Robert Sher-Machherndl

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Robert Sher-Machherndl is a Colorado-based choreographer and former principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet. [1] [2] He is the founder and currently the artistic director of Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in Boulder, CO. [3]

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Sher-Machherndl was born in Vienna, Austria. [1] [4] [5] and relocated to the United States on an O-1 nonimmigrant visa (granted for aliens who possess extraordinary ability in the arts or other fields). [1] [6]

Career and repertoire

Sher-Machherndl danced with the Dutch National Ballet and with the Bavarian State Ballet in the 1980s and 1990s. [7] [8] [9] [10] He relocated to the United States after his tenures with these companies and founded Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet in Boulder, CO in 2003, under which he choreographs and performs in original works. [1] [2] [3]

Additionally, Sher-Machherndl has created choreography for Finnish National Ballet, Vienna State Opera Ballet, Bavarian State Ballet, Scapino Ballet, Salzburg Ballet, Cleo Parker Robinson, Santa Fe Dance Festival, Lines Ballet BFA and Training Program, Ballet Next, University of Colorado, Colorado State University, University of Wyoming, Kuopio Dance Festival, Moving People Dance, American College Dance Festival, and Colorado Ballet Training Program. [1]

Media recognition

Sher-Machherndl was named 2010 Dance Person of the Year by The Denver Post. [4] In 2015, Denver Arts & Venues’ Public Art Program commissioned his piece "White Mirror" as their first-ever dance piece commissioned. [11] In 2018, Dance Spirit named Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet as one of their “10 Contemporary Ballet Companies You Should Be Obsessed With.” [3]

Roles

Principal roles with Dutch National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet [1] [5]

Original Choreography under Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet [1] [5] [12] [13] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Robert Sher-Machherndl". www.coloradoballet.org. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  2. 1 2 "contemporary ballet choreographer". Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lemon Sponge Cake Ballet, Boulder, CO". Dance Spirit. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  4. 1 2 "Robert Sher-Machherndl: 2010 dance person of the year". The Denver Post. 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  5. 1 2 3 "Robert Sher-Machherndl | International Youth Ballet" . Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  6. ↑ "O-1 Visa: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement". USCIS. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  7. ↑ "BALANCHINE IN MÜNCHEN DOKUMENTATION ROBBINS IN MÜNCHEN - PDF". docplayer.org. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  8. ↑ "Een leven lang theater :: Het mythische voorwendsel". www.eenlevenlangtheater.nl. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  9. ↑ Kisselgoff, Anna (1993-02-27). "Review/Ballet; A Bavarian Display of Dance Power". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  10. ↑ Staatsballett, Bayerisches (2015-12-31). Aus Leidenschaft!: 25 Jahre Bayerisches Staatsballett (mit Texten von Dorion Weickmann und Katja Schneider) (in German). transcript Verlag. ISBN   9783839433119.
  11. 1 2 Venues, Denver Arts &. ""White Mirror" commissioning a first for Denver's Public Art Program | Denver Arts & Venues". www.artsandvenuesdenver.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  12. ↑ "Lemon Sponge Cake turns bare-bones loft to urban stage with 'Gone'". www.dailycamera.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  13. ↑ on 06/16/2016 - 4:56pm, Corey H. Jones. "Boulder Dance Co. To Premiere Piece About Gun Violence". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved 2019-01-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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