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This article is about the ballet company. For other uses, see Complexion.
Complexions Contemporary Ballet Origin 
New York, NYGenres Dance Years active 1994 – present Website Complexions Contemporary Ballet Website Complexions Contemporary Ballet is a contemporary ballet company founded in 1994 by Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson based in New York City comprising about 14 classical and contemporary dancers. Complexions performs worldwide, provides dance education, and was America's first fully multicultural ballet company.
Complexions has received numerous awards including the New York Times “Critics Choice” Award in 1995. It has appeared throughout the US, including the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater, the Mahalia Jackson Performance Arts Center in New Orleans, the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, the Music Center in Los Angeles, and the Bolshoi Theater.
The Company has appeared at major European dance festivals including Italy’s Festival of Dance for four consecutive years, the Isle De Dance Festival in Paris, the Maison De La Dance Festival in Lyon, the Holland Dance Festival, Steps International Dance Festival in Switzerland, Łódź Biennale, Warsaw Ballet Festival, Kraków Spring Ballet Festival, the Dance Festival of Canary Islands, Spain, Vail International Dance Festival, Aspen International Dance Festival and Le Festival des Arts de St-Sauveur in Canada, and in the 2005/2006 season in Korea, Mexico, and Japan.
Dwight Rhoden has created over 90 ballets for Complexions, as well as numerous other companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Arizona Ballet, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Company, the Dance Theater of Harlem, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, the Joffrey Ballet and New York City Ballet.
Desmond Richardson uses a wide range of dance forms including classical, modern, and contemporary, having previously been with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (alongside Rhoden), Ballet Frankfurt, and the first African American principal dancer with American Ballet Theater. Desmond has been a guest artist with several world-renowned companies including the Swedish Opera Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Teatro at La Scala, the San Francisco Ballet.
Reviews
- Witchel, Leigh (November 20, 2009). "Dance Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/spotty_complexions_RsUCbjvxnt9yJ8eyrvfeXK.
- Kourlas, Gia (November 22, 2009). "Dance Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/arts/dance/23complexions.html.
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Categories:- Ballet companies in the United States
- Dance in New York City
- Contemporary dance companies
- 1994 establishments in the United States
- Performing groups established in 1994
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