DANCE

Choreography: Marcus Jarrell Willis
Text: Tomos O'Sullivan
Music: Aaron Severini

Recipient of a New Music USA Project Grant. Commissioned by Satellite Collective, composed music for the hour-long theatrical production including dance (choreography by Norbert De La Cruz III) and opera, premiered at BAM Fisher, Brooklyn, NY.

String Quartet by Aaron Severini for Part I: Kindred Spirits (excerpts)

Sneak peek from a day of rehearsals with dancer and choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis, dancer Demetia Hopkins-Greene, and composer (yours truly!!). Musicians: Han Shi, violin I; Sissi Yuqing Zhang, violin II; Jeremy Kienbaum, viola; and Kevin Mills, cello.

The Monarch | The Creation of a New Ballet
MUSIC: Aaron Severini
CHOREOGRAPHY: Adam Hendrickson
DANCERS: Robert Fairchild, Allen Peiffer, David Prottas, Sean Suozzi, Gretchen Smith
MUSICIANS: Steve Beck, Steve Gosling
VIDEO: Matt Sundin/Emsfilm and New York City Ballet




