Company Repertoire
Hollow Apple (2024)
This evening-length work is inspired by the endless desire to be liked, and loved by strangers, only to reveal our fears of unworthiness. Choreographed by Artistic Director, Roni Koresh, with original composition by Sage DeAgro-Ruopp and poetry by Karl Mullen.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Original Music: Sage DeAgro-Ruopp
Poetry: Karl Mullen
Lighting Design: Alyssandra Docherty
Masquerade (2023)
Masquerade is an intra-active contemporary operatic dance performance performed by the Koresh Dance Company and choreographed by Roni Koresh with original music composed and sung live by American soprano and composer Sage DeAgro-Ruopp.
Masquerade is a collaborative and theatrical work elevated by the element of live singing and dance. Audience members will be immersed in an unpredictable environment of new, electronic symphonic music and movement, encapsulating the liminal space of reality folding in on itself. The line between reality and fiction no longer exists. Truth belongs to the imagination of the beholder.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Musis: Sage Deagro-Ruopp
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Muse (2022)
Koresh Dance Company’s Artistic Director, Roni Koresh presents his latest completed work that explores what drives an artist to create. Set to original scores by John Levis and Sage Deagro-Ruopp, Muse is inspired by those amazing individuals that possess the ability to inspire a creator to find aspects of themselves that would otherwise would go unexpressed. This evening-length is a love letter manifested in a physical, divine projection; a symbol of endless desire for the wholeness in the artist. The work magnifies the interdependence of this relationship, where both, muse and artist, are trapped in this frenetic dance that is as turbulent as it is exciting.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: John Levis and Sage Deagro-Ruopp
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Tikavh (2021) - 30th Anniversary
TikVAH, created in a time of pandemic, examines the themes of perseverance and innovation. TikVAH taken from “Petah Tikvah”, the city in Israel where Roni Koresh was born, means “opening for hope" in Hebrew. The work presents new ideas in deriving movement and inspiration for choreography as the company enters its 4th decade of creating new work. The concept is simple – after 30 years can each dancer continue to grow and feed the company’s aesthetic, while honoring past influences? The goal - to create a work that includes a diversity of movement, craft and inspiration.
With this in mind, Mr. Koresh invited esteemed dance artists Yin Yue, Artistic Director of YY Dance Company and Raphael Xavier, Philadelphia-based choreographer and alumnus of Rennie Harris Puremovement, to the artistic process through a series of workshops and discussions. This collaboration sparked the creation of TikVAH. Koresh also brings back beloved works from the first 30 years. A reminder of the where the company started and its journey to develop the “Koresh Style”. Roni infuses the clarity of the past with the uncertainty of the future emerging from pandemic and shaping the next 30 years (and beyond!). A constant alliance of the inherent need to foster the new Good Old Days! The creation of TikVAH has been made possible by the generosity of the Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
Choreography: Roen Koresh
Music: John Levis
Voice: Karl Mullen
Lighting: Peter Jakubowksi
Light at the End of the Tunnel (2020)
The Light at the End of the Tunnel examines the themes of perseverance and innovation. Mr. Koresh explores the path of the dance artist as they emerge from this time of social isolation and adapt to, (a currently undefined), ‘new normal’. Poet Karl Mullen’s captivating voice sets the rhythm and the temperament of the work; “Adrift in the vast multiverse we cling to hope. The Light at the End of the Tunnel”.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: John Levis
Poetry & Spoken Word: Karl Mullen
THE MUSE (2020)
Roni Koresh explores 30 years of insights, influences, and inspirations of what drives an artist to create. Set to original scores by John Levis, The Muse is a love letter to the amazing individuals that possess the ability to inspire a creator to find aspects of themselves that would otherwise would go unexpressed.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Music: John Levis
Poetry & Spoken Word: Karl Mullen
HERE AND NOW (2019)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Music: John Levis
LA DANSE (2019)
A new dance production inspired by Matisse’s famous painting “La Danse”. This production combines tender, joyful, passionate and humorous interpretation of Matisse’s three permutations of the painting starting with “Le bonheur de vivre” followed by the two versions of “La Danse”; the work will be danced to an original musical composition by John Levis and poetry by Karl Mullen.
