By Angelica Frey
“Louis XIV himself was a dancer. Dance was so much a part of court life. The immersive quality of the spectacles that he would throw—there would be parties that would last 24 hours, opulent feasts with entertainment and new work—were where all of the senses were united. That’s something I strive to do with the company.”
By Carissa Chesanek
“Looking back, I’m overwhelmed by the thousands of performances we’ve produced, the hundreds of pounds of glitter and confetti that’s fallen from the sky after every can-can, and the hundreds of thousands of cocktails and bottles of Champagne we’ve served.
Company XIV has grown from a passionate experiment into a home for artists and audiences who crave something decadent, welcoming, sensual, transporting, and life-affirming.
The greatest celebration is continuing to create. This season we’re marking the anniversary with Petite Rouge at Théâtre XIV. We’re toasting the incredible community that has sustained us. Our artists, our creative team, and the audiences who have believed in this rhinestone-studded, beautiful vision for two decades.”
By Claudia Bauer
“I’m not the kind of choreographer that makes movement first, and then we put the costumes on; I think about it as one integrated challenge. Studying with my Baroque dance teacher, we were really interested in how costumes informed the movement. Big dresses, panniers, shoes, wigs—the obstacle of the costume can lead to more interesting movement. There’s no substitute for working in at least the shapes and the lengths as early as possible.”
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