Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
CHOREOGRAPHY 2024
BOTERO - new version
A 2-act ballet for 18 dancers of Ballet Metropolitano de Medelliín and Ballet Nacionla Dominciano
Music: Juan Pablo Acosta
Costumes/Set design: Diana Echandía
Length: 64min
1st Premiere: 24 October 2024, Medelliín, Colombia
2nd Premiere: 14 November 2024, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
COCO CHANEL, THE LIFE OF A FASHION ICON
A 2-act ballet for 40 dancers of Atlanta Ballet
A co-production between Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Queensland Ballet
Music: Peter Salem
Costumes/Set design: Jérôme Kaplan
Artistic collaborator: Nancy Meckler
Length: 90min
Premiere: 4 october 2024, Brisbane, Australia
CELESTE - reprise
Created for 16 dancers of Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Music: P.I. Tchaikowski
Costumes: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 24 minutes
Premiere: 6 July 2024 at Teatro Nacional in La Havana, Cuba
UNICORN
Created for 19 dancers of Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Ballet program
Music: Ludovico Einaudi
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 7min
Premiere: 23 June 2024, Jacob's Pillow gala, Becket, USA
DELUSIONAL BEAUTY – reprise
Created for 9 dancers of The Washington Ballet
Music: Christen Lien, Aaron Martin, Zoe Keating
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Light design: Joseph Walls
Length: 22 min
Premiere: 22 May 2024 Kennedy Center, DC (USA)
TUPELO TORNADO
Created for 13 dancers of Smuin Dance Company
Music: Elvis Presley, Big Mama Thornton, Suspicious Minds, Trouble, Hound Dog, Fever, Amazing Grace,
Blue Moon, Love me tender.
Soundscape: Jake Rodriguez
Costumes: Susan Roemer
Sets & Lights: Alexander Nichols
Length: 29 minutes
Premiere: 4 May 2024, Yerba Buena, San Francisco (USA)
REQUIEM FOR A ROSE, reprise
Originally created for 13 dancers the Pennsylvania Ballet in 2009, the piece was revisited for Atlanta Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Ballet Austin, Conservatoire de Paris, European School of Dance and Central School of Ballet.
In 2024 it is performed by Badische Staatesballett Karlsruhe
Music: Franz Schubert
Soundscape: Almar Kok
Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Lights: Tony Tucci, remounted by Jon Buswell
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 27 April 2024, Karlsruhe, Germany
HOUSE OF MAD'MOISELLE
Re-created for 11 dancers of Ballet Hispanico (USA)
Music: Leonard Bernstein, Maria Dolores Pradera, Chavela Vargas,
El poder de NYC, Charles Gounod
Soundscape: Bart Rijnink
Costumes conception: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Costume construction: Diana Ruettinger
Lights: Christopher Ash
Drag consultant: Nicholas Villenueve
Length: 29 minutes
Premiere: 25 April 2024, NYC Center, New York
BROKEN WINGS - reprise
Created for a cast of 26 dancers of English National Ballet
In 2024, San Francisco Ballet premiered it.
Music: Peter Salem
Set/costume design: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Jim French
Length: 46 min
Premiere: 4 April 2024, San Francisco Opera House, USA
COCO CHANEL, THE LIFE OF A FASHION ICON
A 2-act ballet for 40 dancers of Atlanta Ballet
A co-production between Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Queensland Ballet
Music: Peter Salem
Costumes/Set design: Jérôme Kaplan
Artistic collaborator: Nancy Meckler
Length: 90min
Premiere: 9 February 2024, Atlanta (USA)
FRIDA - reprise
A 2-act ballet for the Dutch National Ballet, based on the one-act Broken Wings created in 2016 for English National Ballet Created for a cast of 48 dancers of the Dutch National Ballet
Concept, Libretto, Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Libretto & dramaturgy: Nancy Meckler
Music: Peter Salem, Chavela Vargas
Costumes/Set design: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 1hr 30 min
Premiere: 8 February 2024, Opera House Amsterdam, NL
CHOREOGRAPHY 2023
CALLAS, LA DIVINA
Created for 31 dancers of Ballet del Municipal de Santiago (Chile)
Sound score: Frank Moon
Costumes: Loreto Monsalve
Set/light design: Christopher Ash
Length: 2-act ballet of 80min
Premiere: 28 November 2023, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile
DELMIRA
Created for 24 dancers of Houston Ballet (USA)
Music: Juan Pablo Acosta
Orchestration: Katherine Ciscon
Costumes: Mark Erik Rodriguez
Set/light design: Christopher Ash
Co-light designer: Solomon Weisbard
Length: 32min
Premiere: 21 September 2023, Wortham Center Houston, USA
REQUIEM FOR A ROSE, reprise
Originally created for 13 dancers the Pennsylvania Ballet in 2009, the piece was revisited for Atlanta Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Ballet Austin, Conservatoire de Paris, European School of Dance and Central School of Ballet.
In 2023 it was performed by Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Music: Franz Schubert
Soundscape: Almar Kok
Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Lights: Tony Tucci, remounted by Jon Buswell
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 27 July 2023, Wellington, NZ
ELEMENTS
Created for 22 dancers of Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Ballet program.
