American Ballet Theater Keith Roberts (dancer)




1 american ballet theater

1.1 twyla tharp dance (2000–2002)
1.2 twyla tharp on broadway
1.3 staging

1.3.1 after all
1.3.2 brief fling
1.3.3 golden section
1.3.4 in upper room
1.3.5 9 sinatra songs


1.4 choreography





american ballet theater

in 1987, aged seventeen, roberts joined american ballet theatre (abt) member of corps de ballet @ invitation of artistic director (1980–89) mikhail baryshnikov. baryshnikov served artistic role model roberts , suggested twyla tharp roberts suited work. roberts s dancing earned consistent praise new york dance critics, noted versatility. dance magazine s gus solomons jr. called roberts stylistic chameleon .


roberts danced many principal roles during 1996–97 season, including romeo in romeo , juliet; working artistic director (1992–?) kevin mckenzie , georgina parkinson on romeo , performing @ abt had aspired since sixteen , dream come true. ashley tuttle, fellow abt dancer, called roberts technically perfect , giving partner. mckenzie promoted roberts principal dancer in 1997. left abt in 1999 because had done wanted in ballet, , wanted try different . in 2013, roberts returned american ballet theatre ballet master. http://www.abt.org/insideabt/news_display.asp?news_id=446


twyla tharp dance (2000–2002)

twyla tharp formed new troupe in 2000 , named twyla tharp dance. roberts original member of group, debuted @ american dance festival in durham, north carolina in june 2000. roberts originated leading roles in surfer @ river styx, mozart clarinet concerto k581 , beethoven s hammerklavier , performed them along known heart duet , sinatra suite.


twyla tharp on broadway

see broadway.


staging

twyla tharp works staged roberts:


after all

ice theatre of new york (2007)

brief fling

american ballet theatre (2008)

the golden section

ballet arizona (2007, 2009)

in upper room

birmingham royal ballet (2005)
american ballet theatre (2005–6)
bolshoi ballet (2007)
boston ballet (2008)
corella ballet castilla y leon (2008)
orlando ballet theater (2008)
houston ballet (2009)

nine sinatra songs

birmingham royal ballet (2006–7)
ballet west (2008)
nevada ballet theater (2008)

choreography

assistant choreographer, rabbit , rogue. choreographed twyla tharp on american ballet theater; world premiere june 3, 2008, metropolitan opera house.




^ cite error: named reference dancemag01 invoked never defined (see page).
^ solomons jr., gus. review: american ballet theater, city center, november 4–16, 1997 dance magazine, february 1, 1998
^ unsca school of dance alumni accessed april 22, 2010
^ mccauley, mary carole. getting role , baltimore sun, march 2, 2006
^ pioneer of choreographic collisions introduces new troupe , new thinking , july 6, 2000
^ full cast announced tharp s come fly away january 14, 2010






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