Aszure Barton

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Aszure Barton is a Canadian-born choreographer.

Career

Aszure Barton was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. She received her formal training at the National Ballet School in Toronto, where, as a student, she helped originate the ongoing Stephen Godfrey Choreographic Showcase. To date, she has collaborated with and created works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, Ekaterina Shipulina/Bolshoi Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, [1] Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, The Martha Graham Dance Company, [2] Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, Ballet British Columbia, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Juilliard School, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (Resident Choreographer 2005-08) [3] and English National Ballet. [4] Other work includes choreography for the Broadway revival production of The Threepenny Opera. [2]

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She is the founder and director of Aszure Barton & Artists, an international dance project, and her works continue to tour to Europe, Asia, and Africa as well as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and the United States. She has been an artist in residence at The Baryshnikov Arts Center. [5]

In its review of a 2011 performance, The Buffalo News says that Barton and her company "let flow wave after wave of idiosyncratic movement that vacillated from elegantly graceful to stylized clowning and the outright bizarre." [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Aszure Barton Biography". Aszure and Artists. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  3. Asantewaa, Eva Yaa (April 2008). "Aszure Barton". Dance Magazine . ISSN   0011-6009. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  4. "Fantastic Beings by Aszure Barton". English National Ballet. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  5. Milzoff, Rebecca (December 12, 2010). "Look at Me". New York Magazine . ISSN   0028-7369 . Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  6. Sucato, Steve (October 13, 2011). "Program displays Barton's quirkiness". The Buffalo News . Retrieved October 16, 2011.