This work has been funded by the Del E. Webb Center, Made in Wickenburg Artist Residency Program.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Poet & Spoken Word: Karl Mullen
Original Composition: John Levis
INNER SUN (2018)
Inner Sun explores the parallel between the earth’s inner sun and that of the human body, the human spirit. The work further develops with multi-disciplinary artist Karl Mullen, whose spoken word provides a pulse to the movement of the dancers. No matter who we are, where we live, or our belief system, all of us have a heart that beats in our bodies and a human spirit that drives our journeys. This work celebrates the human body and spirit and the perfection of its design…it will make your soul soar! “It inspires awe, sometimes beyond the capacity of words to describe.” (The Dance Journal)
*This work has been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Costumes: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Poetry & Voiceover: Karl Mullen
Original Composition: John Levis
SENSE OF HUMAN (2009, restaged 2017)
Sense of Human, depicts life in its purest, rawest, most guttural state. We walk through life wearing carefully chosen facades that disguise, redirect, and hide the basic yearnings by which we exist. What are we hiding? Are we really concealing anything? Can others see right through us? Can others know us better than we know ourselves? This work delves beneath our desired self images to discover our true sense of humanity.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: Greg Smith, Edith Piaf
Poetry & Spoken Word: Karl Mullen
25 year Anniversary: New Philosophy & 23 (2016)
Koresh Dance Company’s 25th Anniversary program emphasizes the collaborations that have long structured Artistic Director, Roni Koresh’s repertory of over 60 works, as it introduces “23: Deconstructing Mozart,” a new collaboration with multimedia artist, author, and composer Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky—the first artist in residence at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art—and co-produced by Stephen Levitin, a.k.a. Apple Juice Kid. An exploration of solitude and community set against the formal act of counting and numbering, the new work interrupts, disarticulates, and reconstructs Mozart’s classical Piano Concerto no. 23 with the beats, breaks, stops and starts of the present.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Composer: Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
Co-Produced: Stephen Levitin aka Apple Juice Kid
AFTERSHOCK (2015)
Culture shock in hindsight, Aftershock is Artistic Director Ronen Koresh’s reflection on his emigration from Israel to the United States in the 1980s, and its impact on his artistic development and identity. “Israel is a huge part of my life,” Koresh told the St. Louis Jewish Light earlier this year. “It’s what defines me as a person—the culture, the tension, the love of life, the passion, the heat, the music and food, the complexity of racial and cultural integration. But my work is Middle Eastern culture coupled with American experience,” he adds. “Culture shock shakes your core. Then you live, you create, shaken up.”
Through the powerful athleticism and lyrical lines of the synchronized Koresh Company dancers, Aftershock illustrates the dangers and difficulties of building artistic integrity in a new place—the reverberation of hostile receptions, the challenge of gaining acceptance, and the risk of losing oneself to the expectations of a new environment.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
PROMISES I NEVER MEANT TO KEEP (2014)
Promises, Roni Koresh says, engages this signature style while furthering his mission “to portray our lives with clarity, to distill a thought” through dance. Early in the rehearsal process, he and the dancers pin down the movement vocabulary that will express the discovery of responsibility in Promises. “How many letters are there in the English language?” Koresh asks. “You use no more steps than that.” He also draws on eclectic musical inspiration, setting movement to pieces by Italian Baroque composer Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, German pianist Nils Frahm, American saxophonist John Zorn, and Norwegian electronic composer Biosphere (Geir Jenssen).
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
TRUST (2012)
Trust is an evening-length piece in which Roni examines trust as the foundation for all types of relationships. Stemming from Roni’s personal experiences, this piece explores issues he deals with in his everyday life, both in and out of the dance studio. As an artist, trust is essential to the creative process and it is the glue that holds his company together. If there is no trust, there is nothing.
The piece is set to a variety of music ranging from classical to world. The range of compositions, and the juxtaposition of modern dance to classical music, showcase Roni’s ability to work with different scores. Trust is also a choreographic investigation for Roni as a very specific movement vocabulary is carried throughout the piece and influences the character of each section.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Music: Mercan Dede, Marylene Dosse, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Jacaszek, Rene Aubry, Two Fingers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Les Tambours du Bronx
OUT/LINE, BOLERO, and HEART (2012)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Bolero
The evening’s highlight will be Bolero, Roni’s interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s most renowned musical composition. Roni is not the first artist to work with Bolero as he joins a long list of esteemed choreographers who have tackled this challenging piece of music. Roni’s choreography reflects the repetitive and insistent quality of the music. The dancers never stop as movement is continuously layered, creating energy that intensifies to the piece’s final climax.
