WORKS & PROCESS PRESENTS
DURANTE VERZOLA, A CHOREOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT
WITH DANCE LAB NEW YORK, ANGELA LYN, MIAMI CITY BALLET, AND NEW YORK CHOREOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE

PANEL
Adrian Danchig-Waring, Moderator
Angela Lyn, Artist
Josh Prince, Founding Artistic Director, Dance Lab NY
Durante Verzola, Choreographer

DANCERS
Itzkan Barbosa, BalletX
Renan Cerdeiro, Miami City Ballet
Mary Kate Edwards, Miami City Ballet
Duane Gosa, Company XIV
Maxfield Haynes, Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Michael Holden
Rommie Tomasini, New York City Ballet

PROGRAM – CHOREOGRAPHY BY DURANTE VERZOLA
Performance excerpts interspersed with discussion.

Excerpt from Strings of Play
Choreographed at the New York Choreographic Institute in 2021
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Danced by Rommie Tomasini

Excerpt from an exploration at Dance Lab NY's More to the Pointe Lab
Choreographed in 2022
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Danced by Duane Gosa and Maxfield Haynes

Excerpt from Passage, in the wake of the world
Choreographed in 2023
Music: Jesse Bannister
Danced by Itzkan Barbosa and Michael Holden

Excerpt from PAGANINI, In Play
Premiering in February 2024 with Miami City Ballet
Music: Niccolò Paganini
Danced by Renan Cerdeiro and Mary Kate Edwards


Leadership support for this Works & Process program is provided by Charles and Deborah Adelman.


ABOUT
Durante Verzola is a choreographer currently on staff with the Miami City Ballet. He has choreographed works for Miami City Ballet, New York City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and more throughout the United States. His work has been shown at Works & Process at the Guggenheim, New York, and the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Verzola works to expand the vocabulary and reach of classical ballet into today’s ever-changing world.