 2018, Chanmee also has performed with Vladimir Varnava in World Premiere of Isadora starring by Natalia Osipova in Costa Mesa, California and Russian Premiere inMoscow, Russia. Moreover, she has been invited to perform in commemoration of the opening of the theater in Bucaramanga, Colombia in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449094272735-171MZ7C9RRGCZBGC689R/Cristian+Laverde+K%C3%B6nig.jpg Artists - Cristian Laverde König Cristian Laverde König was born in Cali, Colombia and his professional training at The Instituto Colombiano de Ballet (Incolballet) and The Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba under a full scholarship. He has been a soloist for The Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet de Cali, Hartford Ballet and Ballet Internationale, and has served as principal dancer for the Maximum Dance Company, the Milwaukee Ballet and the Slovak National Ballet. Mr. König's repertoire includes principal roles in classical ballets such as Basilio in Don Quixote, Franz in Coppélia Siegfried in Swan Lake, and the Grand Pas de Deux from Corsaire among others. He has also performed works by world-renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp and Martha Graham. Mr. König has been the recipient of various prestigious national and international awards and is currently a freelance artist residing in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564359127973-QI3788PTPQ7VV883MK8G/Claire+Mazza.JPG Artists - Claire Mazza A native New Yorker, Claire began her dance training at the School of American Ballet where she was chosen by Madam Dudin to study at the age of eight. While being immersed in the Balanchine style, she studied privately with Francois Perron in order to focus on the classical French technique and attended Studio Maestro (currently Manhattan Youth Ballet) under his and Deborah Wingert’s direction. Claire also received scholarships to attend prestigious summer programs at the Boston Ballet School and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. As a child, Claire had the unique opportunity to perform with New York City Ballet in their productions of The Nutcracker, Firebird, Coppelia, and Mozartiana. Upon graduating. Claire launched her professional career and has danced with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Brooklyn Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Morales Dance, and Staten Island Ballet. Claire is currently a soloist with Connecticut Ballet, Cello Pointe, and New York City-based company Ballets With a Twist, and she is also a guest artist with Dances Patrelle and St. Peter’s Dance Company. Most recently, Claire co-founded East Coast Contemporary Ballet. Claire is delighted to be joining Kathryn Posin Dance Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564413972367-KF9YWBPG426YRJFGIDUG/Camila+Rodrigues.jpg Artists - Camila Rodrigues Camila Rodrigues was born in Volta Redonda, Brazil and moved to Rio de Janeiro to begin her professional training at the age of 11 at Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa, the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater’s ballet school, where she graduated. During that time, Camila was also training with Nora Esteves at the prestigious Centro de Movimento Deborah Colker, also in Rio. At the age of 18, she received a scholarship to join the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and joined the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group one week after joining the school. Camila joined the Nashville Ballet II, where she also performed with the main ballet company, and the Joffrey Ensemble on the following years. She is currently a ballet dancer based in New York City and has performed soloist and principal roles with companies such as Connecticut Ballet, Ziriguidum Dance Group, Lotería Performing Arts and Ballet Neo, to name a few. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564359489253-M4B8BFECQCMBSQV7TOKE/Alejandro.jpg Artists - Alejandro Ulloa A native of Nicaragua, international freelance artist Alejandro Ulloa began his dance training at the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Nicaragua under the direction of maestro William Herrera, and launched his professional dance career with the Compañía Ballet de Nicaragua where he quickly became a principal dancer. He was later invited to be part of the contemporary company Danza Contemporánea Universitaria UNAN-Managua. In 2015, Alejandro and Maestro Herrera launched the first-ever ballet and neoclassical ensemble at the Nicaraguan University, where Alejandro became the Cultural Promoter for the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, as well as Director for the “Taller de Líneas Clásicas”. Later that year, he also became co-producer, teacher, and choreographer for Compañía Ballet de Nicaragua, as well as a ballet and contemporary teacher at the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Nicaragua. Alejandro’s vast repertoire has ranged from classical to contemporary works, as he has worked with a plethora of directors and choreographers. He has appeared as a guest artist for Gainesville Ballet, Danse Etoile in