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'''Jodie Gates''' is a professional ballet dancer. |
'''Jodie Gates''' is a professional ballet dancer. |
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== Recent Works == |
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| ⚫ | Barely Silent premiering at The Joyce Theatre in NYC January 2007 commissioned for Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Minor Loop for The Washington Ballet in June 2006, Momentary Play premiered in NYC for [[Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet]] October 2005, now and again premiered at the Joyce Theater and created for Ballet NY in 2005; Three at a Time for Laguna Dance Theater in 2005; In the Arms of Morpheus for the Phrenic New Ballet in Philadelphia 2004; Somewhere/In-Between, created for Ballet Pacifica in 2003; Por Ti, choreographed for American Ballet Theatre's summer workshop in 2003; and an original work for Pennsylvania Ballet dancers in 2000. She has also participated in workshop format with the Joffrey Ballet and Ballett Frankfurt. Gates is the artistic director for the annual caDance Festival in Laguna Beach, California |
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professional dance career began at sixteen, dancing with the Joffrey Ballet in New York City under the direction of Robert Joffrey, marking the beginning of a fourteen-year career at the company. Gates joined the Pennsylvania Ballet in 1995 as a principal ballerina, performing title roles in numerous full-length classical ballets, as well as dancing leading roles in many works by George Balanchine. In 2000, Gates joined William Forsythe's company in Frankfurt, Germany, where she danced for five years before returning to the United States to pursue her choreographic and directing career. She continues to stage Forsythe's ballets nationally and internationally. |
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Gates has just returned from touring internationally. Most recently, she was invited to dance in a gala performance with the Kirov Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has been featured in two PBS Great Performances series and in other television events, including a special performance at the White House and an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She has also appeared in several commercial and video works. Most notably, Gates was featured on video as "the woman in red" in The Joffrey Ballet's Billboards, a full-length rock ballet set to music by the artist Prince. |
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Revision as of 16:53, 23 June 2009
Jodie Gates is a professional ballet dancer.
Recent Works
Barely Silent premiering at The Joyce Theatre in NYC January 2007 commissioned for Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Minor Loop for The Washington Ballet in June 2006, Momentary Play premiered in NYC for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet October 2005, now and again premiered at the Joyce Theater and created for Ballet NY in 2005; Three at a Time for Laguna Dance Theater in 2005; In the Arms of Morpheus for the Phrenic New Ballet in Philadelphia 2004; Somewhere/In-Between, created for Ballet Pacifica in 2003; Por Ti, choreographed for American Ballet Theatre's summer workshop in 2003; and an original work for Pennsylvania Ballet dancers in 2000. She has also participated in workshop format with the Joffrey Ballet and Ballett Frankfurt. Gates is the artistic director for the annual caDance Festival in Laguna Beach, California