National Choreographers Initiative

National Choreographers Initiative is a non-profit dance organization based in Irvine, California, that promotes choreographers from all over the United States in their pursuits to develop the professional ballet world. A three week workshop with auditioned dancers selected from various ballet companies in the United States are rehearsed and showcased in a performance.

This organization was founded in 2004 by Molly Lynch and continues to run every summer at the ]]University of California, Irvine]], campus. ^[1] Performances are held at the Barclay Theater in Irvine, California, and are open to the public.

Past dancers have been from companies such as: Boston Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, BalletMet, Ballet Austin, Kansas City Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. ^[2]

Choreographers

2011 [3] Brian Enos Heather Maloy Peter Pucci Paula Weber [4] 2010 [5] Anne Marie DeAngelo Helen Heineman Viktor Kabaniaev Peter Quanz 2009 [6] Sidra Bell Deanna Carter RIck McCullough Olivier Wevers of Whim W'Him 2008 [7] Amy Seweirt Edmund Sripe Emery LeCrone Ma Cong

2007 [8] Melissa Barak Frank Chaves Edwaard Liang Jerry Opdenaker 2006 [9] Ron De Jesus Graham Lustig Charles Moulton Gina Patterson 2005 [10] Val Caniparoli Christopher d'Amboise William Soleau Luca Veggetti 2004 [11] Ann Marie DeAngelo Peter Pucci James Sewell Lynne Tayor-Corbett

References

1. ^ http://web.me.com/mollylynch/Site/Artistic_Director/Artistic_Director.html
2. ^ http://www.nchoreographers.org/chordanc.htm
3. ^ http://nchoreographers.org/chordanc.htm
4. ^ http://conservatory.umkc.edu/news-release-detail.cfm?id=178
5. ^ http://nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2010.htm
6. ^ http://nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2009.htm
7. ^ http://nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2008.htm
8. ^ http://nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2007.htm
9. ^ http://www.nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2006.htm
10. ^ http://www.nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2005.htm
11. ^ http://www.nchoreographers.org/chordanc_2004.htm

External links

National Choreographers Initiative homepage
Molly Lynch's homepage, NCI artistic director
The Barclay Theatre homepage
Los Angeles Times review from July 27, 2009
SparkOC.com entry for NCI