Music: Ludovico Einaudi
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 6min
Premiere: 24 June 2023, Jacob's Pillow gala, Becket, USA
KHEPRI
Created for 16 dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet
Music: Georgs Pelecis, Karl Jenkins, Lisa Gerrard
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Set design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 21min
Premiere: 2nd of June 2023, Seattle, USA
BOTERO
Version of 2-act for 20 dancers of Alberta Ballet
Music: Juan Pablo Acosta
Costumes/Set design: Diana Echandía
Length: 64min
Premiere: 5 May 2023, Edmonton, Canada
COCO CHANEL, THE LIFE OF A FASHION ICON
A 2-act ballet for 40 dancers of the Hong Kong Ballet
A co-production between Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Queensland Ballet
Music: Peter Salem
Costumes/Set design: Jérôme Kaplan
Artistic collaborator: Nancy Meckler
Length: 90min
Premiere: 24 March 2023, HKAPA, Hong Kong
YEMAYA'S EMBRACE
Created for 7 dancers of Whim W'Him, Seattle (USA)
Music: Jimmy Garver with text by Eduardo Vilaro
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Premiere: 20 January 2023, Seattle (USA)
CHOREOGRAPHY 2022
LEAVES OF HOPE
Created for 9 dancers of Ballet Nacional Domenicano
Music: Ludovico Einaudi, Pekka Lehti, Outo Voima, Peter Gregson
Costumes:
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Premiere: 11 November 2022, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, DR
PLATÉE
A one-act narrative ballet, created for 20 dancers of Joffrey Ballet
Music: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Jack Mehler
Premiere: 10 November 2022, Chicago (USA)
ONE FOR ALL
Created for BAAND Festival.
A collaboration work for 14 dancers of NYC Ballet, Alvin Ailey, ABT, Dance Theater of Harlem and Ballet Hispanico.
Music: Manteca by Dizzy Gillespie and Funky Lowlives
Length: 8min
Premiere: 9 August 2022 at Lincoln Center NYC (USA)
MIDNIGHT CIRCUS
A new work for 10 dancers of BalletX
Music: Liadov, Hugues le Bars, Manuel Wandji
Costumes: Mark Eric Rodriguez
Light design: Brandon Sterling Baker
Premiere: 15 May 2022, Mann Center, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
DOÑA PERON
A new Full-length narrative for 18 dancers of Ballet Hispanico
Music: Peter Salem
Costumes: Mark Eric Rodriguez
Set/ video/ light design: Christopher Ash
Artistic collaborator: Nancy Meckler
Premiere: 1st April 2022, New York City Center, NY (USA)
VENDETTA, A MAFIA STORY
Revised version for 40 dancers of Tulsa Ballet (USA)
Dramaturgy & Projections: Titus Tiel Groenestege
Costumes: Danielle Truss
Set design: Olivier Landreville
Prop master: Normand Blais
Light design: Marc Parent
Premiere: 11 February 2022, PAC Tulsa (USA)
CHOREOGRAPHY 2021
BOTERO
One-act ballet for 14 dancers of Ballet Metropolitano de Medellín.
Music: Juan Pablo Acosta
Set/costumes: Diana Echandía
Premiere: 4 November 2021, Medellin, Colombia
SCURRY NIGHT
A new work for 8 dancers of ABT Studio Company
Music: Dzovarev by Ara Malikian
Ciocårlia by Anonymous played by Kopatchinskaya
Costumes: Mark Eric Rodriguez
Light design:
Length: 10min
Premiere: 10 April 2021, recorded at Kaatsbaan, NY
GUERNICA
Short version of Guernica (2018) for 9 dancers of CNSMde Lyon, France.
Music: Raime, Banabila, Jean-Chares Alkan
Costumes: Maite Chantrel
Premiere: 19 January 2021, Lyon, France.
CHOREOGRAPHY 2020
QUASICRYSTAL
A short work created for the Dutch National Ballet
Music: Henryk Gorecki
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Bert Dalhuyzen
Length: 8 min
Premiere: 17 September 2020, Opera House of Amsterdam, NL
ORLANDO'S BOOK
A short dance film created for Viviana Durante
Music: Pekka Lehti & Outo Voimo
Dancers: Viviana Durante, Orlando Cliff
Camera: Nigel Cliff
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: 10 October 2020
GRASSVILLE
Dance film created for Whim W'Him
Music: Franz Schubert
Camera & editing: Quinn Wharton
Online premiere: 24 September 2020
TUNNEL
A short dance film created for Ballet Hispanico
Music: Atra Aeterna
Dancers: Gabrielle Sprauve, Christopher Bloom
Camera: Paula Lobo
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: 9 September 2020
IT WAS ALL A DREAM
A short dance film created for Joffrey Ballet
Music: Dylan Gutierrez
Dancers: Jeraldine Mendoza, Dylan Guteirrez, Kahlua
DOP & editing: Xavier Nunez
Online premiere: 19 August 2020
THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
A short dance film created for Tulsa Ballet
Music: Chopin by Vladimir Sidorov
Dancers: Maine Kawasaki, Sasha Chernjavsky
Camera: Joseph Frutal
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: 27 July 2020
SAY THEIR NAMES
A short dance film created for Anthony Santos and Dylan Santos, NY
Music: Nina Simone
Director of photography: Anthony R. Phillips
Additional camera: Alberto Meija
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: 20 July 2020
FACE OFF
A short dance film created for the students of Lucia Marthas Dance Academy, Amsterdam.
