ARTISTS
ALONZO KING
EXHIBITION:
Through-LINES: The Art of Ballet
DATES:
09/29/2018 – 01/31/2019
CURRENTLY BASED:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
WEBSITE:
ALONZO KING
Alonzo King has been called a visionary choreographer who alters how we look and think about movement. King calls his works ‘thought structures,’ created by manipulating energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything. Named as a choreographer with “astonishing originality” by the New York Times, Alonzo King LINES Ballet has been guided by his unique artistic vision since 1982.
King has worked in the Royal Swedish Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, Ballet Bejart, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Hong Kong Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and many others. He has collaborated with distinguished visual artists, musicians, and composers across the globe, including legendary jazz saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders, Hamza al-Din, Pawel Szymanski, Jason Moran, Charles Lloyd, Mezzo-soprano Maya Lahyani, architect Chris Haas, and tabla master Zakir Hussain.
In 2018, LINES Ballet’s retrospective exhibition at 836M, Through-LINES: The Art of Ballet, featured some of their collaborations throughout the years.
