| i welcome in october, not only as a time of seasonal change but also when i turn another year older and wiser, and preston and i celebrate another year of partnership in marriage. thank you again for following my artistic journey. the biggest news i have to share, of course, is my retirement from Texas Ballet Theater in order to pursue choreography full time. i am settling in to my ‘lasts’, since announcing formally in august, and i am feeling ever grateful for such a wonderful career. my final performance will be in may of 2025, before which i will share much more. but for now, i am enjoying the beginning of the end and the start of new beginnings. as always feel free to reach out. you can email me [afarber123@gmail.com], use the contact form on my website [www.alexandralight.art] or DM on instagram [@farbie] |
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| I spent two weeks in NYC on a new choreographic work for the Steps on Broadway Conservatory, Feminal – premieres at the Ailey Citigroup Theater on December 16th, 2024 Texas Ballet Theater selected me as a choreographer for the very special Lamentation Variations program honoring Martha Graham in the winter mixed repertoire, alongside Artistic Directors Joy Bollinger (Bruce Wood Dance) and Nycole Ray (DBDT: Encore) I made my formal announcement of retirement with Texas Ballet Theater, in order to pursue choreography full time in August I presented the culmination of my cohort’s work, including contemporary ballet in Brian Brooke’s Viewpoint , at the Jacob’s Pillow ChoreotechLab Exhibition on Saturday, July 27th Inimical Architecture premiered on the opening night of Battery Dance’s 43rd Festival to a record-breaking crowd (and a beautiful sunset as stage set), August 11thI performed Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella for the final time in September; a special one in my career, and the full length I danced most frequently in my career as a principal dancer with TBT |
| thank you for your support, enjoy the the fall and early winter, and more in the new yearwith creativity and gratitude, alexandra light |
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