Contemporary Ballet | Program Director
June 16 – June 30
The Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (she/her) is a prolific and award-winning choreographer who has created more than 100 works for 78 dance companies around the world including Ballet of Flanders, Ballet Hispanico, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, BalletX, Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet, Grands Ballets Canadiens, Hong Kong Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Houston Ballet, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Scottish Ballet, The Washington Ballet, and West Australian Ballet. Her wide-ranging body of work includes short conceptual pieces and full length narratives for both classical ballet companies and contemporary dance companies. Among the honors her work has received: A Streetcar Named Desire, created for the Scottish Ballet in 2012 won Best Choreography Classical from Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards UK and was nominated for the prestigious Olivier Award; Broken Wings, The Life and Work of Frida Kahlo created for English National Ballet, was named one of 2016’s Best Premieres by Dance Europe and other newspapers, and was nominated for several Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards; Sombrerisimo, created for Ballet Hispánico, is in the repertoire of four companies and received Cuba’s Villanueva Award in 2015. Lopez Ochoa is the recipient of the 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. During the pandemic, Annabelle pioneered in creating 22 short dance films via Zoom for which she was featured in various articles in dance magazines. Visit annabellelopezochoa.com for more information.
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