Cloud 9/7e Ciel -- An ecstatic glimpse in rehearsal
The instant I entered the studio I felt very shy. Collected in one room are five dancers and the work of two choreographers who are the best of the best. Some of the hardest working artists with the ability to plumb many depths. On Thursday, June 20 th I was very lucky to be invited in to rehearsal runs of Cloud 9/7e Ciel’s works by Tedd Robinson and Susie Burpee. When I arrived the dancers – Sylvie Bouchard, Karen Kaeja, Michael Sean Marye, Claudia Moore and Ron Stewart – were rehearsing Tedd Robinson’s work, which at that moment was untitled. (all photos by Omer Yukseker) Let me summarize my admiration: in Claudia her bravado and fearlessness in Sylvie her precise quirkiness and fluid stops in Michael Sean his serenity and immersion in Karen her sensuality and abandon in Ron his stoic audacity and soft-sharp duality in Tedd ideas that are far-flung and absolutely essential at once. Within seconds of beginning to rehearse an intricate and ...