Costa Rica, Island Moving Company, Neglia Ballet, Ajkun Ballet Theatre and Connecticut Ballet Center, among others.. He has also participated in many festivals, such as Jacob’s Pillow Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, APAP Festival in New York City, Bitef Theater and Terazije Theater in Serbia, the International Ballet Gala in Nicaragua, the 50th anniversary of Universidad de Campeche-Mexico, the 20th Anniversary of Fundacion Ballet de El Salvador, and Great Friends Dance Festival in Newport, Rhode Island among others. In addition, Alejandro was an integral part of the Art and Science Unite as Psychological Treatment in Adults and Youth Workshop , developed by the Yale Hispanic Mental Health Clinic, and in 2016 he was awarded the “Artist of International Projection of the Year” by the Nicaraguan Artist Association. Alejandro is currently a soloist with Connecticut Ballet, and a member of Thomas Ortiz Dance Company and Ballets with a Twist. He is also a dance instructor for New Haven Ballet, Nutmeg Performing Dance Center, New England Dance Arts, and The Dance Connection. Most recently, Alejandro co-founded East Coast Contemporary Ballet, where he is the Co-Artistic Director of this innovative company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564413910876-0SZRTMTX40B9UVP8S09M/Lance+Westergard.jpg Artists - Lance Westergard Lance Westergard a graduate of the Juilliard School, made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in Antony Tudor’s Concerning Oracles. Performed with Eliot Feld, Lotte Goslar, Kathryn Posin, Los Angeles Dance Theater, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Manuel Alum and Remy Charlip. Ballet Master Joffrey II and Ballet Hispanico. Former Director of Dance, Hofstra University. Choreographic talents have been recognized with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Jerome Foundation. Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Isadora Duncan Institute, KEYA (Keep Empowering Youth Achievements), and HT Chen Dance Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564359127614-F3625TXBN69HJQTAY3II/Daniel+White.jpeg Artists - Daniel White Daniel White, although born in New York, began his training at the Georgia Academy of Dance, working under the tutelage of distinguished choreographers such as Yasmine Hasaan. By the age of 15, Daniel had enrolled at The Ailey School, earning opportunities to perform alongside the professional company, Alvin Ailey, in masterworks such as Revelations. He later continued his training with The Joffrey Concert group , dancing in ballets such as Gerald Arpino’s Kettentanz and Light Rain and danced with with New York Dance Project as an apprentice under Davis Robertson. Daniel also guested with Dimensions Dance Miami for their 2018 Joyce season before joining Ailey II as an apprentice. Daniel is currently an artist with the Kathryn Posin Dance Company. http://www.kathrynposin.org/bio daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449587700229-KEO6F3D5ACGRL6USMRHU/image-asset.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1459816484814-ZWXR0WD5HXRXTNUZRAW6/image-asset.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1452184410745-3D3LCDYLWEZTJSO1RAKJ/Katrin_4.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449411878494-LU85KVY21DSTTPZ5DIHB/738f1b36-cf98-4a38-b5b4-21557d777ee9.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449156708264-R3EVJDNQ1XNSIVWJC65J/image-asset.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1449112373165-R9H1LYA0ANTW59IAF4GU/meredith+monk+%26+theo+bleckmann.jpg About Meredith Monk and Theo Bleckman http://www.kathrynposin.org/gallery daily 0.75 2015-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601976764-9KS7DUG9FRWGB9EVGMS2/1_2x.jpg Works - Bulgarian National Ballet, Stepping Stones Kathryn is one of those rare phenomenon who happens to be like an eruption; her work shakes the entire stage and everything starts to thunder from the collected energy. with its dramatic flowing music of the american compser joan tower the woman appears in all of her ages and seasons - a performance that literally arouses purified tears. is the dance all of ballet has been looking for; a multicultural romp loaded with street smarts, strong ballet technique and structural sense.... - Patricia Nicolova, Jeneta Dnes(Woman Today) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601976775-WYRB1OHWSQEGZ9BQLQA1/1_2x2.jpg Works - Bulgarian National Ballet, Scheherazade Scheherazade is a multi-layered performance, opulent, beautiful, dynamic, highly theatrical and extremely brave in choreographic solutions, with a global message. The music of Rimsky-Korsakov has born a bright provocation which Posin instills with the "female force to conquer and propitiate" the erupted demons from Pandora's box. Her fantastic lunar characters, Chinese princesses, sailors, Viziers, sheiks, magical birds and magical spirits dance magically as a counterpoint to the Arab spring, escalating ethnic tensions in the world and uncontrolled terrorism. Her characters fly across the stage, jumping from all directions, they chase and fight, but in the name of love that gathers, not divides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601977419-KVFOV9RZYY1SSDS76BRT/11_2x.jpg Works - Later That Day Kathryn Posin's "Later That Day" is a group piece strongly colored by her use of music of the same title, written by Philip Glass for the opera he created with Robert Wilson, "Einstein on the Beach." .... The choreography echoes his repetitions, choral richness, changes in rhythm, and deceptive simplicity. To say she is giving us a love story is, in fact, more of a hypothesis than a conclusion. Yet Miss Posin has always been tuned into street life around her, and the human dimension among these formalist trappings give the piece its own voice .... A great demonstration of versatility from the Ailey dancers." