| The Stephen Pelton Dance Theater tells inspiring,
human stories through emotionally-driven dance and theater to
illuminate the art in every day life. Our commitment to using
dynamic movement to depict charged human situations gives the work
its depth and character. SPDT's dances are haunting and
evocative, and though they often have a strong narrative line, they
never simply tell the story. Rather, they explore the physical
and psychological circumstances of their inhabitants. The
company uses their own personal experiences to ground the work in a
visceral reality that creates a common bond between performer and
audience. It is the creation of this bond and this vision of
dance as a medium through which to illuminate visceral, human truths
that drives the company’s work, in both the theater and the studio
classroom. |
The Stephen Pelton Dance Theater (SPDT) was established in
San Francisco in 1993 where the company continues to perform
regularly while offering technique classes and choreography
workshops in Bay Area dance studios. SPDT's work has also been seen
on tour in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Boston, New
York, the UK and Paris.
Stephen Pelton is the genuine article: a natural
choreographer who combines rigor and lyricism. His work reeks
of the things he knows and feels; it has weight and
temperature.
—The Village
Voice |
Artistic director, Stephen Pelton currently spends half of
each year working in Europe. Based in London, he teaches
contemporary dance technique and choreography at schools and studios
including The Place, London Studio Centre and Central School of
Ballet as well as master classes and technique and choreography
workshops in Berlin, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool
and Lucca, Italy. SPDT has participated
in several artist-in-residency programs including the Djerassi
Resident Artists' Program, The Jon Sims Centre Air Space Residency
and the American Dance Festival's Young Choreographers and Composers
in Residence Program.
Pelton
is a dance maker who forges movement out of instinct. His rise
in Bay Area dance circles during the past few years is easy to
understand. His work trades in genuinely sophisticated dance
values spiced with considerable tonal nuance and theatrical
pizzazz. He cares passionately about production elements, but
the movement is what you take away with you. Pelton is a
choreographer to watch...
—San Francisco
Examiner |
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