Ballets With A Twist
Ballets with a Twist is a New York City-based company that performs the work of Artistic Director Marilyn Klaus throughout the United States. Klaus founded Ballets with a Twist in 1996, in association with Grammy-nominated composer Stephen Gaboury. The company performed the first incarnation of its signature work, ''Cocktail Hour: The Show'', a collection of theatrical dance vignettes celebrating iconic American social culture, in Manhattan, in 2009. History In the 1980s and early 1990s, Klaus began working with composer Stephen Gaboury, presenting dances set to original music in New York City, around the United States, and in Europe. Premieres during this period included Klaus’s ballroom suite for eight women, ''Return to Normalcy''; the quintet ''Silver Thaw;'' and ''The Johnny Show'', a blend of honky-tonk, circus, and comic revue. In 1996, Klaus formed Ballets with a Twist and began working with costume designer Catherine Zehr. In its inaugural year, the company appeared a ...
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