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601977052-9UB8MAL8T2C9RTUEGFA9/11-crop-u5922_2x.jpg Works - Bach's Lunch "Posin's "Bach's Lunch" might be the most outrageous work this company has ever mounted. It is a crazy salad of arch satire, alienation, low comedy, terror, virtuosity, love, and deconstructionist thory.... It begins as a farcical battle between a very young dancer and an imperious choreographer, played out to Leopold Stokowski's grandiose orchestration of Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" .... "It's broad comedy - until the choreographer flings the young dancer to the stage. Suddenly the mood darkens. The corps vanishes. The music switches to an eerie text piece from Laurie anderson's "Red". Posin's combination of menace and low comedy was at once gripping and hilarious. The piece was a hit with an audience of 1000 and the subject of animated lobby talk." - Tom Strini, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601977415-V76A4Q4RCAN0E3892RRH/22_2x.jpg Works - Bridge of Song "Bridge of Song".... is the dance all of ballet has been looking for; a multicultural romp loaded with street smarts, strong ballet technique and structural sense.... Everything, no matter how diverse, springs from deep within the musical impulse. That gives this dance legitimacy. This is not a New York choreographer pillaging innocent cultures; it is ballet embracing the wider world of dance with an open-hearted joy that cannot and should not be resisted." - Tom Strini, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601977563-Q8MDV1G9VBEXXNCSTF2T/22-crop-u6432_2x.jpg Works - Poem Without a Hero "The brittle peal and cascading play of Russian church bells provided a grounding motif for Kathryn Posin's "Poem Without a Hero", a beautifully realized ensemble ballet with powerful physical and spiritual resonance.... The dancers in this modern work, with women on point, executed with conviction and straightforwardness a kind of body calligraphy that transformed movement sequences into a virtual language. Dancers seemed to portray humanity in general even as they achieved personal epiphanies .... It's one thing to go to a ballet and be told what you're going to see, and another thing to experience a gut feeling of authenticity. When the two come close together, as in "Poem Without a Hero", you've come across something both absorbing and important." - Kathy Valin, City Beat, Cincinnati https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601977770-U25B71HWDHF6TI49V5SP/33_2x.jpg Works - John Adams "In dance, the best works keep revealing themselves with each performance. Kathryn Posin's "John Adams' Violin Concerto" is like that.... Posin uses the second and third movements.... What she does with them is so perfect, maybe she should go to work on the first, too." - William Glackin, Sacramento Bee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601978091-YF22BEFVNBFI5EKD4AYN/33-crop-u6477_2x.jpg Works - Scheherazade "The form of the hour-long "Scheherazade" is of increasingly dazzling waves of ever more extravagant color, motion, and feeling. The emotion is powerful; this is not mere eye candy ......The beautiful ending brings not only a welcome message, but an elegant conclusion. The larger story ends where it began, but everyone returns home changed." - Tom Strini, MilwaukeeJournal/Sentinel " ...unabashed spectacle with a strong dance underpinning ......The muscle of this "Scheherazade" is undeniable." - Andrew Adler, Louisville Courier-Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601978302-WOD2RQ5NHT0PH8TBGM38/33-crop-u6566_2x.jpg Works - Tehillim "Tehillim" invites active viewer engagement.... the movement is so athletic and imaginative that you zoom in to take in those flashing off-center turns, for example, or the way the women jump into the men and are caught with abrupt, staccato impact, or the knotty twining and sorting out of both arm chains and elastic bands .... Gripping details are everywhere .... a gleaming, danced embodiment of the idea that the universe is ordered." - Tom Strini, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1447601978358-Y3LG5KCBF9X6YOEQFP4C/44_2x.jpg Works - Stepping Stones "Stunning geometry .... and ingenious solutions to dilemmas of gravity, balance, and physical entanglement. .... Posin sets the action on and around a row of six platforms. .... When six women strike slicked-back arabesques atop the