Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (born 30 April 1973) is a Belgian-born international
Dance background
Ochoa, who is half-Colombian and half-Belgian, completed her dance training at the Royal Ballet Academy in Antwerp, Belgium. She appeared with various German companies before eventually joining Djazzex, a contemporary dance company, in 1993. In 1997, she joined Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, where she was a soloist for seven years. .[1]
Choreographic style
Overall, Ochoa's work relates emotional experience through an
Before After
Ochoa's first critically acclaimed work in the United States is Before After, a seven-minute duet which "delineates the last moments of a relationship".[3] The New York Times described the number as short and simple, but also "the most moving, the most mysterious, the most heartily cheered.[4] Laura Bleiberg suggested that the piece was not unique in its themes or structure, and that "Ochoa added few insights". Before After is at this date on the repertoire of Dutch National Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Gothenborg Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, Whim Whim, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.[5]
Awards
Ochoa won the
List of works
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa has choreographed works for the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Dutch National Ballet, Djazzex, The Royal Ballet of Flanders, Ballet du Grand Theatre du Genève, Ankara Modern Dance Theater, BalletX, Pennsylvania Ballet, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Istanbul Modern Dance Theater, BJM-Danse Montreal, Le Jeune Ballet du Quebec, Gothenborg Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille, Ballet Hispanico, Jacoby & Pronk, Saarbrücken Ballett, Chemnitzer Ballett, Whim W'him, Incolballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Compania Nacional de Danza, Scottish Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Austin, The Washington Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, Ballet Augsburg, Ballet Nacional Dominicano, Incolballet de Cali, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Ballet Moscow, West Australian Ballet, Ballet Manila, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Ballet Nacional de Chile and Danza Contemporanea de Cuba.
She created two ballets based on the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Broken Wings and Frida.[6][7]
References
- ^ Red Circles Productions. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. 4 October 2008. <http://www.redcircles.nl/>[dead link]
- ^ "Style Meets Substance: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa". Dance Magazine. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Jowitt, Deborah (26 September 2006). "See How They Move!". The Village Voice.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Second Fall for Dance falls short". Orange County Register. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Siegal, Nina (17 January 2020). "Frida Kahlo Could Barely Walk. In This Ballet, She Dances". New York Times.
- ^ Watts, Graham (10 February 2020). "Dutch National Ballet – Frida – Amsterdam". DanceTabs.