by Zoe Phillips | Jun 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Melissa Barak’s Memoryhouse is a ballet that begins and ends with its music. Set to the album of the same name from German composer Max Richter, Barak’s evening-length ballet first started with a listening session. “I remember visualizing a lone woman on the floor in...
by Anna Maples | Jul 1, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. ABT Wraps Up Its Met Season with Whipped Cream American Ballet Theatre’s eight-week summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House, will wrap up this Saturday. From...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Choreographer Melissa Barak, who launched her dance career with New York City Ballet and then Los Angeles Ballet, fittingly draws much of her inspiration from her dancers. While still performing, she became the youngest choreographer to create a work for NYCB. But in...