Van Cleef & Arpels is all the time en pointe.
Lengthy often called a patron of the humanities, the famed French home is holding its lauded up to date dance pageant in New York for the second time.
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels (Feb. 19 – March 21) will function 16 performances held in choose venues throughout the town, from the Brooklyn Academy of Music to the Guggenheim New York rotunda. The initiative contains works by visionary choreographers like Trisha Brown, Benjamin Millepied and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
A number of highlights from the calendar: Millepied’s Reflections: A Triptych and Romeo & Juliet Suite, each L.A. Dance Mission productions. Set and Reset (1983) by Brown and Travelogue by Merce Cunningham (1977) — a program by Trisha Brown Dance Firm with Merce Cunningham Belief — have a good time visible artist Robert Rauschenberg’s authentic collaboration on the items. In the meantime, the Lyon Opera Ballet will carry out BIPED by Cunningham (1999) and Mycelium (2023) by Christos Papadopoulos.
As well as, an array of workshops on the New York Heart for Creativity & Dance shall be open to dancers of all ranges.
“Holding a brand new pageant on this metropolis in 2026 illustrates our dedication to highlighting the significance of this artwork kind in cultural expression and society at giant,” stated Catherine Renier, President and CEO of Van Cleef & Arpels, in a launch. “We hope that this new program will allow a rising viewers to find a universe whose richness, nonetheless usually underrecognized, has captivated and impressed our Maison for over 80 years.”
“Past the enjoyment of unveiling this program to the folks of New York — whom we’re particularly delighted to see once more — this occasion presents a brand new alternative to have a good time the richness and variety of up to date dance,” added Serge Laurent, Van Cleef & Arpels’ Director of Dance and Tradition Applications.
Van Cleef’s connection to bounce dates again to the Nineteen Twenties. Louis Arpels, a balletomane and co-founder of the home, usually took his nephew Claude to the Paris Opera. The pair oversaw the creation of gemstone-studded ballerina clips within the early Nineteen Forties, and the elegant designs quickly grew to become signature collectibles.
In 1961, Claude met choreographer George Balanchine, co-founder of the New York Metropolis Ballet. Legend has it that Balanchine was so taken by the glittering gems at Van Cleef’s Fifth Ave. boutique that he created Jewels (1967), a three-part summary ballet impressed by emeralds, rubies and diamonds. Set to music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, and Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, every motion of the ballet is costumed in a unique colour. Extensively thought of a masterpiece, it’s nonetheless a part of the corporate’s repertoire.
As we speak, Van Cleef continues to champion up to date dance, supporting the L.A. Dance Mission, partnering with the Fedora non-profit philanthropic neighborhood and awarding the Fedora – Van Cleef & Arpels Dance prize. Final yr, the maison inaugurated the primary Van Cleef & Arpels Chair within the Historical past of Dance at New York College.
A standing ovation is deserved.
