Alonzo King: Making of "Scheherazade" with Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Dance Documentary (2012)

Excerpt from the documentary "Alonzo King: Poet of Dance" on the acclaimed US-American choreographer. Featuring interviews with King, members of his company Alonzo King LINES Ballet (Kara Wilkes, Caroline Rocher, Zack Tang, and Victor M. Arellano) as well as TV director Andreas Morell.
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The choreographer Alonzo King, acclaimed as “one of the few, true Ballet Masters of our times” by world-famous William Forsythe, works with his company The Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. Before founding LINES Ballet in 1982, King had worked for companies around the world, including the Frankfurt Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, the Washington Ballet, and the Hong Kong Ballet. With its global perspective on dance, the LINES Ballet attracts worldwide attention combining modern dance and classical ballet. Alonzo King gives his dancers the chance to get involved in the creative process of the choreography. Critics often comment on the “new language” or “re-invention of form” arising in King‘s choreographies.
Performance
"Sheherazade"
Choreography by Alonzo King
Music by Zakir Hussain after Rimsky-Korsakov
Cast
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Dancers:
David Harvey
Courtney Henry
Laurel Keen
Yujin Kim
Victor M. Arellano
Michael Montgomery
Caroline Rocher
Zack Tang
Meredith Webster
Keelan Whitmore
Kara Wilkes
Ricardo Zayas
Artistic Director: Alonzo King
Creative Director: Robert Rosenwasser
Executive Director: Janette Gitler
Lighting: Axel Morgenthaler
Stage Design: Robert Rosenwasser & Chirstopher Haas
Costumes: Colleen Quen
Documentary
A Film by Marita Stocker
A production of Monarda Arts
© 2012, Monarda Arts