While completing CALA’s program in visual and performing arts administration, New York City Ballet soloist and BalletCollective director Troy Schumacher was busy choreographing two projects that will have their premieres this Fall.
On October 23rd, 25th, and 26th, BalletCollective and The Knights will present the world premier of Faraway. Among several collaborations in this innovative performance, Schumacher’s choreography is combined with Judd Greenstein’s musical score and Zaria Forman’s hyper-realistic pastel drawings of our planet’s ice-worlds. Eight of Schumacher’s NYCB dancer colleagues and 24 musicians will perform the ballet on a 70 feet-deep stage at the GK Arts Center in Dumbo.
Tickets for BalletCollective are available here.
From November 14-17th, The Martha Graham Dance Company and Montclair State University’s Peak Performances will present The Auditions, a work about people vying to be a new kind of pioneer that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the premiere of Graham and Aaron Copeland’s seminal Appalachian Spring. Schumacher choreographed the new piece in collaboration with composer Augusta Read Thomas.
Martha Graham tickets are available here.