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Risk of Flight

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Adam Hougland’s Risk of Flight. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.
Adam Hougland’s Risk of Flight. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.

BalletX commissioned contemporary ballet choreographer Adam Hougland to create Risk of Flight, a new ballet for ten dancers with live electronic cello music by Zoë Keating. The ballet, which Hougland described as "stripping away the emotional armor we wear every day,” features a central duet depicting a couple who has just lost a child. Risk of Flight premiered during BalletX’s 2007–08 season at The Wilma Theater on a program that also presented M.O.M. My Own Memory by co-artistic director Christine Cox and Once Again by co-artistic director Matthew Neenan. BalletX has since revived and performed Risk of Flight on several occasions.

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BalletX

Founded in 2005 by Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan, BalletX presents contemporary ballet with a focus on world-premiere choreography. To date, the company has produced more than 140 world premieres by more than 80 international choreographers, including Trey McIntyre, Nicolo Fonte, Jorma Elo, Olivier Wevers, and more, presenting in Philadelphia and in venues and festivals around the world like the Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater, the Vail International Dance Festival, and Jacob's Pillow.

 

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