![]() And both of those things, I think, are really hard for the average person to connect with."Īmanda Tipton That's partly why Wonderbound isn't called "Wonderbound Ballet" or "Wonderbound Dance Company." Ammon doesn't care if people think of Wonderbound's shows as dance productions with live music, or live music accompanied by dance. "You would see either classical, classical ballet like Swan Lake, or you would see, like, ultra-modern Merce Cunningham, where they're in unitards and they're breathing and they're rolling on the ground and doing weird shapes and stuff. "I think most people, the moment they hear 'ballet' or 'dance,' those words put a lot of connotations into their head," says Ammon. ![]() "It was like watching a sci-fi adventure." And the production proved to Rose that Wonderbound was looking to push the boundaries of traditional ballet. He attended a performance of Celestial Navigation, a space-voyage story scored by Ian Cooke, and was blown away. Ballet - sure, buddy.'"īut Ammon and Fay were persistent, and they invited Rose to come to a Wonderbound performance and see what the company was all about. ![]() ![]() People come up and say, 'Oh, I got this thing - I got this dance company, I got this brother-in-law who's in music, you should check this out we should do something.' When they said, 'What about doing a full ballet with all your music?,' I'm like, 'Sure. "Because that happens at set break all the time. ![]() Amanda Tipton "I thought they were full of shit," Rose says, grinning. ![]()
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