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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet to begin UCLA Live residency next year

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UCLA Live will host what it calls its first interactive dance residency next year with the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, the New York-based company known for its aesthetic and athletic agility and penchant for debuting works by innovative international choreographers.

Artistic director Benoit-Swan Pouffer and members of his troupe will present performances, master classes, workshops and other events on the Westwood campus and around Los Angeles.

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One major offering, scheduled for April 2011, will be a program from the ‘Cedar Lake Installation Series’ -- a blend of choreographed performance and art installation in which the unseated audience shares the dancers’ space.

Before its residency begins, Cedar Lake will come to L.A. on May 7 and 8 for UCLA Live shows at Royce Hall that will feature works by choreographers including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Crystal Pite, Jo Stromgren and Didy Veldman. The company also will give a master class for UCLA students.

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet was founded in 2003 by Nancy Laurie, a philanthropist and Wal-Mart heir.

-- Karen Wada

Above: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet will perform ‘Orbo Novo’ by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in May at UCLA Live. Credit: Julieta Cervantez

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