Next To
Choreographer: Penny Saunders
Restaging: Pablo Piantino
World Premiere: March 2020, Grand Rapids Ballet
DanceAspen Premiere: September 2021
Music: Michael Wall
Original Lighting Design: Matthew Taylor
Melodic and melancholy with a fair share of feisty, Next To presents feminine power with sublime beauty and vulernability. The hypnotic flow of Michael Wall's composition coupled with the grace and grit of Penny Saunders' movement, we are transported to a world that would never second guess the worth of a woman.