Music: Hugues le Bars
Camera & Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Premiere in Pathé Tuchinsky movie theaters NL: July 3 2020
AVEC LE TEMPS
A short ballet created via zoom for 2 dancers of the Dutch National Ballet
Dancers: Jingjing Mao, Remy Catalan
Music: Léo Ferré by Wende
Camera: & Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: June 30 2020
PAJARILLO ESCONDIDO
A short dance film created via zoom for a dancer of the Ballet Hispanico
Dancers: Dandara Amorim Veiga
Music: Lhasa de Sela
Camera: Kendall Claggett
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: June 27 2020
WHEN ONE DOOR CLOSES
A short dance film created in collaboration with the 18 alumni of the Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Classical School at Jacob's Pillow.
Music: René Aubry, William Pharrell
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: June 26 2020
CHALOUPÉE
A solo created for Norwegian Opera Ballet
Dancer: Julie Gardette-Rousseau
Music: René Aubry
Length: 3min
Premiere: June 11 2020, Oslo
WHERE DO THE BIRDS GO?
A short dance film created via zoom for 2 dancers of the Nowegian Opera Ballet
Dancers: Julie Gardette, Francois Rousseau
Music: Rene Aubry
Camera: Jorund Langeggen
Editing: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Online premiere: May 19 2020
FRIDA
2 acts ballet for the Dutch National Ballet, based on the one-act Broken Wings created in 2016 for English National Ballet. Created for a cast of 50 dancers of the Dutch National Ballet
Concept, Libretto, Choreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Libretto & dramaturgy: Nancy Meckler
Music: Peter Salem, Chavela Vargas
Costumes/Set design: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 1hr 38 min
Premiere: 6 February 2020, Opera House Amsterdam, NL
CHOREOGRAPHY 2019
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (REPRISE)
Originally created in collaboration with theater director Nancy Meckler for the Scottish Ballet. Nashville Ballet is the first American company to perform the work.
Music: Pater Salem
Costumes/set: Niki Turner
Light design: Tim Mitchell / reworked by Scott Leathers
Premiere: 01 November 2019, Nashville, TN, USA
ECLIPTIC
Created for 9 dancers of BalletMet
Music: Ludovico Einaudi
Costumes: Susan Roemer
Light design: Mark Stanley
Length: 23 min
Premiere: 24 October 2019, Columbus, Ohio, USA
DELUSIONAL BEAUTY
Created for 9 dancers of The Washington Ballet
Music: Christen Lien, Aaron Martin, Zoe Keating
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Light design: Joseph Walls
Length: 23 min
Premiere: 23 October 2019, Sidney Harman Hall, Washington DC, US
BALAMOUK
Created for Dance Theater of Harlem, and commissioned by Fall for Dance NYC
Music: Les Yeux Noir, Lisa Gerrard, Rene Aubry
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Lights: Les Dickert
Length: 19 min
Premiere: August 2018, Jacob's Pillow, Becket (USA)
THE LITTLE PRINCE
A 2-act full-length ballet created for BalletX
Music: Original music by Peter Salem
Costumes: Danielle Truss
Light design: Michael Korsch
Set design: Matthew Saunders
Prop designer: Petra Floyd
Length: Act One: 37min --- Act Two: 30min
Premiere: 10 July 2019 at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, USA
RONDO MA NON TROPPO
Created for 4 dancers of Chamber Dance Project
Music: Schubert's Death and the Maiden
Costumes: Bekah Nettekhoven
Light design: Maja White
Length: 12 min
Premiere: 19 June 2019 at the Sidney Harman Hall, Washington DC, US
WRITTEN & FORGOTTEN
Originally created for 10 dancers of Grand Rapids Ballet, revived for Sacramento Ballet.
Music: Aris Dimitriadis, Rene Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, Manuel Wandji, Madeleine Peyroux
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in collaboration with Melissa Leitch
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 16 May 2019, Sofia Tsakopoulos Center, Sacramento, USA
BROKEN WINGS
Created for a cast of 30 dancers of English National Ballet in 2016, the work has been extended and reworked.
Music: Peter Salem
Set/costume design: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Vinny Jones
Dramaturgy: Nancy Meckler
Length: 48 min
Premiere: April 4, 2019 at Sadler's Wells, London, UK
REQUIEM FOR A ROSE
Originally created for the Pennsylvania Ballet in 2009, the piece was revisited for Smuin Ballet and Ballet Austin
Music: Franz Schubert
Soundscape: Almar Kok
Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Lights: Tony Tucci
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 15 February 2019, Long Center, Austin, TX, USA
SOMBRERISIMO
Created for a cast of 6 men of Ballet Hispanico, revived for the Washington Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet and Ballet Austin
Commissioned by Fall for Dance Festival
Music: Banda Ionica, Titi Robin, Titus Tiel Groenestege
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Tony Tucci
Length: 14 minutes
Premiere BH: 30 September 2013, Fall for Dance, NY City Center, NYC
Premiere TWB: 28 September 2018, Kennedy Center, NYC
Premiere Hong Kong Ballet: 2 November 2018, Cultural Center of the Arts Hong Kong
Premiere BH female version: 10 November 2018, Cleveland, OH
Premiere Ballet Austin: 15 February 2019, Long Center, Austin, TX, USA
Premiere Bremerhaven Ballet: 10 November 2023, Germany
A DEUX
Originally created in 2012, the work has been extended and reworked for Ballet Austin
Music: Olafur Arnalds
Costume designer: Susan Roemer
Lights: Tony Tucci
Premiere: 15 February 2019, Long Center, Austin, TX, USA
SYMBIOTIC TWIN
Originally created for Ashley Bouder & Taylor Stanley from the Ashley Bouder Project, the work has been extended for Ballet Austin.
