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Information
This duet set to Schubert's Andante from the String quartet no 15 in G is Sonya Delwaide’s
eighth work for AXIS Dance Company since 1998. Delwaide was the first choreographer
from outside of AXIS to choreograph on the company. Her theatrical style and intricate
partnering is a great fit for a physically diverse company such as AXIS.
Duration: 10 minutes
Credits
Choreography: Sonya Delwaide
Dancers: Julie Crothers and Sophie Stanley
Music/Score: Excerpt from Franz Schubert Andante for String Quartet No. 15 in G, D.887
Sound Score: Angela Don
Costume Design: Stephanie Verrieres
Lighting Design: Pat Mahoney (ADD HER BIO)
Choreographer
Sonya Delwaide, a native from Quebec, is a choreographer, teacher and performer whose
reputation has flourished within the United States and Canada for more than three decades.
She has created more than 80 pieces on companies such as Ballet Austin, Ottawa Ballet,
Oakland Ballet, L’Ecole Supérieure des Grands Ballets Canadiens, Hubbard Street 2, AXIS
Dance Company, Berkeley Ballet Theater and Compagnie de Danse L’Astragale, for whom
she was the artistic director from 1992 to 1999. Ms. Delwaide has received awards from the
Canada Council, the Quebec and Ontario Arts’ Councils, the Zellerbach Family Fund, the
Gerbode Foundation and the Irvine Foundation. She has been profiled in San Francisco
Magazine, received two Isadora Duncan Awards and a Bay Area Goldie Award, was named in
the 2001 Top 10 list from the San Francisco Chronicle and in the Dance Magazine’s Top 25
people to watch in 2002, and was given a Sarlo Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is
currently Associate Professor of Dance at Mills College, in Oakland.
AXIS Dance Company Contact Details
www.axisdance.org
Karl Cronin - Managing Director
E: [email protected]
P: 510 625 0110
Robin Anderson - Community Engagement Manager
E: [email protected]
P: 510 625 0110
Pat Mahoney - Production Manager
E: [email protected]
P: 650-368-1330 C: 650-740-2333