Satellite Ballet Brings WAREHOUSE UNDER THE HUDSON and EPISTASIS to NY, 11/2

Epistasis (2011)

"Epistasis" is a genetic term referring to the complicated ways in which genes develop and evolve by affecting one another.  Epistasis is a story of the creation of identity and about the long process of becoming human and finding an unassuming space in the universe to be whole.

Satellite Ballet and Satellite Collective were formed in 2010 by architect Kevin Draper and choreographer Troy Schumacher joined by composers from New York and the Pacific Northwest, and by artists working with experimental projection, photography and literature. The Company's works are developed in workshops at an artist's studio on Lake Michigan and performed by the Satellite Ballet in New York City. High intensity graphics, fiery musical performance and athletic, musical choreography are the signatures of these new works. The company's inaugural performance in October 2011 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center was sold out.

Troy Schumacher is a member of New York City Ballet and co-director of the Satellite Ballet and Collective. In addition to his work for Satellite Ballet, he has choreographed a world premiere piece for Salon/Sanctuary Concerts to be performed on September 28 at The Players Club. An Atlanta native, he began his dance training with tap before discovering ballet and pursuing a career as a ballet dancer.  After training at both the School of American Ballet and Atlanta Ballet, Schumacher joined New York City Ballet in 2004.  At NYCB Schumacher has performed principal roles in several ballets, including Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream and Stars and Stripes as well as Jerome Robbins' Interplay.

Kevin Draper is an architect, writer and co-director of the Satellite Collective, an arts incubator with a studio on Lake Michigan.  Draper studied at the University of Michigan, Notre Dame and Tulane University.  Seeing space, movement and perception as textual layers, Draper develops projections and librettos to structure the story space.  

Tickets for the November 2 performance are $10 for students and artists, $25 and $35 and are available at www.SatelliteBallet.org. The performance will be held at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 W. 59^th Street between 10^th and 11^th avenues. For more information visit www.SatelliteBallet.org or Facebook.com/SatelliteBallet