Music: Kate Moore
Paintings/prints: Kathleen Werner
Costume designer: Marc Happel
Lights: Tony Tucci
Length: 10min
Premiere: 15 February 2019, Long Center, Austin, TX, USA
CHOREOGRAPHY 2018
AGUA VIVA
Originally created for Ballet Nacional Dominicano, revived for Taller Coreografico UNAM, Mexico
Music: Domingo Cura, Jean-Philippe Goude, Rachmaninov, Max Richter, Rashomon, Veljo Tormis, Steve Reich, Max Richter
Costumes: new designs
Lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in collaboration with Bienvenido Miranda
Length: 27 min
Premiere: 13 October 2018 at Teatro de la Ciudad, Mexico City, Mexico
BALAMOUK
Created for Dance Theater of Harlem, and commissioned by Fall for Dance NYC
Music: Les Yeux Noir, Lisa Gerrard, Rene Aubry
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Lights: Les Dickert
Length: 12 min
Premiere: 5 October 2018, NY City Center, NYC, USA
SOMBRERISIMO
Created for a cast of 6 men of Ballet Hispanico, revived for the Washington Ballet and Hong Kong Ballet
Commissioned by Fall for Dance Festival
Music: Banda Ionica, Titi Robin
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Joshua Preston
Length: 14 minutes
Premiere BH: 30 September 2013, Fall for Dance, NY City Center, NYC
Premiere TWB: 28 September 2018, Kennedy Center, NYC
Premiere Hong Kong Ballet: 2 November 2018, Cultural Center of the Arts Hong Kong
Premiere BH female version: 10 November 2018, Cleveland, OH
TULIPS AND LOBSTER
Created for Kansas City Ballet, and commissioned by New Dance Partners
Music: Purcell, Albinoni, Locatelli, Lambert, Vivaldi
Costumes: Susan Roemer
Lights: Burke Brown
Length: 22 min
Premiere: 21 September 2018, Carlsen Center at Johnson Community College, Kansas, USA
SYMBIOTIC TWIN
Created for Ashley Bouder and Taylor Stanley from the Ashley Bouder Project
Music: Kate Moore
Perfomed by Ashley Bathgate
Paintings/prints: Kathleen Werner
Costume designer: Marc Happel
Length: 7,5min
Premiere: 2 July 2018, Joyce Theater, NYC, USA
SCARLET CIRCLES
Created for a cast of 21 dancers of the Jacob's Pillow Summer intensive course
Music: Hauschka
Costumes & light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 8min
Premiere: 16 June 2018, Ted Shawn Theater, Jacobs' Pillow, USA
VENDETTA, STORIE DI MAFIA
Two-act ballet created for a cast of 38 dancers of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Music: miscellaneous
Dramaturgy & Projections: Titus Tiel Groenestege
Costumes: Danielle Truss
Set design: Olivier Landreville
Prop master: Normand Blais
Light design: Marc Parent
Length: 1 hour 50 min
Premiere: 24 May 2018, Theatre Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada
GUERNICA
Created for a cast of 16 dancers of San Francisco Ballet
Music: Raime, Banabila, Jean-Chares Alkan
Costumes: Mark Zappone
Light design: Mark…..
Length: 22 min
Premiere: 24 April 2018, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA
CHROMATIC COLLOQUY
Created for 2 male dancers of the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Music: Hauschka
Costumes: Ben Voorhaar
Length: 7min
Premiere: 16 April 2018, Zurich, Switzerland
LAST RESISTANCE
Created for a cast of 32 dancers of Dutch National Ballet
Music: Wende Snijders
Costumes: Tatyana Van Walsum
Light design: Jantje Geldof
Length: 30min
Premiere: 24 March 2018, Dutch Opera House, Amsterdam, NL
CHOREOGRAPHY 2017
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Originally created for the Scottish Ballet in 2012.
The piece is revived for the first time by the Estonian National Ballet.
Direction & Dramaturgy: Nancy Meckler
Music: Peter Salem
Costumes & set: Niki Turner
Light design: Tim Mitchell
Lengths: 2 hours
Premiere: 4 November 2017, Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, Estonia
REQUIEM FOR A ROSE
Originally created for the Pennsylvania Ballet in 2009, the piece was revisited for Smuin Ballet.
