Company XIV Founder Austin McCormick Brings His Eclectic Style to Jennifer Nettles’ Musical Giulia
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.”
