Elements Contemporary Ballet
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mike@elementscontemporaryballet.comOrganization Description:
About Elements Contemporary Ballet: Since its inception in May 2005, the company has staged two full-length concerts at the Harold Washington Library, one in September of 2006, and the other in February 2007 with a lecture demonstration performance at the Library as well. ECB performed in the Dance Chicago festival and was selected as a “Best of New Moves” company. In addition, ECB performed in many other festivals and concerts including, Evanston Arts Week, The Whole Foods Street Festival, State Street Ballet at The Paramount Theatre in Aurora, and “The Stars of Dance Chicago” in Botavia. Most recently, ECB was the featured performer in The Howard Brown Gala, “La Grande Masquerade,” at the Hilton Towers in downtown Chicago.
The ECB dancers hail from prestigious and eclectic backgrounds such as, The Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, River North Chicago Dance Company, Luna Negra Dance Theatre, Thodos Dance Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers, Colorado Ballet, Illinois Ballet Theatre, Ballet Tucson, and The Radio City Rockettes. And, Tetyana Martyanova, 2nd Place winner in the Senior Classical Category at the National Youth America Grand Prix Competition in New York City, recipient of Harid Conservatory’s Dance Study Award, and subject of DANCE Magazine’s April 2004 Article, “From Ukraine with Love,” recently joined the company as a principal dancer.
About Artistic Director Mike Gosney: Mike began the company as a way of showcasing the many professional dancers he was training and coaching, as well as a means of forming his innovative movement concepts into exciting choreographic works. Gosney has since developed a unique style and sense of line, and particularly, a phenomenal method of coaching that dancers from all around the world attest to.
Extremely dedicated to his students, he continues to make education, good health and athleticism, experimentation, and an open mind his tools for training dancers. He continues to choreograph new cutting edge works for ECB performances that combine the beauty of classical technique with the boldness of contemporary ideas.