platforms, the effect is as sleek and breath-taking as the Blue Angels buzzing an air show crowd." -Tom Strini, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel "The high point is a stunning pas de deux --- the brief, poignant heart of the ballet --- in which a male dancer helps a female dancer process up the six "steps".... -Barbara Zuck, Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch "Stepping Stones" is a fabulously original work of art." - Paul Horsley, Kansas City Star http://www.kathrynposin.org/performance-at-92-y daily 0.75 2019-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1562512023445-PHFDS96FHQM9JR2CL87Q/QR+Code.png Performance at 92 Y http://www.kathrynposin.org/recent-performaces daily 0.75 2019-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702692328-F9LIPD5YX5B86EGH0UPZ/Momchil.jpg Past Performaces - Momchil Mladenov Momchil Mladenov is a former principal dancer with the National Ballet of Bulgaria and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. In the year 2000, Mr. Mladenov began his performance career in America as a dancer and Ballet Master at the University of Texas in El Paso, under the directorship of Ingeborg Heuser. In 2010, Mr. Mladenov founded Cultural Bridges Association with its mission to expand the repertoire of Bulgarian ballet and enhance its standing by introducing the dancers to the diverse range of American Ballet. His association secured and premiered five years of ambitious programs starting in 2011. Cultural Bridges presented The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and the National Ballet of Bulgaria in a shared program titled "Balanchine and Farrell: American Ballet for Bulgaria". The second edition featured Balanchine’s famed La Source. In both projects Mr. Mladenov introduced two works (Stepping Stones and Scheherazade) of his close to two decades long collaborator and choreographer Kathryn Posin. 2013 included works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and William Forsythe as well as the Ailey II dance company for the first time presented in Bulgaria. The 4th edition of the project a collaboration of dancers from New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Sofia Opera and Ballet. Currently Mr. Mladenov is a Guest Master Teacher at National Ballet of China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702697916-CSE5AE7F9BJNIGRPRBJT/Chan+.jpg Past Performaces - Chanmee Jeong Chanmee Jeong was born in Seoul, Korea, and graduated from Deokwon Art High School in ballet. She trained at Bolshoi Ballet School in Russia and at Vaganova Ballet Academy in Seoul. She holds a BA and MA in Dance from Ewha Womans University. Chanmee has performed internationally in Israel, East Timor, and India with the Ewha Ballet Ensemble, where she focused on classic and contemporary repertoires, including Paquita, Pas de Quatre, Return of The Prodigal Son, Messiah and You Raise Me Up, and since 2015 has performed in the US with Karole Armitage in World Premiere of The Photographer in Created Butte Music Festival, American Premiere of The Witches of Venice with Opera Saratoga, and Roxey Ballet in The Nutcracker as Sugar Plum Fairy, Carmen as Carmen, Cinderella as Cinderella, and Romeo and Juliet as Juliet. In 2018, Chanmee also has performed with Vladimir Varnava in World Premiere of Isadora starring by Natalia Osipova in Costa Mesa, California and Russian Premiere in Moscow, Russia. Moreover, she has been invited to perform in commemoration of the opening of the theater in Bucaramanga, Colombia in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702695891-W6CFQEDYY3Y9AIA1PPG7/Christian.jpg Past Performaces - Cristian Laverde König Cristian Laverde König was born in Cali, Colombia and received his professional training at the Instituto Colombiano de Ballet (Incolballet) and the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba under a full scholarship. He has been a soloist for The Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet de Cali, Hartford Ballet and Ballet Internationale, and has served as principal dancer for the Maximum Dance Company, the Milwaukee Ballet and the Slovak National Ballet. König’s repertoire includes principal roles in classical and contemporary ballets ranging from Petipa to Balanchine, Tharp to Graham, creating principal roles in works by contemporary choreographers such as Maurice Causey and Karole Armitage. König has been the recipient of prestigious national and international awards and is a freelance artist residing in New York City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702693129-9L77WO44CQYLSPIU0OJS/Claire+Mazza.JPG Past Performaces - Claire Mazza A native New Yorker, Claire began her dance training at the School of American Ballet where she was chosen by Madam Dudin to study at the age of eight. While being immersed in the Balanchine style, she studied privately with Francois Perron in order to focus on the classical French technique and attended Studio Maestro (currently Manhattan Youth Ballet) under his and Deborah Wingert’s direction. Claire also received scholarships to attend prestigious summer programs at the Boston Ballet School