Cedar Lake's Choreographers

May 12, 2014

How many companies can brag that most of their dancers are choreographers, too? That’s one of the reasons we’re obsessed with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet: a significant percentage of its artists have experimented with choreography. (Some of them—like Billy Bell, one of our February cover stars—even have choreographic side projects of their own.)

It makes sense that Cedar Lake would attract dancers with creative minds. The company is constantly commissioning new works, which means Cedar Lakers are exposed to many choreographers’ visions. And frequently the process is collaborative—the dancers actually have a hand in what the final product looks like.

Now Cedar Lake is launching “Cedar Lab,” a project that will give its dancers a chance to create works on their fellow company members. The choreographic participants—Jon Bond, Navarra Novy-Williams (also a February cover star!), Matthew Rich, Joaquim de Santana, and Vânia Doutel Vaz—will develop their dances during a multi-week workshop in July, and show off their works in progress in performances on July 29 and 30. Cedar Lakers choreographing on Cedar Lake bodies? This is gonna be good, you guys.

The company has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the new project. Check out the intro video below, then click here for more info.