NORBERT DE LA CRUZ III
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Taking the nexus of what is perceived as contemporary ballet, De La Cruz manages to transform a relatively popular aesthetic into a more youthful, relevant event.  So what should you expect?  Expect to be wowed. - GREGORY KING


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"It felt like a thrill, like a discovery of something new." 
-STEWART OKSENHORN
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 "Unlike any of the ballets I have witnessed thus far in our 8 years as season ticket holders."

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"His innate ability to direct the eye was demonstrated in his strategic staging and use of synchronized versus isolated pairings." - MAYA OLIVIER
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"Norbert is one of the most purely beautiful movers that I have encountered over my years of dance-watching. . ." - PHILIP GARDNER

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"Classical bones and a contemporary sensibility."
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"Yielded moments of grace that suggested that De La Cruz is as much a poet as he is a craftsman." - CALVIN WILSON

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"Starting the evening off is a world premiere by. . . Filipino choreographer Norbert De La Cruz III. . .Talsikan. . . The ensemble work tackles themes of constriction and artifice, so central to classical ballet....Under [De La] Cruz’s investigation, the point shoe becomes everything it is not supposed to be: an instrument of percussion and the work reaches a spectacular crescendo that’s part Stomp, part Momix, and part feminist literary theory as the curtain descends. . .  I can’t wait to see what [De La] Cruz creates next." - Kat Richter

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Arts America Blog: 

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet , MARCH 31, 2012 BY MI'JAN CELIE THO-BIAZ. 
"I  implore you beloved readers: when “Square None” makes its rounds on the tour circuit, rush out and support this new, brilliant work." 
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On to square one: 
Choreographer Norbert De La Cruz III returns to Aspen, Written by Stewart Oksenhorn, July 5th, 2013: 
“It’s not about the choreographer; it’s how the choreographer relates to the dancers. That’s the beauty of creation.”
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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Preview: 
A Conversation with Choreographer Norbert De La Cruz lll, BY JESS RUHLIN APRIL 11, 2012.  
When the press release for the upcoming Aspen Santa Fe Ballet performance arrived in my inbox with the chance to interview up-and-coming choreographer Norbert De La Cruz lll, I leapt at the opportunity. 
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323.633.2339

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Norbert.DeLaCruz@Gmail.com
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