Tag: alexandra damiani

RIP, Cedar Lake: An Epic Loss

The news came on Friday, and I’m still in shock: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is shutting down. It’ll fulfill its engagements in Boston this May and Brookyln this June, but company auditions and the Cedar Lake 180 summer program have been canceled. The. End. What? Just…what? Until about five minutes ago, Cedar Lake seemed like […]

A Cedar Lake Announcement

When we met up with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet “new kids” Ida Saki, Billy Bell and Navarra Novy-Williams for our February cover shoot, the company was in a state of limbo. Artistic director Benoit-Swan Pouffer had resigned in May 2013, and both the dancers and long-time ballet master and rehearsal director Alexandra Damiani were anxiously […]