Music: Franz Schubert
Soundscape; Almar Kok
Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Lights: Tony Tucci
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 23 September, Lesher Center, Walnut Creek, CA
SHIBUYA BLUES
Created for a cast of 15 dancers of Tulsa Ballet, USA
Music: Michel Banabila, Radboud Mens, Manuel Wandji, Rene Aubry
Costumes: Danielle Truss
Light design: Les Dickert
Length: 19 min
Premiere: 15 September 2017, Studio K, Tulsa, OK
EMBOUTEILLÉ
Solo created for a student of the Juilliard School, USA
Music: Matthias Schriefl
Length: 4'30min
Premiere: May 2017, Juilliard Theater, NYC
ECDYSIS
Created for a cast of 13 dancers of Ballet of Flanders, Belgium
Music: Henryk Gorecki
Costumes & Set: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Stefan Dijkman
Length: 26 min
Premiere: 13 May 2017, Vlaamse Opera Gent, Belgium
EROS REDUX
Re-created for a cast of 12 dancers of the Cincinnati Ballet
Music: Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Costumes & set: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Stefan Dijkman re-worked by Trad A. Burns
Length: 26min
Premiere: 20 April 2017, Jarson Kaplan Theater, Cincinnati. OH
RED RIDING HOOD
Created for a cast of 8 dancers of Ballet Black, UK
Music: Hugues Le Bars, Armand Amar, Armando Trovaioli, Ernest Irving & The Philarmonia Orchestra, Jean Marc Zelwer, Rene Aubry, Jo Yeong-Wook, Maria Kalaniemi
Costumes: Yann Seabra
Light design: David Platter
Length: 36 min
Premiere: 2 March 2017, Barbican Theater, London, UK
IN TRANSIT
Originally created for CND Madrid in 2012, revised for the West Australian Ballet for a cast of 17 dancers
Music: Scanner, Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds, Fennesz, The Durutti Column
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 30 min
Premiere: 3 February 2017 , Quarry Amphitheater, Perth, Australia
CHOREOGRAPHY 2016
LINEA RECTA
Created for a cast of 8 dancers of Ballet Hispanico, NYC
Music: Eric Vaarzon Morel
Costumes: Danielle Truss
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 17 min
Premiere: 18 November 2016 , Apollo Theater, NYC
OSCURIO
Created for a cast of 16 dancers of Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Music: Raime, Michael Gordon
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 20 min
Premiere: 28 October 2016, Gran Teatro Alica Alonso de La Habana, Cuba
UNFRAMED
Created for a cast of 18 dancers of the NYCB
Music: Boccherini, Vasks, Elgar, Vivaldi
Costumes: Rosie Assoulin
Set design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Mark Stanley
Length: 24 min
Premiere: 20 September 2016, Koch Theater, NYC
BONZI
Created for a cast of 10 dancers of BalletX
Music: Michel Banabila, Eric Vloeimans, Drums & Tuba, Nils Frahm
Costumes: Danielle Truss
Set design: Annabelle Loepz Ochoa
Video projections: Klip Collective
Light Design: Drew Billiau
Length: 44 min
Premiere: July 6 2016, Wilma Theater, Philadelphia
DELICIOUS PESTICIDES
Created for a cast of 7 dancers of Whim W'Him
Music: Dylan Gutierrez, Dusty Springfield, T-Rex and Marc Bolan, NXS, Mark Orton, Dick Dale & his Del-tones
Costume design: Mark Zappone
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 23 min
Premiere: 2 June 2016, Cornish Playhouse , Seattle, USA
BROKEN WINGS
Created for a cast of 26 dancers of English National Ballet
Music: Peter Salem
Set/costume design: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Vinny Jones
Dramaturgy: Nancy Meckler
Length: 45 min
Premiere: April 13, 2016 at Sadlers Wells, London, UK
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
Created for 29 dancers of Grand Rapids Ballet
Music: Beethoven, Bach, Telemann, Haydn, Boccherini, Ligeti, Kok, Bovenberg
Costume design: Danielle Truss
Set design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 1 hour 15 min
Premiere: February 12, 2016 at the Peter Martin Wege Theater, Grand Rapids
HETERODOXO
Created for 16 dancers of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba
Costume Design: Vladimir Cuenca
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 26 min
Premiere: January 21 2016 at Teatro Garcia Lorca de la Habana, Cuba
CHOREOGRAPHY 2015
MAMMATUS
Created for 18 dancers of the Joffrey Ballet
Music: Michael Gordon
Set Design: Dieuweke van Reij
Costume design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Alexander V. Nichols
Length: 21 minutes
Premiere: September 16 2015, at the Auditorium Theater Chicago, IL
ISLANDS OF MEMORIES
Created for 7 dancers of Daniil Simkin Intensio Project
Music: Vivaldi's Four seasons recomposed by Max Richter
Video: Dmitrij Simkin
Set design: Dmitrij Simkin
Costume design: Norma Kamali
Light design: Nicole Pearce
Length: 31 minutes
Premiere: July 23 2015 at Jacob's Pillow, MA
MINUTE MADE
Created for 16 dancers of Ballett am Gartnerplatz Munchen (Germany)
Music: Egyptian project, Ragin Derek Lee, Armand Amar, Gangsta Rap Instrumental
Costume & light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 27 minutes
Premiere: 4 July 2015, Reaktorhalle Munchen, Germany
OPENING OF THE 9TH FESTIVAL DE BALLET DE CALI
Created for 82 dancers of Incolballet de Colombia company & school
Music: Beethoven
Costume design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 18 minutes
Premiere: 7 June 2015, Plaza de Toros, Cali, Colombia
RITO LITORAL
Created for 14 dancers of Incolballet de Colombia
Music: Simeon Ten Holt, Canto Ostinato
Costume design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light Design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 27 minutes
Premiere: 8 June 2015, Teatro Municipal de Cali, Colombia
EROS REDUX
Created for 10 dancers of Ballet Moscow, based on excerpts of the ballet “Since” originally created in 2007 for the Dutch National Ballet
Music: Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Stefan Dijkman
Length: 26 minutes
Premiere: 27 March 2015, Zil Cultural Center, Moscow, Russia
BLOOM
Created for 24 dancers of Ballet Manila
Music: Philip Glass Violin' Concerto
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 24 min
Premiere 28 of February 2015, Aliw Theater, Pasay City, Philippines
ZIP ZAP ZOOM
Originally created for 9 dancers of BJM-Danse Montreal in 2009,
revisited for 18 dancers of West-Australian Ballet.
