Kathryn Roszak's Danse Lumière premieres highlights of a new ballet inspired by James Joyce's The Dead and other works including Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake. American Ballet Theatre II's Max Barker is featured. The ballet is also inspired by Joyce, Nora Barnacle, and their daughter Lucia.
Danse Lumiere is internationally recognized for innovative ballets combining dance and literature. The company's works and Roszak's choreography have been presented by Martha Graham Dance Co, 92-Y in New York City, and by San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, and American Conservatory Theatre, and internationally in Copenhagen, Denmark and in France.
About Danse Lumière
Kathryn Roszak is an acclaimed choreographer and Artistic Director of Danse Lumière, with over 30 years of experience in dance, choreography, and interdisciplinary arts. She trained on Ford Foundation scholarships at the San Francisco Ballet and the School of American Ballet in New York, and performed with the San Francisco Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and San Antonio Ballet. Roszak also studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
She founded Danse Lumière (originally Anima Mundi) in 1995, specializing in original productions that blend dance, literature, music, visual art, and theater. Raised in a creative Berkeley, California household—her father was author Theodore Roszak and her mother feminist poet Betty Roszak—she has continued a legacy of artistic innovation.
Roszak’s choreography has been presented by leading New York institutions including the Martha Graham Company, 92nd Street Y, Scandinavia House, and La MaMa ETC, as well as recently by the San Francisco Symphony. She is an Artist in Residence at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, where she produces the annual Women Ballet Choreographers Residency. Her work has received support from the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, and she has been honored by the City of Berkeley for her artistic contributions.
