Dancer Diaries | Golden Hour
Dancer Diaries
Golden Hour, a robust mixed rep program that showcased our dancers' exceptional talent and artistic prowess, just came to a close. We are relishing in all its glory.
Looking back at the past two weeks, we reflect on the growth in our flourishing community built through innovative art, the hard work and dedication from our Company Artists, and the meaningful conversations the pieces evoked.
Thanks to Zach Manske and Anabelle de la Nuez, we have captured precious moments from the past two weeks on film to fully cherish all the hard work that goes into bringing a production like Golden Hour to life, and the fun that the artists can have along the way.
BASIA RHODEN, MAX DAWE, JULIA RUST, NATALI TAHT, COCO ALVAREZ-MENA, & DAVIDE OLDANO
Before every show, the artists can warm up in a formal class taught by a Joffrey rehearsal director in the Lyric Opera House's rehearsal studio.
BASIA RHODEN & COCO ALVAREZ-MENA
Jeraldine mendoza, evan boersma, & stefan gonvalvez
R&R: rest and rehydrate! Evan, Jeraldine, and Stefan prepare to perform while in the backstage mezzanine at the Lyric Opera House.
ANABELLE DE LA NUEZ, BASIA RHODEN, COCO ALVEREZ-MENA, NATALI TAHT, NAE KOJIMA, LAUREN QUINN
There's nothing like some good quality dressing room time. Dressing rooms can be a place to prepare, rest, hype yourself up, calm yourself down, and everything in between.
WICTOR HUGO PEDROSO, DAVIDE OLDANO, MAX DAWE, REED HENRY, & SCOTT REED
BASIA RHODEN
BASIA RHODEN & LAUREN QUINN
max dawe, davide oldano, zach manske, wictor hugo pedroso, scott reed, & reed henry
MAX DAWE
LAUREN QUINN & COCO ALVAREZ-MENA
It's showtime! Dancers prepare for Nicolas Blanc's Under the Trees' Voices, a stunning piece that opened the program.
anais bueno, gayeon jung, & ao wang
JONATHAN DOLE, WICTOR HUGO PEDROSO, LAUREN QUINN, Derek drilllon, max dawe, zach manske, vALENTINO MONEGLIA ZAMORA, Coco alvarez-mena, NAE KOJIMA, NATALI TAHT, & HYUMA KIYOSAWA
A successful performance of Under the Trees' Voices!
ELLIE Cotey & ALYSSA pietrzyk
Costume Manager, Ellie, and Sticher, Alyssa, set up shop backstage to assist dancers with quick changes and costume malfunctions.
VALERIA CHAYKINA, EDSON BARBOSA, JERALDINE MENDOZA, LAUREN QUINN, & ZACH MANSKE
That post-performance feeling! All love and sweat after performing Cathy Marston's Heimat.
OLIVIA DURYEA, COCO ALVAREZ-MENA, MAX DAWE, AMANDA ILLUMINATI, AARON RENTERIA, & DAVIDE OLDANO
Now entering Peatown, where everything is green, and everyone eats peas and only peas.
REED HENRY, BASIA RHODEN, & FERNANDO DUARTE
Princess and her Underlings.
AARON RENTERIA, NATALI TAHT, MAX DAWE, ZACH MANSKE, DAVIDE OLDANO, & LAUREN QUINN
Farmers family photo!
SCOTT REED & LAUREN QUINN
Pea and her bestie, Carrott.
OLIVIA DURYEA
A farmer and her most prized possession: a pea!
LUCIA CONNOLLY
The narrator in her vintage Oscar de la Renta.
LAUREN QUINN, FERNANDO DUARTE, ALBERTO VELAZQUEZ, & vALENTINO MONEGLIA ZAMORA
Pea dancing backstage with her Papa.
zach MAnske
A farmer and his stack of matresses.
zach manske and coco alvarez-mena
Salad Town at last!
anabelle de la nuez & basia rhoden
Princess and Pea finally made amends.