Video graphics: Javier Velazquez
Costumes: Yso
Music: Bart Rijnink, Michel Banabila, Juliette Greco, Mikis Theodorakis, Manuel Wandji
Length: 25 minutes
REVERSIBLE
Created for 17 dancers of Danza Contemporanea de Cuba
Costumes: Vladimir Cuenca
Light design: Fernando Alonso
Length: 26 min
Premiere: 9 January 2015, Teatro Mella, La Habana, Cuba
CHOREOGRAPHY 2014
PLUMA
Created for 11 dancers of Ballet Nacional Chileno
Music: Aphex Twin, Rene Aubry, Stephan Schrader, Felix Elsner, Alexander Lasarenko, Philip Glass
Costumes: Carolina Vergara
Light design: Eric Paboeuf
Length: 32 min
Premiere: 4 December 2014, at CEAC Santiago de Chile
DE SADE AFFAIR
Created for 2 dancers of House of Makers Amsterdam, NL
Music: Michael Gordon
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in collaboration with Dieuweke van Reij
Length: 9 minutes
Premiere: 4 August 2014, Riom, Switzerland
LES BICHES
Created for 4 female dancers of Whim Whim
Music: Aphex Twin, Lisa Gerrard, Tchaikovsky
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Mark Zappone
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Michael Mazzola
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 15 May 2014, at the Erickson Theater, Seattle
WRITTEN & FORGOTTEN
Created for 10 dancers of Grand Rapids Ballet
Music: Aris Dimitriadis, Rene Aubry, Lisa Gerrard, Manuel Wandji, Madeleine Peyroux
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in collaboration with Melissa Leitch
Light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 27 April 2014, at the Martin Wege Theater Grand Rapids
CELESTE
Created for a cast of 3 soloist pairs and a corps of 10 men of
Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Music: P.I. Tchaikowski
Costumes: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 24 minutes
Premiere: 7 March 2014, at Teatro Nacional in La Havana, Cuba
PRISM
Created for 10 dancers of the Washington Ballet
Music: Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Clifton Taylor
Length: 26 minutes
Premiere: 29 January 2014 at the Harman Center in Washington DC
CHOREOGRAPHY 2013
SYMBIOSIS
Created for a cast of 8 dancers of Ballet Nacional Dominicano
Music: Frederic Chopin, J.S. Bach
Costumes/light design: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 17 minutes
Premiere: 15 November 2013, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Santo Domingo, DR
SOMBRERISIMO
Created for a cast of 6 men of Ballet Hispanico
Commissioned by Fall for Dance Festival
Music: Banda Ionica, Titi Robin
Costumes: Diana Ruettinger & Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Light design: Joshua Preston
Length: 14 minutes
Premiere: 30 September 2013, Fall for Dance, NY City Center, NYC.
EL BICHO ROJO
Men quartet created for the Ballet Nacional Dominicano
Music; J.S Bach
Light & costumes; Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 7 min
Premiere: 3 June 2013, Cali, Colombia
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
One-act Ballet of 57 minutes for 14 dancers.
An adaptation of the epistolary roman of Choderlos de Laclos.
Music: Boccherini, Beethoven, Ligeti, Telemann, Mozart, Haydn
Trance music: Almar Kok and Clara Bovenberg
Costumes and set design: Dieuweke van Reij
Light design: Kai Luczak
Length: 57 min
Premiere: 6 April 2013 at the Stadtheater Augsburg, Germany
CRAVE
Created for a cast of 5 dancers of Whim W'him
Music: Olafur Arnalds, Max Richter, Scanner
Additional soundscape: Wim Welles
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Length: 25 min
Premiere: 18 January 2013, Intiman Theater Seattle (USA)
CHOREOGRAPHY 2012
IN<FUSION>IN - extended version- Ergime
Revisited for 14 dancers of MDT Istanbul (Turkey)
Music: J.S. Bach
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 31 minutes
Premiere: 19 December 2012, Fulya Stage Istanbul (Turkey)
QI
Created for ABT soloist Daniil Simkin
Music: Olafur Arnalds
Interactive video images: Dmitrij Simkin
Premiere: November 2012, Tokyo (Japan)
AGUA VIVA
Created for 14 dancers of the Ballet Nacional Dominicano
Music: Domingo Cura, Jean-Philippe Goude, Rachmaninov, Max Richter, Rashomon, Veljo Tormis, Steve Reich
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in collaboration with Bienvenido Miranda
Length: 27 min
Premiere: 11 October 2012, at Palacio de Bellas Artes. (Dominican Republic)
A DEUX
Created for Michele Jimenez and Luis Torres Ortiz
Music: Olafur Arnalds
Costume & lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Premiere: 11 October 2012, at Palacio de Bellas Artes. (Dominican Republic)
SUEÑO DE MÁRMOL
Created for 11 dancers of the Washington Ballet (USA)
Music: Gustavo Santaolalla, Maria Dolores Pradera, Chavela Vargas, Eric
Vaarzon Morel
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Light design: Michael Mazzola
Premiere: 10 May 2012, Kennedy Center Washington
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (full-length ballet)
Created in collaboration with theater director Nancy Meckler for the Scottish Ballet
Music: Pater Salem
Costumes/set: Niki Turner
Light design: Tim Mitchell
Premiere: 11 April 2012, Theatre Royal Glasgow (UK)
CYLINDRICAL SHADOWS - extended version
Created for 9 dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle (USA)
Music: J.S. Bach, Allesandro Marcello, Henry Purcell and an original score
by David van Bouwel
Costumes: Christine Joly de Lotbinière
Lights: Michael Mazzola
Length: 26 minutes
Premiere: 17 March 2012 at McCaw Hall Seattle (USA)
IN<FUSION>IN - extended version
Created for 14 students H2 of the Palucca Schule Dresden
Music: J.S. Bach
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 30 minutes
Premiere: 17 February 2012, Kleines Theaterhaus Dresden (Germany)
IN TRANSIT
Created for 17 dancers of the Compania Nacional de Danza, Madrid.