Costumes: Bela Shehu
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Maurice Ravel
Out/line
In Out/line, Roni explores the inherent value of living as a community. The piece analyzes how our choices either make us stronger or tear us apart when the world seems to be caving in. If we stubbornly put our own wants first and fail to recognize the need we have for society, integrity and compassion is lost. Set to original music by local composer Jonathan Bowles, the industrial score is a driving force behind Roni’s raw and uncut choreography.
Costumes: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Original Score - Jonathan Bowles
The Heart
In The Heart, Roni takes his inspiration from a poem by Karl Mullen: “The stars, they know us all by name, they know where we live . . . and one day, they’ll come for a visit.” Roni and Karl have collaborated on several occasions in the past and enjoy sharing in the creative process. The piece is uplifting, humorous and even magical at times, a departure from the rest of the program.
Costumes: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Hugues Le Bars
THROUGH THE SKIN (2011)
“I believe that we live in a culture that values human intellect over our natural gifts of intuition and instinct. Surely, there are times when analysis will lead us to the right place- but not always and perhaps not as often as we think. There are critical experiences that escape the mind’s ability to intellectually comprehend because they enter us directly through our skin. These are the experiences that we process intuitively and instinctively and we reach our truth by landing on it rather than by way of the mind’s logical route.
I have, in this performance, created choreography with the desire that my expression not be addressed by your mind but instead engage you on a more visceral level by reaching you directly through the skin. My dancers’ movements were not designed to be understood intellectually, but instead were designed to speak to the spiritual logic within each of us and in that way allow you to achieve an emotional understanding.” - Artistic Director, Roni Koresh.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Costumes: Ronen Koresh & Derwin Cooper
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Terry Riley, Karl Mullen, Hugues Le Bars, Andres Linetzky & Ernesto Romeo, Tony Murena, Greg Smith, Leo Abrahams, Le Trio Joubran, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amon Tobin, Michael Jacaszek
20th Anniversary Program (2011)
Roni’s commitment to Philadelphia is significant and has coalesced in a moment of reflection on what has brought the company to where they are, and what has inspired their growth and direction. The 20th Anniversary program includes excerpts from the following pieces:
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Facing the Sun (1992), Carousel (1992), Standing in Tears (2005), Looking Back: The Music of the 40s and 50s (2006), Hidden Drives (2007), ev•o•lu•tion (2009), Sense of Human (2010) and Through the Skin (2011).
Looking Back: The Music of the 40s & 50s (2011)
Looking Back: The Music of the 40s & 50s was originally commissioned by Dance Celebration, a co-presentation of Dance Affiliates and Penn Presents in Philadelphia. The original twenty minute work premiered in April of 2006 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA as part of From Lindy to Hip Hop: The Music That Made US Dance. Roni greatly enjoyed creating this work and audiences adored it, so Roni decided to expand the work into a full evening work. Looking Back uses music from a variety of American artists including Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington. Roni’s choreography manages to put a contemporary spin on the music we grew up on through a series of solos, duets, trios and quartets.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Dinah Washington, Three Sons, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra
Swimmer / The Last Vaudevillian (2011)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Number of Dancers: 1
Length: 3min
Somewhere in Between (2010)
If you could go back in time, what would you change? Would you change anything or would you do it the same all over again? In Somewhere in Between, Roni challenges both the viewers and himself with these questions. It is a reflection on the past, a pause to recognize and remember forgotten dreams, while still looking towards the future. It is only in acknowledging your strengths and weaknesses that you can move on with renewed and clearer vision. This piece is inspired by the words of Karl Mullen as Roni breathes new life into his work and discovers how the past has shaped his present.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Costumes: Ronen Koresh, Hiroshi Iwasaki
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Mychael Danna, Hamza El Din, Amon Tobin, Mary Ellen Childs, Hugues Le Bars, Mozart: Ingrid Haebler, Mozart: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Astor Piazzolla, Karl Mullen, Michal Jacaszek
Benchtime Stories (2010)
In Benchtime Stories, Roni uses a simple wooden park bench as his voice. This lonely bench will witness the unraveling relationships between people from all walks of life, some dramatic, some humorous and some abstract. The creation of Benchtime Stories was supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
ev.o.lu.tion (2008)
Artistic Director Ronen (Roni) Koresh describes ev. o. lu. tion as an exploration of expressive drives. “Language and art have remained essential to human nature throughout the ages,” he writes in an artist’s statement. “The need for human expression is as universal as the need for replenishing ourselves through procreation. Expression is fundamental to the reasons for our existence, and to understand that expression in its purest form is to understand ourselves.” Gritty and rhythmic, the evening-length piece explores dance as the visceral impulse that endures under the skin of refined language, and asks how far verbal communication can get from its messy roots. “Language allows us to be liars,” Koresh told the Philadelphia Inquirer in a 2009 interview. Broken into the syllables of its dictionary definition, ev.o. lu. tion aims to dig beneath those lies to get at the “primordial glue that sticks people together.”
