La Danserie, the chamber-sized contemporary ballet company dubbed “the exhilarating collective” by the Los Angeles Times presents Danses Chromtiques, two weekends of new works. On the program, artistic director Patrick Frantz’s premier Appassionato showcases high velocity dancing set to Rachmaninov piano music; guest artist Alexandre de la Caffinière of the Berlin Opera Ballet performs his Ibou, a striking, sculptural solo; and Judy Pisarro-Grant premiers No Way/Any Way, with music by George Antheil, the self-described “bad boy” of modern music.
Formed in 1997, La Danserie has lived up to its description by the LA Weekly as “intrepid.” Over the near decade of its existence the company has performed throughout Los Angeles in a variety of venues including Highways Performance Space, the Los Angeles Theater Center, the Madrid Theater, California State University Northridge Performing Arts Center, and Moorpark College. This August the company makes its first appearance outside Los Angeles, bringing Danses Chromatique to the Marjorie Luke Theater in Santa Barbara.