Music: Scanner, Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds, Fennesz, The Durutti Column
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Light/set design: Jantje Geldof
Length: 32 minutes
Premiere: 27 January 2012, Santander (Spain)
CHOREOGRAPHY 2011
CASTRATI
Created for 7 dancers of BalletX (USA)
Music: Original score by David van Bouwel, Handel, Porpora
Costumes: Aviad Arik Herman
Lights: Drew Billiau
Length: 22 minutes
Premiere: 20 July 2011 at the Wilma Theater Philadelphia
BARE
Duet created for BalletX (USA)
Music: Gustavo Santaolalla
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lights: Drew Billiau
Length: 7 minutes
Premiere: 20 July 2011 at the Wilma Theater Philadelphia
MEMORIAS DEL DORADO
Created for 18 dancers of Incolballet (Colombia)
Music: M. Richter, A. Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, M. Banabila
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lights: Hernando Claros
Length: 32 minutes
Premiere: 9 June 2011 at Teatro Municipal de Cali
CYLINDRICAL SHADOWS
Created for 6 dancers of Whim Whim, Seattle (USA)
Music: J.S. Bach, Allesandro Marcello, Henry Purcell and an original score
by David van Bouwel
Costumes: Christine Joly de Lotbinière
Lights: Michael Mazzola
Length: 24 minutes
Premiere: 14 January 2011 at Intiman Theater Seattle
CHOREOGRAPHY 2010
MAD'MOISELLE
Created for 11 dancers of Ballet Hispanico (USA)
Music: Leonard Bernstein, Maria Dolores Pradera, Chavela Vargas,
El poder de NYC, Charles Gounod (Henry Torgue, Mercedes Sosa)
Soundscape: Bart Rijnink
Costumes conception: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Costume construction: Diana Ruettinger
Lights: M.L. Geiger
Length: 29 minutes
Premiere: 31 November 2010 at the Joyce Theater New York
LACRIMOSA
Created for 15 dancers of the Chemnitzer Ballet (Germany)
Music: Stabat Mater by G.B. Pergolesi
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lights: Stefan Dijkman
Length: 42 minutes
Premiere: June 4 2010 at the Opernhaus Chemnitz,
L'EFFLEURÉ
Created for Rubinald Pronk
Costumes/Lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Length: 6 minutes
Premiere: March 27 2010, YAPG gala at the NYC City Center,
CHOREOGRAPHY 2009
ZIP ZAP ZOOM
Created for 9 dancers of BJM-Danse Montreal (Canada)
Video graphics: Javier Velazquez
Costumes: Yso
Music: Bart Rijnink, Michel Banabila, Juliette Greco, Mikis Theodorakis, Thomas Hellman
Length: 28 minutes
Premiere: October 15 2009, Mandeville Auditorium in San Diego,
IN:VERSES
Created for 10 dancers of Le Ballet National de Marseille (France)
Music: David van Bouwel
Lights: Stefan Dijkman
Length: 27 minutes
Premiere: 28 May 2009 in Marseille, France
NUBE BLANCO
Created for 12 dancers of Luna Negra Dance Theater Chicago (USA)
Music: Maria Dolores Pradera
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 19 minutes
Premiere: 28 March 2009 at the Harris Theater, Chicago
REQUIEM FOR A ROSE
Created for 13 dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet (USA)
Music: Franz Schubert
Soundscape; Bart Rijnink
Costumes: Tatyana van Walsum
Lights: John Hoey
Length: 18 minutes
Premiere: 11 February 2009 at the Merriam Theater, Philadelphia
CHOREOGRAPHY 2008
IN<FUSION>IN (extended version)
Created for 16 dancers of Ankara Modern Dance Theater (Turkey)
Music: J.S. Bach
Costumes/Lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 27 November 2008 at the Ankara Opera
SATIE
Created for 9 dancers of Ankara Modern Dance Theater (Turkey)
Music: Erik Satie
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lenght: 30 minutes
Premiere: 27 November 2008 at the Ankara Opera
LOCKED UP LAURA
Created for Celine Cassone and James Gregg (BJM-Danse
Montreal, Canada)
Music: Bart Rijnink
Costumes: Yso
Length: 9 minutes
Premiere: 15 October 2009 at Mandeville Auditorium San Diego
STILL@LIFE
Created for 9 dancers of BalletX (USA)
Music: J.S. Bach, von Wassenaer
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lights: Drew Billiau
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: 25 July 2008 at the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia
IN<FUSION>IN
Created for 18 students of the Palucca Schule Dresden (Germany)
Music: J.S. Bach
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lengths; 14 minutes
Premiere: 9 June 2008 at the Stadstheater Dresden
ONE
Created for independent artist Drew Jacoby and Rubinald Pronk (USA/NL)
Music: Jacob ter Veldhuis
Length: 7 minutes
Premiere: April 2008, Houston Dance Salad Festival
CHOREOGRAPHY 2007
MINIATURE
Created for 4 dancers of The New York City Ballet for the Choreographic Institute.