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting Design: Robb Andersen
Costume Design: Brittany Ann Cormack
Music: Ekho, Zoe Keating, Fariborz Lachini, Pete Namlook, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Franz Peter Schubert, Greg Smith, John Vosbikian, Reid Willis
ONE OF TWENTY (2008)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Scenic Design: Karl Mullen
Music: Karl Mullen
19 MINUTES DIFFERENCE (2008)
19 minutes difference is a choreographic analysis of 5 peoples’ different perceptions of an accident. Perceptions, where sensations and accounts can vary surprisingly from one victim or witness to the next, or in an instant be suddenly united. The idea of 19 minutes difference is to create a forensic choreography; a kind of crime/accident scene investigation in dance.
Choreography: Paul Selwyn Norton
THEATER OF PUBLIC SECRETS (2008)
Through a series of short stories, Theater of Public Secrets exposes private lives - some dramatic and painful- some comical. All in all – the work reveals life displayed in all its complexities and beauty.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Costumes: Rufus Cottman, Derwin Cooper, Brian Strachan, Brittany Ann Cormack
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Astor Piazzolla, Reid Willis, Erik Satie, Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin, Fariborz Lachini, Seth Farber, John Vosbikian, Frederic Chopin, Karl Mullen, Nich Kendall, Alarm Will Sound, Yonn Tiersen
Things I Told Nobody (2008)
A work by guest choreographer Itzik Galili, Artistic Director of Galili Dance in the Netherlands.
Mr. Galili’s work, Things I Told Nobody, was made possible by a generous grant from Dance Advance, a program of the Philadelphia Center for the Arts and Heritage, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of the Arts. Support was also received from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in NYC.
This piece was made possible by a generous grant from Dance Advance, a program of the Philadelphia Center for the Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts. We also received support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in NYC.
Choreography: Itzik Galili
Lighting Design: Itzik Galili
Costume Design: Natasja Lansen
Lighting Direction: Robb Anderson
Costume Construction: Rufus Cottman, Derwin Cooper, Brian Strachan
Music: George Frideric Handel’s “Largo from Xerxes”, Antonio Vivaldi’s “ Largo from Four Seasons”, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Adagio from Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488”, Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie No. 1”
HIDDEN DRIVES (2007)
When I asked my friend Bart Brooks, “What does Hidden Drives mean to you?” he replied, laughing, “All my drives are hidden. That’s why I’m so unhappy.”
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Robb Anderson
Costume Design: Hiroshi Iwasaki
Music: Amon Tobin, Mychael Danna, Hamaza el Din, Yair Dalal,
Brian Eno & Jon Hassell, Jon Hopkins
Darkness Dancing To Pieces (2007)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: Rachmaninoff
Le Bal Noir (2006)
Le Bal Noir, explores the mythic power generated by intimate interactions in public spaces, such as ballrooms and high school gymnasiums on Friday night, where social dancing occurs. This new work also seeks to honor and acknowledges “Le Bal” as a mystery and social ritual that is profound in its ability to produce cathartic release for those who choose to participate.
