Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet


Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet was a New York City-based contemporary ballet company.
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet was founded in 2003 by Nancy Walton Laurie. It had sixteen dancers.
Cedar Lake offered a wide-ranging repertory, including works by Alexander Ekman, Jiří Kylián, Hofesh Shechter, Crystal Pite, Jacopo Godani, Angelin Preljocaj, Ohad Naharin, Didy Veldman, Jo Strømgren, Regina van Berkel and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
Cedar Lake is featured in the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau, including original choreography for the film's co-star Emily Blunt.
On March 20, 2015, artistic director Alexandra Damiani announced to the troupe that the company would close. The company concluded at Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, 2015 with a final world premiere by Richard Siegal.

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