and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. As a child, Claire had the unique opportunity to perform with New York City Ballet in their productions of The Nutcracker, Firebird, Coppelia, and Mozartiana. Upon graduating. Claire launched her professional career and has danced with Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Brooklyn Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Richmond Ballet, Morales Dance, and Staten Island Ballet. Claire is currently a soloist with Connecticut Ballet, Cello Pointe, and New York City-based company Ballets With a Twist, and she is also a guest artist with Dances Patrelle and St. Peter’s Dance Company. Most recently, Claire co-founded East Coast Contemporary Ballet. Claire is delighted to be joining Kathryn Posin Dance Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702714219-YHCOBWULMSV4FQ38C9KM/Camila+Rodrigues.jpg Past Performaces - Camila Rodrigues Camila Rodrigues was born in Volta Redonda, Brazil and moved to Rio de Janeiro to begin her professional training at the age of 11 at Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa, the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater’s ballet school, where she graduated. During that time, Camila was also training with Nora Esteves at the prestigious Centro de Movimento Deborah Colker, also in Rio. At the age of 18, she received a scholarship to join the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and joined the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group one week after joining the school. Camila joined the Nashville Ballet II, where she also performed with the main ballet company, and the Joffrey Ensemble on the following years. She is currently a ballet dancer based in New York City and has performed soloist and principal roles with companies such as Connecticut Ballet, Ziriguidum Dance Group, Lotería Performing Arts and Ballet Neo, to name a few. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702706678-PZSFR2BW8J2BGJGHPD4E/Alejandro.jpg Past Performaces - Alejandro Ulloa A native of Nicaragua, international freelance artist Alejandro Ulloa began his dance training at the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Nicaragua under the direction of maestro William Herrera, and launched his professional dance career with the Compañía Ballet de Nicaragua where he quickly became a principal dancer. He was later invited to be part of the contemporary company Danza Contemporánea Universitaria UNAN-Managua. In 2015, Alejandro and Maestro Herrera launched the first-ever ballet and neoclassical ensemble at the Nicaraguan University, where Alejandro became the Cultural Promoter for the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, as well as Director for the “Taller de Líneas Clásicas”. Later that year, he also became co-producer, teacher, and choreographer for Compañía Ballet de Nicaragua, as well as a ballet and contemporary teacher at the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Nicaragua. Alejandro’s vast repertoire has ranged from classical to contemporary works, as he has worked with a plethora of directors and choreographers. He has appeared as a guest artist for Gainesville Ballet, Danse Etoile in Costa Rica, Island Moving Company, Neglia Ballet, Ajkun Ballet Theatre and Connecticut Ballet Center, among others.. He has also participated in many festivals, such as Jacob’s Pillow Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, APAP Festival in New York City, Bitef Theater and Terazije Theater in Serbia, the International Ballet Gala in Nicaragua, the 50th anniversary of Universidad de Campeche-Mexico, the 20th Anniversary of Fundacion Ballet de El Salvador, and Great Friends Dance Festival in Newport, Rhode Island among others. In addition, Alejandro was an integral part of the Art and Science Unite as Psychological Treatment in Adults and Youth Workshop , developed by the Yale Hispanic Mental Health Clinic, and in 2016 he was awarded the “Artist of International Projection of the Year” by the Nicaraguan Artist Association. Alejandro is currently a soloist with Connecticut Ballet, and a member of Thomas Ortiz Dance Company and Ballets with a Twist. He is also a dance instructor for New Haven Ballet, Nutmeg Performing Dance Center, New England Dance Arts, and The Dance Connection. Most recently, Alejandro co-founded East Coast Contemporary Ballet, where he is the Co-Artistic Director of this innovative company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702692987-TPAXK560J659WMOI520G/Lance+Westergard.jpg Past Performaces - Lance Westergard Lance Westergard a graduate of the Juilliard School, made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in Antony Tudor’s Concerning Oracles. Performed with Eliot Feld, Lotte Goslar, Kathryn Posin, Los Angeles Dance Theater, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Manuel Alum and Remy Charlip. Ballet Master Joffrey II and Ballet Hispanico. Former Director of Dance, Hofstra University. Choreographic talents have been recognized with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Jerome Foundation. Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Isadora Duncan Institute, KEYA (Keep Empowering Youth Achievements), and HT Chen Dance Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564702706156-YOT4ML1BAZ347XTLAPU9/Daniel+White.jpeg Past Performaces - Daniel White Daniel White, although born in New York, began his training at the Georgia Academy of Dance, working under the tutelage of distinguished choreographers such as Yasmine Hasaan. By the age of 15, Daniel had enrolled at The Ailey School, earning opportunities to perform alongside the professional company, Alvin Ailey, in masterworks such as Revelations. He later continued his training with The Joffrey Concert group , dancing in ballets such as Gerald Arpino’s Kettentanz and Light Rain and danced with with New York Dance Project as an apprentice under Davis Robertson. Daniel also guested with Dimensions Dance Miami for their 2018 Joyce season before joining Ailey II as an apprentice. Daniel is currently an artist with the Kathryn Posin Dance Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564693632518-OE3R07UXB876EDW0KXG5/Evolution2.png Past Performaces Photos by Nan Melville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564701708955-1NKJWBNA16O1GB2GMVE1/splash%2Bimage.jpg Past Performaces - recent Performances https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564695831423-GSQR3WDNW0CWU70YMJBS/charles-darwin-portrait-vector-file.png Past Performaces - Charles Darwin Though almost a hundred-forty years long-dead, Charles Darwin’s raw and unedited voice, as it came to us through his letters, made the imminent naturatlist feel as alive as anyone participating in recent productions—in particular Evolution: The Letters of Charles Darwin. In fact it feels as appropriate to call him a collaborator as it does to call him a muse. Widely considered one of the most important scientists in human history, Darwin is best known for the theory “Natural Selection,” a foundation of modern biology which explains how organisms evolve into different species. His lengthy scientific career effectively began while serving as “onboard naturalist” for the H.M.S. Beagle during a five-year journey around the world beginning in 1831. His time aboard the Beagle provided lifelong inspiration for his many scientific theories. In addition to “natural selection,” he made many still-relevant contributions to our understanding of numerous topics in science including: geology, botany, zoology, coral reefs, earth worms, barnacles, and facial expressions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564703796210-76Z9HPD3JNUWDCB7AGIX/Fredrick+Burkheart+Picture+2.jpg Past Performaces - Frederick H. Burkhardt Frederick H. Burkhardt had a lengthy career as an academic, serving as the head of the American Counsel of Learned Societies, the President of Bennington College (Posin’s alma mater), the Chairman of the Board of Higher Education for the City of New York. He also played a role in the formation of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 1974 he began collecting and editing the letters of Charles Darwin. His books, published by Cambridge University Press, are hailed for their indelible contributions to our current understanding of the imminent naturalist—both as a man and theorist—and were the primary source for Posin’s forthcoming production Evolution: The Letters of Charles Darwin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564695831648-ZX821I8ZXHSM31Y34CLY/Jonathan+Burkhardt.jpg Past Performaces - Jonathan Burkhardt Images and projections in current productions were provided by Jonathan Burkhardt. Jonathan has had 35 jobs in ten years—and was only fired once. Most of those jobs were on political campaigns, but he has also worked as an EMT, telephone operator for the deaf, teacher teacher and union organizer. In 2013 he received his MFA in narrative illustration from the School of Visual Arts. Currently, he lives in Brooklyn working as a designer, illustrator and animator. Like most of New York’s bearded artsty types he also has a dog. His canine is named Maggie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1564705024056-WWZG0BDW3DWHGHIND427/Triple%2BSextet.jpg Past Performaces http://www.kathrynposin.org/upcoming-performances-2 daily 0.75 2019-08-01 http://www.kathrynposin.org/upcoming-performances daily 0.75 2021-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1632506415118-STYMNLCPXXTMW17NBAFD/thumbnail-1.jpg Upcoming Performances - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1632506948874-8MO9PZ291Y9QXZYYYNS0/PUnk+KPDC+pic.png Upcoming Performances - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5644ad5ae4b0ccf90c77adf5/1632506784764-5D9TLI2H2Z7JOX30VBKQ/Nan+leap.jpg Upcoming Performances http://www.kathrynposin.org/read-me-encore daily 0.75 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/507c1fdb84ae362b5e7be351/1377710645188-W6F7VW5TN6XZ26N626WB/Darren+Bridgett+%2820130828%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/507c1fdb84ae362b5e7be351/1377710441515-L3YD83X83ELBMUJHKA5F/The+Collective+Quarterly+%2820130828%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/507c1fdb84ae362b5e7be351/1377787389525-6YIGWYZ7Y1R2VXYGXYWO/Olasky+%26+Sinsteden+%2820130829%29.jpg Read Me