Choreography: Donald Byrd
Costumes: Hiroshi Iwasaki
Set Design: Hiroshi Iwasaki
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Brahms
Embattled (2007)
Choreography: Robert Battle
DAY OLD COFFEE (2006)
“Day Old Coffee” tells the story of a day in the life of Carmen, drawing inspiration from Bizet’s classic opera “Carmen”. This depiction of Carmen is set in an urban environment and follows her life during one 24 hour period. It evokes themes of gender and class discrimination, questioning judgements based on profiling rather than behavior. Our traditional views of rankings derived from wealth, as well as women’s struggle for equal footing in every demographic of society are highlighted in “Day Old Coffee”.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Original Music: John Vosbikian
Spoken Word: Karl Mullen
Negative Spaces (2006)
The moment you enter the negative space, reality becomes a faded memory and then quickly disappears. A new reality is formed. Nothing is what it seems to be, the line between truth and fiction, laughter and pain, no longer exists. The boundaries between the viewers and the performers are broken. A connection is made and the interaction on the stage becomes a part of your world. In this new world you will look inside yourself, then at others and then back to the stage. Recognizing the faces…they seem familiar…they are you…the part of you that you refuse to see. In the negative space you will feel, hear, and see like never before. You will be free and will forever be changed.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Robb Andersen
Music: Fanfare Ciocarlia, DJ Delores vs. Taraf de Haidouks, Shantel, Olaf Hund vs. Urari de Clejani/Taraf de Haidouks/Kocani Orkestar, John Vosbikian, Goran Bregovic, Greg Smith, Arto Lindsay, Juryman vs. Taraf de Haidouks, Senor Coconut vs. Kocani Orkestar, Bigga Bush vs. Kocani Orkestar, The Notwist, Emit Explorer
STANDING IN TEARS (2005)
Standing in Tears is a crowd pleaser and a superb closer. It includes world music from Israel, Lebanon, Italy, France, Algiers and Portugal. The combination of the choreography and music with the incredible ability of the dancers gives us an exciting, humorous, sensual, athletic, romantic, and at times, sentimental moments that are unforgettable.
This work showcases people in two different lights. When they come to the front of the stage, they are shown like everybody else: lights are unflattering and almost sad. But when they step back into the beautiful lights, they turn into the amazing creatures that we envy and admire.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Costumes: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Peter Jakubowski
Music: The Tour’ Raichel Collective, Alexandere Desplat, Ayay E Del, Armand Amar
Judgment (2004)
Judgment is a study of human nature through truth and fiction. It is an epic work that will take you on a journey with twists and turns, with magnificent visual beauty that you will never forget. In memory of all our spiritual leaders who put their life on the line in pursuit of progress.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Original Music: John Vosbikian
Digital Animation: Bill Bahmermann
Lighting Design: Krista Billings/Peter Jakubowski
**Judgment was commissioned by the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Cerritos, California in January 2004**
Living In East Podunk (2003)
A homage to small town America, a hilarious and sometimes poignant depiction of what goes on behind the façade.
Choreography: Donald Byrd
Length: 35mins
Number of Dancers: 8
Music: Tin Hat Trio
Urban Crisis (2003)
Inspired by the aftermath of 911, Urban Crisis is a dramatization of the uncertainty, suspicion and loss of trust that was created between people. The gap, which we try to close between us, is widened, and the question remains… will we ever unite, or forever be divided?!
Set to a beautiful original score with dramatic lighting, this work sends you into a world in crisis.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 15 mins
Number of Dancers: 8-10
Music: Hovaness
Twisted Pleasures (2003)
Twisted Pleasures (2003) with original music by John Vosbikian is a visually beautiful and high energy work; a very driving journey into the primal side of humanity. Men and women battle it out in a sensuous and ceremonial-like ritual.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Costumes: Hector Vega
Music: Hovaness
Grith (2002)
Grith is an emotional canvas that portrays the loneliness and fear that accompanies us in the struggle to overcome pain and remain sane.
