DANSE LUMIÈRE

On June 14 Kathryn Roszak sat down to have a socially-distanced conversation in Sausalito California with women choreographers and composers; Lauren Jonas of Diablo Ballet, Christina Johnson formerly of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Julia Feldman of Sacramento Ballet, and c...

Pictured: Victoria Morgan, Artistic Director of Cincinnati Ballet

UPDATE: In light of recent events, Dance Lumiere is taking this Residency virtual! We will film panel discussions and share choreography on this site and elsewhere. Stay Tuned!​

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In June 2020, Kathryn...

Kathryn Roszak 

An excerpt from Stance on Dance:

"In an effort to understand how dance is being intimately affected by the coronavirus epidemic and its ripple effects, I sent out a questionnaire to dance friends and colleagues. Below are some of the responses I received....

Nicole Moyer and Andres Kundzins rehearsing Kathryn Roszak's new ballet during Corona virus in Colorado studio during blizzard! 

The show must go on!

With COVID-19 orders to stay home, many dance artists find their performance and teaching jobs cancelled indefinitely.

I am a professional choreographer and director with Danse Lumière and I am making a daily practice of dancing at sites in the San Francisco Bay Area....

Deborah Enelow is a retired educator who supports women in the arts, especially women choreographers. Here, she shares her impressions after attending the Women Ballet Choreographers and Composers Residency at Djerassi in Woodside, California this past June 15, 2019...

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"Where are all the women choreographers?"

...asks Dance Magazine, as well as numerous other news and arts publications, dance companies and schools. Among choreographers in the ballet world, women are a minority group.

Kathryn Roszak's Danse Lumière has addressed this, b...

Danse Lumiere spent an amazing weekend last  Sunday, June 2nd performing at East Bay DANCES 2019, hosted by Oakland Ballet Company. 

Heather Desaulniers of Dance Commentary says, 

"For the past five years, Oakland Ballet Company has closed its annual season in a won...