Music: Arvo Pärt
Length: 8 minutes
Premiere: 12 October 2007, at the Rose Building in New York (USA)
REMINISCENCE
Created for 14 dancers of the Gothenburg Ballet (Sweden)
Music: Magnus Rosen
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lights: Jantje Geldof
Length: 28 minutes
Premiere: 8 September 2007 at the Gothenburg Opera
SINCE
Created for 8 dancers of the Dutch National Ballet (NL)
Music: Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Costumes/set design: Tatyana van Walsum
Lights: Stefan Dijkman
Premiere: 20 March 2007 at the Muziektheater Amsterdam
PADAM
Created for the Movement Network Amsterdam (NL)
Music: Mistinguett, Greco, Piaf
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 10 minutes
Premiere: 8 March 2007 at the Mozaiek Theater Amsterdam
CHOREOGRAPHY 2006
RETURNING POINTS
Created for 4 dancers of the Dutch National Ballet (NL)
Music: Arvo Pärt
Lights: Jantje Geldof
Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 10 minutes
Premiere: June 2006 at the Muziektheater Amsterdam
LACRIMOSA
Created for 16 dancers of The Royal Ballet of Flanders
Music: G.B. Pergolesi
Lights/Costumes: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 16 minutes
Premiere: April 2006 at Theater 't Eilandje in Antwerp
LA PLUIE
Duet created for Céline Cassone and Bruno Roy
Music: Hildegard von Bingen, J.S. Bach
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
CHOREOGRAPHY 2005
BLACK RAIN
Created for 20 dancers of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland)
Music: Peter Gabriel, Michiel Jansen
Costumes: Aziz Bekkaoui
Video design: Uri Love
Lights: Uri Rapaport
Length: 38 minutes
Premiere: April 2005, Geneva
METAMORPHOSIS
Created for students of the National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam
Music: Eve Ensler,
Costumes: Jose Drabbe
Premiere: June 2005 at the AHK school, Amsterdam
MOURNING DOVE
Solo created for a gala in Sendai (Japan)
Music: film music
SEPTEMBER
a Danswerkplaats Amsterdam production (NL)
Music: Michel Banabila, Brel
Costumes: Jose Drabbe
Video: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Lights: Stefan Dijkman
Premiere: October 2005 at the Holland Dance Festival
CHOREOGRAPHY 2004
NOCTURNE
Created for 8 dancers of the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam (NL)
Music: Frederic Chopin
Costumes; Jose Drabbe
Lights: Stefan Dijkman
Length: 20 minutes
Premiere: April 2004 at the Stadsschouwburg Rotterdam
LOGO
Research project at Danswerkplaats Amsterdam in collaboration
with singer-songwriter Wende Snijders
Text: Jurre Bussemaker
Lights/advice: Christiaan Mooi
CHOREOGRAPHY 2003
ZIP ZAP ZOEF
Created for 4 dancers of the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam /Twools 5
Music: MC Solaar
Video graphics: Javier Velazquez
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 10 minutes
Premiere: June 2003 at the Stadsschouwburg Rotterdam
SOLITAIRE
Created 9 dancers of the Dutch National Ballet.
Music: Michel van der Aa
Costumes: Yumiko Takeshima
Lights: Stefan Dijkman
Premiere: September 2003 at Lucent Danstheater Den Haag
CHOREOGRAPHY 2002
BEFORE AFTER
Created for the Dutch National Ballet
Music: Marc van Roon
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 7 minutes
Premiere: June 2002 at the Opera Studio Amsterdam
NOCTURNE (the black version)
Created for 4 dancers of the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
Music: Frederic Chopin
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 10 minutes
Premiere: June 2002 in Rotterdam
TOGETHER ALONE
Duet created at DWA-productions
Music: Yann Thiersen, Elvis Presley
Set/costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Length: 30 minutes
Premiere: March 2002, at DWA Studios in Amsterdam
→ IN:SIGNS//
Revised longer version for students of the Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet van Antwerpen
Music: Michiel Jansen, Marc van Roon
Costumes/lights: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Premiere: May 2002, at Theater 't Eilandje Antwerp (BE)
CHOREOGRAPHY 2001
GRAFFITI
Duet created for the Twools program of the Scapino Ballet.
Music: Janssen
Length: 10min
Premiere: June 2001, Rotterdam, NL