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Chamber Dance Project at Woolly Mammoth by Lisa Traiger

When major and regional ballet companies go on hiatus for the summer, choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning turns the lights on and gets a selected few of those dancers back in rehearsal. Her Washington, D.C.-based Chamber Dance Project lives its name, producing one or two full dance concerts annually while the rest of the U.S. ballet world has closed shop for the summer.

Chamber Dance Project at Arena Stage

But let’s step back a bit to a week before the show. It’s 2pm at the BalletNova Center for Dance in Falls Church, Virginia. We’re at an open rehearsal and privy to one of my favorite pastimes; the process! Observing how the sausage is made not only helps with context and appreciation, but it’s also a chance to see another side of a choreographer. In this case, it was two choreographers, both presenting world premier works.
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