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Variations Collaborations 2023 / Panorama
Choreography: Martha Graham / Photo by performancephotographer
Every season, Metropolitan's dancers work with nationally renowned choreographers.
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Variations Collaborations 2023 / When It Rains, It Pours
Choreography: Maleek Washington / Photo by Eduardo Patino.NYC
The Creative Process
Lisa Collins Vidnovic, Artistic Director, and Sarah Mettin, Artistic Associate, cultivate and nurture relationships with a variety of artists. Since the beginning, Metropolitan provided choreographers fertile ground to explore their ideas. We are thrilled to continue these relationships as their creative careers have taken off, and work with other nationally acclaimed choreographers. These are the creative people who are “what’s next” in American dance. Our Company is part of the new work that is taking the art form forward. Metropolitan’s dancers have the unusual opportunity of learning from these accomplished, creative artists, broadening their knowledge of dance and life. Here’s a partial list of choreographers who’ve set work on our Company. Visit our Repertoire page to see a full list of choreographers.
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Da’Von Doane, Dance Theater of Harlem
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Jenelle Figgins, Princess Grace Foundation Awardee
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Jessica Lang, Award Winning Choreographer, Royal Ballet, ABT, Pacific Northwest Ballet
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Sarah Mettin, Metropolitan Artistic Associate
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Kanji Segawa, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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John Selya, Twyla Tharp Dance
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Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
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Jennifer Sommers, Houston Ballet
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Anne Souder, Martha Graham Dance Company, Staged Graham’s Panorama
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Ashley Walton-Pabst, Professor of Dance at Wright State University
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Maleek Washington, Princess Grace Foundation Awardee
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Tommie-Waheed Evans, Guggenheim Fellow