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Origin Forward
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Artist: Elizabeth Riley
Premiere: March 2022
Music: Rafael Krux
Runtime: 11 minutes
A ballet for 2 or 3 women
Original Cast: Danielle Rutherford, Michelle Thompson Ulerich, [Jacline Henrichs]
This ballet was commissioned by Norte Maar in 2022 for CounterPointe9, a program pairing women choreographers with women visual artists to create collaborative dance works.
Flower Catalog
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Creation: Summer 2021
Music: Stephanie Ann Boyd
Runtime: 5 one minute miniature dance films
Original Cast: Misa Mochizuki, Danielle Rutherford, Michelle Thompson Ulerich, Jacline Henrichs, Elisabeth Jeffries
Tempest Salvage
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Artist: Niki Lederer
Premiere: February 2020
Music: Frederic Chopin
Runtime: 6 minutes
A ballet for 5 women
Original Cast: Misa Mochizuki, Danielle Rutherford, Fernanda Yamaguchi, Jacline Henrichs, Mackenzie Schiller
This ballet was commissioned by Norte Maar in 2020 for CounterPointe8: a program pairing women choreographers with women visual artists to create collaborative dance works.
Voyager I
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: November 2018
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Runtime: 8 minutes
A ballet for 7 women
This ballet was commissioned by the Columbia Ballet Collaborative in 2018 and restaged for XAOC Contemporary Ballet in 2019.
Terrextra
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: April 2019
Music: Max Richter
Runtime: 2 minutes
A ballet for 1 man or women
Original Cast: Danielle Rutherford
This ballet was created in residence at UNCSA and Jacob's Pillow.
Land Earth Sea Cloud Sky
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Artist: Jeri Coppola
Premiere: April 2018
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Runtime: 6 minutes
A ballet for 4 women
Original Cast: Debra Bona, Katie Eshbach, Jacline Henrichs, Fernanda Yamaguchi
This ballet was commissioned by Norte Maar in 2018 for CounterPointe 6: a program pairing women choreographers with women visual artists to create collaborative dance works.
Violin Variation in D
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: February 2018
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Runtime: 4 minutes
A ballet for 4 women
Original Cast: Kathleen Bollana, Debra Bona, Danielle Rutherford, Fernanda Yamaguchi
Bartok Suite
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: September 2017
Music: Bela Bartok
Runtime: 6 minutes
A ballet for 7 women
Original Cast: Kathleen Bollana, Debra Bona, Katie Eshbach,
Jacline Henrichs, Danielle Rutherford, Michelle Thompson Ulerich, Fernanda Yamaguchi
The creation of this ballet was made possible by Norte Maar's creative and performance residency: Dance at Socrates. We are grateful to be a 2017 resident artist.
The World Contained II
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: April 2017
Artist: Leslie Kerby
Sound: Elisheba Ittoop
Animation: Lianne Arnold
Runtime: 4 minutes
A ballet for 5 women
Original Cast: Rawinan Asawakanjanakit, Debra Bona, Alanna Newkirk, Danielle Rutherford, Fernanda Yamaguchi
This ballet was commissioned by Norte Maar in 2017 for CounterPointe 5: a program pairing women choreographers with women visual artists to create collaborative dance works.
Six Memos
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: November 2016
Music: Raymond Enoksen
Runtime: 11 minutes
A ballet for 2-7 women
Original Cast: Rawinan Asawakanjanakit, Debra Bona, Kathleen Bollana, Katie Eshbach, Rebecca Greenbaum, Jacline Henrichs, Alanna Newkirk, Danielle Rutherford, Michelle Thompson Ulerich, Fernanda Yamaguchi
This ballet is is loosely based on Italo Calvino’s “Six Memos for the Next Millenium,” and its five lectures on lightness, quickness, exactitude, visibility, and multiplicity. Mr. Calvino looks, through the lens of literature, at the qualities he deemed most valuable for the next generation. I approach them through the lens of movement, driven by the notion that artistic impulse is interchangeable across media.
The creation of this work was made possible through a space allowance by the Joffrey Dance Center in Queens, NY.
The Edge of Sunset Gems
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Artist/Costume Design: Amanda Browder
Premiere: April 2016
Set Design: Amanda Browder [Future Phenomena]
Music: Apocalyptica
Runtime: 12 minutes
A ballet for 7 women and 1 man
Original Cast: Debra Bona, Kathleen Bollana, Chiara Gagliardo, Rebecca Greenbaum, Jacline Henrichs, Alanna Newkirk, Isaac Owens, Danielle Rutherford
This ballet was commissioned by Norte Maar in 2016 for CounterPointe 4: a program pairing women choreographers with women visual artists. Choreographer Eryn Renee Young worked with artist Amanda Browder. The set is a fabric-based sculpture that was originally installed on a building in Greenpoint Brooklyn. All the fabric was donated by people from the Brooklyn area. The costumes are an original design for this ballet and are made to integrate the dancers with the geometric and colorful backdrop.
Sing Sing Sing
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: November 2015
Music: Benny Goodman
Runtime: 3 minutes
A ballet for 10 women and 2 men.
Original cast: Debra Bona, Maurice Dawkins, Rebecca Greenbaum, Chiara Gagliardo, Kathryn Harden, Jacline Henrichs, Charles Kolarich, Alanna Newkirk, Lauren Olofsson, Danielle Rutherford, Tanya Trombly Michelle Thompson Ulerich
Symphonie Miroir
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: works-in-progress showing at the Martha Graham Studio Theater 2014
Music: Bela Bartok
Runtime: 14 minutes
A ballet for 7 women and 1 man.
Original cast: Debra Bona, Jasmine Chiu, Katie Eshbach, Rebecca Greenbaum, Jacline Henrichs, Alanna Newkirk, Isaac Owens, Lauren Olofsson
This work was made possible by a New Choreographers Grant through Eryc Taylor Dance, Inc.
Allagi
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: April 2014
Music: Kevin Keller
Runtime: 9 minutes
A ballet for 7 women.
Original cast: Debra Bona, Katie Eshbach, Rebecca Greenbaum, Jacline Henrichs, Alanna Newkirk, Lauren Olofsson, Danielle Rutherford
This ballet was a finalist in the 2015 Edward Villella Choreography Competition.
Redux Pas de Deux
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: October 2013
Music: Les Tambours du Bronx
Runtime: 2:10
Original cast: Jacline Henrichs/Debra Bona, Sentell McDonald
Redux
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: August 2013
Music: Les Tambours du Bronx
Runtime: 3:35
A ballet for 3 or 6 women.
Original casts: Debra Bona, Katie Eshbach, Rebecca Greenbaum, Jacline Henrichs, Alanna Newkirk, Danielle Rutherford, Eila Valls
Anodynia
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: February 2013
Music: Break of Reality
Runtime: 7:10
A ballet for 4 women.
Original cast: Kerime Konur, Lauren Kronenfeld, Bethany Lange, Brittany Testone
Mercuria
Choreography: Eryn Renee Young
Premiere: August 2012
Music: The Ahn Trio
Runtime: 5 minutes
A ballet for 6 women.
Original cast: Jacline Henrichs, Kaarin Holmquist, Catherine Jaeger, Lauren Kronenfeld, Bethany Lange, Brittany Testone