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Subject: Miro Magloire collaborates with filmmakers Emily Kitka & Peter Walker of NYCB
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'NOCTURNE,'
NEW DANCE FILM
WITH
CHOREOGRAPHY
BY MIRO
MAGLOIRE IN
COLLABORATION
WITH
EMILY
KIKTA and
Peter Walker,
FILMMAKERS AND
DANCERS WITH
NEW YORK CITY
BALLET
Release
date: October
23rd at 7 PM
Available
for streaming
thereafter at
https://www.newchamberballet.com/nocturne-signup
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/76jpbzrOZuE
A
Dance Film by
KW Creative
Dancers:
Anabel Alpert,
Megan Foley,
Amber Neff,
and Rachele
Perla
Director:
Emily Kikta
Choreography:
Miro Magloire
Music:
Johannes
Brahms
Camera
operator:
Peter Walker
Costumes:
Sarah Thea,
assisted by
Lauren Carmen
Filmed
at: Please
Space,
Brooklyn NY
"Nocturne"
is an abstract
work by Miro
Magloire, part
of a larger
dance set to
chamber works
by Brahms and
Beethoven,
scheduled for
premiere in
2021. The
women's
quartet was
created during
the early
months of the
pandemic while
the dancers
were
sheltering at
home and
rehearsing via
Zoom.
Choreographer
Magloire
worked with
Emily Kikta on
a short film
in 2015 and so
admired the
dance films
that she and
Peter Walker
created for
New York City
Ballet that he
approached the
team about
collaborating
on a dance
film. They
decided to use
some of the
choreographic
material that
Magloire was
working on at
that time and
turn it into a
completely
different,
stand-alone
dance film.
The shooting
location, a
former factory
in Brooklyn,
provided the
perfect
ambiance. And
New Chamber
Ballet
resident
violinist
Doori Na
recorded the
score with
pianist Sean
Kennard,
making his New
Chamber Ballet
debut.
Remarked
Magloire:
"Since Emily
and Peter are
both ballet
dancers and
choreographers,
their
filmmaker eyes
catch the
choreographic
structure of
the steps.
They also
created
intricate
camera
movements with
and in between
the dancers.
At times
Peter, who
operated the
camera, almost
became a fifth
dancer in the
work."
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MIRO
MAGLOIRE
is the founder
and artistic
director of
New Chamber
Ballet, for
which he has
created over
80 ballets
since the
Company's
debut in
2004. Born in
Munich,
Germany,
Magloire
started his
career as a
composer,
studying with
Mauricio Kagel
at the
Musikhochschule
in Cologne.
Switching his
interest to
dance, he
moved to New
York to pursue
his dance
training,
naming Kazuko
Hirabayashi,
Peff Modelski,
and Wilhelm
Burmann as his
most
influential
teachers.
New Chamber
Ballet
presents
approximately
four regular
seasons
annually in
New York City,
has toured to
Europe, and
has
participated
in numerous
festivals,
including a
highly praised
music and
dance tribute
to composer
Ursula Mamlok.
EMILY
KIKTA has
been a dancer
with New York
City Ballet
since 2010.
She graduated
summa cum
laude from
Fordham
University in
2017 and is
currently
pursuing her
masters in
business
administration
from Pace
University.
Her
choreography
has been
performed by
the School of
American
Ballet,
Columbia
Ballet
Collaborative,
dancers from
New York City
Ballet, and in
Passenger's
"To Be Free"
official music
video. Kikta
is a 2019
Virginia B.
Toulmin Fellow
for women
leaders in
dance from New
York
University.
PETER
WALKER has
been a dancer
with New York
City Ballet
since 2011 and
was promoted
to soloist in
2018. His
choreography
has been
performed by
New York City
Ballet,
Bayerische
Staatsballett,
Hudson Valley
Dance
Festival, New
York
Choreographic
Institute,
School of
American
Ballet, and
Jacob Jonas
the Company.
Walker is a
2011 recipient
of the Mae L.
Wien Award for
Outstanding
Promise from
the School of
American
Ballet.
In 2019
Emily and
Peter founded
"kw creative,"
a dance and
video
production
company
focused on
making all
original dance
videos and
pushing the
boundaries of
the
relationship
between dance
and the
camera. Both
artists
choreograph,
direct, film,
edit, and
often dance in
their own
work. Since
2017, they
have created
the digital
advertising
for the New
York City
Ballet at
Saratoga
Springs
Performing
Arts Center
and have
created films
for the New
York
Choreographic
Institute, New
Chamber
Ballet, Ballet
Collective,
and
films.dance-A
Global Film
Series. Their
videos have
been featured
in major
magazines.
The team has
held recent
professional
residencies at
the Vineyard
Arts Project
and at
Kaatsbaan
Cultural Park.
www.newchamberballet.com
in photo: Amber Neff
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