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Jared Osoria dancing in front of Oskar Fischinger, Floating Balls, 1964. Oil on board. The San Diego Museum of Art, Museum purchase with funds provided anonymously, 2009.49. © Fischinger Trust.
San Diego Ballet dancers create, perform, and produce a production showcasing choreography by company dancers, SDB School faculty, and Artistic Director Javier Velasco.
Director’s Notes:
When The Director is away, the dancers come out to play. Or at least I hope they do. Sometimes a dancer is just a dancer. That is a wonderful thing. But sometimes a dancer has some thing that they want to say with their dance. Something personal. Something beyond doing the steps that someone else gives them. I know this is true for me. I started choreographing the moment I came home after my first dance class. I took the three steps I learned, repeated them over and over, did them left and right, turned them inside out, stuck them together to create new steps, and at a three minute dance by the time I was done. And that was just the first day.. It has always been important to me to create a platform for those dancers in the company, who have the same fever, to be able to explore that in a supportive space. The Collage program this year is exactly that. A chance for the dancers in the company to work with each other to choreograph and produce the show all on their own.. well, maybe with a bit of guidance from above or support from below. I always look forward to what they come up with, seeing the fruits of their efforts, and having them share that with our patrons and supporters. I look forward to seeing you there to support our next generation of artists. – Javier Velasco
San Diego Museum of Art
James S. Copley Auditorium 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
May 28th @ 8pm
May 29th @ 8pm
May 30th @ 2pm
