BalletMet’s 40th Anniversary season is packed with World and Company premieres.

Artistic Director Edwaard Liang answers a few questions about this upcoming season, in addition to this podcast.

Which performances are you most excited for Columbus to see?

Two things: I’m really excited for Columbus to see Minus 16 by Ohad Naharin, and I’m really proud to introduce the first Forsythe work to Columbus. Of course I’m also excited for the Columbus audience to see [Dorothy and the Prince of] Oz because that’s been three years in the making.

Could you tell us a little more about Dorothy and the Prince of Oz?

It’s a brand new full-length that premiered in Tulsa this past February. It’s about the story of Dorothy being called back to Oz to help save two warring lands of Oz. It’s continuing the progression of full-lengths that I would like to continue to program in Columbus, whether it’s my work or other choreographers’ full-lengths. These types of full-lengths are the new generation of full-lengths, where they incorporate different technical aspects in production and projection. It really fits along with the model of what we [BalletMet] want to accomplish of being an innovator of dance and trying new ways to tell the story, a new story.

Check out a full list of productions for BalletMet’s 2017-18 40th Anniversary season.

https://www.balletmet.org/2017-18-season

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Liang and BalletMet’s Company will be back in action October 20th with the season premiere of Parallel Connections at Mershon Auditorium.

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