Choreography: Hector Vega
Length: 5 mins
Number of Dancers: 3
Music: Wim Mertins
Sequel (2002)
A woman’s piece
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 6 mins
Number of Dancers: 5
Music: In the Nursery
Rough Cuts (2002)
A tribal and ceremonial dance that celebrates manhood, through the challenges of strength and athleticism.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 6 mins
Number of Dancers: 4-5
Music: Bhasker Chandavarkar
Backtracks (2001)
A piece created for the tenth anniversary of the company. Follows the journey of the company using a mixture of styles heavily influenced by hip hop and jazz.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 13 mins
Number of dancers: 9-10
Original Music: Eric Vincent
The Crystal Palace (2001)
A man is taken from his “crystal palace” as society forces him to pay a high price for his individuality. This piece is Roni’s second collaboration with computer animator Bill Baherman
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 18 mins
Numbers of Dancers: 9
Music: Aphex Twins orchestration by Philip Glass/ EMT Explorer/ In the Nursery
Aliform (2000)
With powerful imagery, this piece shows five fallen angels’ struggles and their attempts to return to the heavens.
Choreography: Brian Sanders
Length: 7 mins
Number of dancers: 5
Music: Craig Armstrong, David Lynch
Underwater Study #5 (Date unknown)
The strength it takes for one man to win an underwater race with no place to go but into our hearts
Choreography: Brian Sanders
Length: 3mins
Number of Dancers: 1
Music: Unknown
Exile (2000)
A multimedia piece in four sections that depicts a village ravaged by war and the triumph of the human spirit.
· The first section is a dream like scene where the future is foretold as the dancers say goodbye to their fallen friend.
· The next three sections go on to portray the events of the story and the villagers’ search for hope after the war.
Exile shows the unity of the human spirit in overcoming any obstacle, and reminds us of the beauty and strength of all people who have struggled and continue to struggle for life and dignity. The piece is a 35-minute collaborative piece between the choreographer Ronen Koresh, the composer Zenon Feszczak and computer animator Bill Bahermann. The use of full screen projection with abstract images as well as images of war and peace gives a powerful effect when paired with Koresh’s commanding choreography.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 35 mins
Lighting Design: Peter Jakubowski
Number of Dancers: 7
Original Music: Zenon Feszczak
Computer Design and Animation of full screen projection: Bill Baherman
Siblings (2000)
A playful romp showing the rivalry and love between a brother and sister.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Michael Nyman
Ancient Futures (1999)
Celebrates the evolution of dance from ritual to performance stage, drawing from ballroom and folk dance as well as modern, ballet and jazz dance. Uses a vibrant collage of sensuality and color to create something timeless and exciting.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Original Music Composition: Eric Vincent
Costumes: Hector Vega
To Have & To Hold (1999)
A dance of unrequited love performed on pointe.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 10 mins
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Avro Part
Savage (1999)
A piece charged with sexual tension as groups of men and women tease and fight with each other.A sensual duet shows the woman in control and in the end all come together in celebration of each other.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 20 mins
Number of Dancers: 10
Original Music: Daniel Bacon
Time Stand Still (1999)
A moving duet that explores a volatile relationship between a man and a woman who is unable to let herself be loved.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 5 mins
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Arvo Part
Punch (1998)
An athletic and humorous duet of love and playfulness performed in a “Chaplin-like” tradition.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 5min
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Alessandro Pizzin
Second Nature (1998)
A fairytale of love and passion portrayed by four couples with cupid as the evoker.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 14 mins
Number of Dancers: 9
Original Music: Eric Vincent
Of God And Evil (1998)(2002 with Animation)
This piece is based on the story of Cain and Able and depicts the struggle between the brothers and the father and the outside forces that influence one brother’s final rage.
Featuring computer animation by Bill Bahermann. Bill’s third collaboration with Roni, the use of full screen projection helps to tell the story and enhance the emotions in the piece.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 30 minutes
Number of Dancers: 6
Original Music: Shawn Leahy
Immortal (1998)
A flowing, ethereal duet that depicts Roman statues coming to life for a brief moment.
Choreography: James Bunting
Length: 3 mins
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Alfred Newman
Elusive (1997)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Intimate Glances (1997)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: Phillip Glass
Intruder (1997)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: Michal Kamen Orbital
Boris (1997)
Choreography: Roni Koresh
Music: Michael Nyman
Wax (1997)
An athletic piece exploring religion and its strict rules, and their effect on individuality.
