Gabrielle Lamb

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Gabrielle Lamb
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Gabrielle Lamb during Pigeonwing performance
Born
Savannah, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)dancer, choreographer, and company director

Gabrielle Lamb (born in Savannah, Georgia) is a dancer, choreographer, and company director. In 2020, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. [1]

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Career

She was trained at the Boston Ballet School before joining Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 2000, where she was promoted to soloist two years later. She has also danced for Morphoses under the direction of Christopher Wheeldon. [2] She has danced principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Ohad Naharin, Peter Quanz and Christopher Wheeldon and has originated leading roles in new ballets by Mauro Bigonzetti and Shen Wei. [3] [4] [5] Lamb has choreographed for Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, [6] SALT Contemporary Dance, [2] and BalletX. [7] She is currently the choreographer and director for her company, Pigeonwing. [8] In 2020, she started an outdoor program in collaboration with Guggenheim called "The Carpet Series." [9] [10]

List of Choreographed Works

2014

HappenStance - Milwaukee Ballet [11]

Dovetail [12]

2015

Glas [13]

I Am A Woman: Moult - Ballet Memphis [14]

2016

Tessellations - The Joffrey Ensemble

Bewilderness - Pigeonwing [15]

Fellowships and awards

2014

Princess Grace Award for Choreography

New York City Center Fellowship [6]

2015

CUNY Dance Initiative Residency [16]

2016

Baruch College Performing Arts Center Residency

Creative Engagement Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council [16]

2020

Guggenheim Fellowship [9] [17]

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