POTENTIAL ENERGIES
In a project conceived and directed by Nouveau Classical Project's Artistic Director Sugar Vendil, the ensemble joins forces with choreographer Barbie Diewald and composer Trevor Gureckis in Potential Energies, a hybrid work for ten musicians and dancers that breaks barriers between music and movement. Acting as two sides to a single identity, individual musician and dancer pairs explore the struggle to reconcile bright-eyed ambitions with reality through physical interaction and interference. A result of twelve emerging artists collaborating over the course of eleven months, Potential Energies is a daring undertaking by artists who not only created this work but also lived it. The sold-out world premiere took place May 29, 2014 at BAM Fisher (Fishman Space).
The Nouveau Classical Project: Laura Cocks, flute / Mara Mayer, clarinet / Marina Kifferstein, violin / Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello / Sugar Vendil, piano
TrioDance: Allison Beler, Colleen Hoelscher, Cara Mcgaughey, Susan Philipp, Christina Soto
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CREATIVE TEAM
Sugar Vendil, Director & Pianist. Photo by Trevor Gureckis
Trevor Gureckis, Composer. Photo by Henry Jacobson
Barbie Diewald, Choreographer. Photo by Mickey Hoelscher
PRESS
"... this meta-art performance manages to both represent millennial challenges and to push beyond them with grace, power and, most of all, a sense of possibility. It pirouettes on the idea that what will save millennials from despair is innovation and collaboration. When we marry music and dance, technology and community, composition and surprise, we can't always get what we want, but we just might create art more beautiful than what we need." - PolicyMic
"It is a rare treat to see such a carefully constructed symbiosis of music and dance." - Bachtrack
"The piece as a whole was ultimately energetic and full of potential, and I hope that last evening’s debut inspires other cities to host this ensemble’s nouveau spin on ballet." - (READ)art
"Knowing what this ballet will be, does not prepare you for what it is...This is why art is important." - Dance Enthusiast
INTERVIEWS
Potential Energies: 5 questions to Sugar Vendil & Trevor Gureckis - i care if you listen
About Potential Energies - a Millennial Generation ballet - Dance Enthusiast
Collaboration as Creative Outlet - The Brooklyn Rail
The Nouveau Classical Project on “Potential Energies,” a Millennial Ballet - Brooklyn Magazine