This site shows excerpts of the contemporary modern dance choreography of Rebecca Rice. REBECCA RICE DANCE focuses on creating new work that blends the design-oriented, musical style of ballet with the innovative elements of contemporary modern dance. Her affiliation with new music compliments her original style. Her recent collaborations with Pulitzer Prize winning composer, John Harbison, cellist Emmanuel Feldman and Burberry designer/photographer Martin Cooper have all distinguished her work as being a fresh and original voice blending modern and contemporary ballet today. Recently back from Kazakhstan where she was a Cultural Envoy with the US State Department, Rice created the fifteen-minute "UPLIFT" (2011) on the Samruk Contemporary Ballet Company to "Three Movements" by Steve Reich, excerpts of which can be seen here. WEBPAGE: www.rebeccaricedance.com.
This is a video of rehearsal clips of OVERTONES (2003), a new work created by Rebecca Rice for the Boston Ballet Summer Dance Program in 2003, Music: John Adams "Shaker Loops" Dancers: members of the advanced class - Summer 2003
performance of excerpts of Rebecca Rice's BACH DANCES (2004), a piece in seven movements to the music of JS Bach's Cello Suites. BACH DANCES (2004) excerpts Choreography: Rebecca Rice Music: JS Bach, "Cello Suites" ViolinCello: Emmanuel Feldman Dancers: Sara Knight, Michelle Machon, Ariane Georg, Ann-Marie Cofield and Jillian St. Germain Performance Merce Cunningham Studio Theater, NYC 2007
A Musical Visualization Choreography: Rebecca Rice Music: JS Bach Dancers: Caitlin Novero with Julianna Nagy, Ariane Georg, Janine Roynane, Cydney Nielsen, and Ann-Marie Cofield Performance Merce Cunningham Studio Theater, New York, New York.
a slideshow of rehearsal and performance photography of Rebecca Rice Dance Company 2000-2009. Photographers include Lois Greenfield and Matt Karas. www.rebeccaricedance.com
A compilation of rehearsal and performance photographs of the Rebecca Rice Dance performance of "Russes Suite" (2009) Ballet Russes Festival performance with the Boston Pops in May, 2009. Photographer: Matt Karas. www.Mattkaras.com www.rebeccaricedance.com
First movement of "Russes Suite" (2009) Choreography: Rebecca Rice Music: Shostakovich "Polka from the Age of Gold" Dancer: Adrina DeVitre Performance with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, May 2009. The fifteen minute complete "Russes Suite" comprised of five movements, was commissioned as part of the Ballet Russes Festival, Boston, supported in part by the Ballets Russes Cultural Partnership.
premiere: September 10, 2011, Astana KazakhstanChoreography: Rebecca RiceMusic: Steve Reich, "Three Movements"Dancers: Samruk Dance CompanyCommissioned by the US Embassy, Kazakhstan and the US State Department. Supported in part by the Ballets Russes Cultural Partnership, Boston.
A short film depicting sections of Rebecca Rice dance choreography "BACH DANCES" (2004). Dancers include soloist Ariane Georg with Michelle Machon, Sara Knight, Ann-Marie Cofield, Jillian St. Germain. Music by Matt HillVideo by Windswept Design/ Thomas Flanagan . tfflanagan@winsor.edu. Photo by Lois Greenfield . copyright 2006. http://www.loisgreenfield.com/dance/908/rebecca-rice-dance.htmlFilmed at the Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, NY, February 2007Rebecca Rice is a choreographer, direct...
Synopsis of choreography by Rebecca Rice Dance 2004-2007 Pieces includeECHOES (2004) with music by Elena Ruehr; TERRA MYSTIQUE (2005) music by cellist Emmanuel Feldman; BUSY BLUES (2007) music by Jonah Jones and Paolo Conti, STRATAS (2004) music by John Harbison; SHORTSTORIES (2006) music by John Harbison; and BACH DANCES (2004) a work choreographed to movements of six J. S. Bach Cello Suites. Filmed at the Cunningham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune Street, New York, NY; February 2007.All rights re...
Choreography: Rebecca RiceMusic: Elena Ruehr "Shimmer" 1994Dancers: Jillian St. Germain with Sara Knight, Julianna Nagy, Ariane Georg, Francoise Voranger, Nic Cheynowa, Michelle Machon Performance Merce Cunningham Studio, New York City, March 2007