Choreography: Brian Sanders
Length: 5
Number of Dancers: 5
Music: Sub Dub
Three’s A Crowd (1997)
A light and cute trio with two men chasing the same girl. Performed on pointe.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 6 mins
Number of Dancers: 3
Music: Kantilan Karagan
Till Death Do Us Part (1997)
An explosive and sensual duet portrays the internal battle of the sexes.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 4 mins
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Brian Eno
Looking for Venus (1996)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music:
Part I - Lorenna McKennit
Part II - Airto
Part III - Eric Vincent
Part IV - Eric Vincent
Part V - John Sobin
Part VI - Michael Nyman
Wastewell of Song (1996)
Choreography: Roni Koresh
Music: Emit Explorer
One (1996)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: Rodoin Shchedrin
Nemesis (1996)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Original Music: Gregory Smith
Rite of Passage (1996)
The story of a woman who wants desperately to belong to a society that will not accept her.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 18 mins
Number of Dancers: 7
Music: Schultz, Shman, Airto
Frenzy (1996)
A frantic women’s relentless pursuit of a man. Performed on pointe with extreme partnering.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 4 mins
Number of Dancers: 2
Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
Collision (1995)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Number of Dancers: 9
Music: Kenny Larkin / Trevor Jones
Culture Shock (1995)
Verdict (1995)
Vertigo (1994)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Number of Dancers: 8
Music: Michael Nyman
Mirage (1994)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: George Clinton
Berserk (1994)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Music: Graylock Dubtribe
Reflections (1993)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Number of Dancers: 10
Music: Balkan, Giles Reaves
Temporary Space (1993)
Themes of death and aging are explored by a group of dolls. Tender duets and trios and solos show the anger, disbelief and struggle of dealing with one’s own mortality.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 16 mins
Number of Dancers: 8
Music: D. Van Tigham/ K. Braheny
Zombie (1993)
A jazzy piece exploring sensuality in a light hearted manner.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 15 mins
Number of Dancers: 8-10
Music: Logic Trance/ Jaydee
Burning (1993)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting Design: Jay Madara
Costumes: Ronen Koresh
Original Composition: John Levis
Facing the Sun (1992, restaged 2012)
Portrayal of the anguish experienced by prisoners of the Nazi death camps and the dignity shown by the individuals while facing their final exit from life.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Jay Madara
Costumes: Ronen Koresh
Original Music: Daniel Bacon
Carousel (1992)
This piece explores the “in your face” sexual display that is so prevalent in today’s culture.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Number of Dancers: 8-9
Music: Steve Roach/ Robert Rich/ Age of Love
Kriza (1991, reworked 2001)
Tells the story of a woman who is in love with a married man:
· Unable to suppress her love, she is eventually destroyed by the mores of society, which drive her to insanity.
Manic physicality permeates this dance about a woman driven to the outer edge of despair by the psychological assault of men and women around her.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length 15 mins
Number of Dancers: 7
Original Music: Danial Bacon
Frog (1991)
A silly and hilarious trio with the three frogs frolicking and playing to didgeridoo music.
Choreography: James Strong
Length: 3.5 mins
Number of Dancers: 3
Music: Outback
Silent Structure (1991)
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Lighting: Jay Madara
Number of Dancers: 7
Music: Miles Davis, Gil Melle, Software
On Sacred Ground (1990)
An allegory to the Garden of Eden; a fall from grace and ensuing decay:
In a timeless setting, virtuoso feats of male partnering complement the sensuality of rustic maidens who dance the ancient rites of their ancestors.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 15 minutes
Number of Dancers: 9
Original Music: Daniel Bacon
The Fifth Season (1989)
Depicts the deterioration of the earth’s atmosphere and the subsequent desolation of the seasons. Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer no longer exist; rather, there is nothing but a lifeless, barren season: The Fifth Season.
Fifth Season is high-energy piece charged by the juxtaposition of powerful ensemble work against sensual, hot/cool duets and explosive partnering.
Choreography: Ronen Koresh
Length: 18 mins
Lighting Design: Peter Jakubowski
Number of Dancers: 10
Original Music: Daniel Bacon