Ballets by Female Choreographers Showcased in Grand Rapids Ballet’s MOVEMEDIA Program II

For the second of Grand Rapids Ballet’s MOVEMEDIA contemporary dance programs this season, GRB artistic director Patricia Barker chose to feature works by four female choreographers including former American Ballet Theatre prima ballerina Susan Jaffe.

Program II, April 16, 17 and 19 at GRB’s Peter Martin Wege Theatre, will kick off with “Tomorrow Never Comes,” a new ballet by GRB star dancer/choreographer Yuka Oba. The 12-minute ballet for twelve dancers set to music by A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Yann Tiersen and Dead Can Dance, says Oba, was inspired by a general feeling of dissatisfaction she noticed from young people about their prospects in life.

By Steve Sucato | Arts Air
Read the story at Arts Air | Published: April 14, 2015