KST X NYC: slowdanger STORY BALLET, in-process showing
KST Presents
Produced by Pentacle’s Tour Ready Lab
As Part of the Dance Managers Collective Showcase
Sunday, January 11, 2026
3:20pm – 3:35pm
New York City Center Studios, Studio 5 | 130 W 56th Street, 5th Floor, NYC
Admission is reserved for performing arts professionals
slowdanger presents excerpts of STORY BALLET, a new work in development. A contemporary reimagining of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, this multidisciplinary quintet examines the intersections of mental health, escapism, and societal stereotypes. Instead of depicting the relationship obsession with a woman, STORY BALLET subverts Berlioz’s concept, redefining the symphony’s story as “dancing with the ghost of one’s self”. Performers embody different facets of a central character, each grappling with their own obsessions and past selves. Noir lighting, holographic projections, motion capture, and live sound sampling bring this journey to life.
Photo Credit: Igor Kraguljac
New Music USA’s Organization Fund supports STORY BALLET in 2025-26, Opportunity Fund, the New Work Development Residency at Texas A&M’s College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts, The PNC Charitable Trusts, The Pittsburgh Foundation, A W Mellon Fund, and Kelly Strayhorn Theater.
STORY BALLET is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by Dance Place in partnership with Texas A&M University and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. For more information, visit www.npnweb.org
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Tickets: $20 | Presenters RSVP Here
- ABOUT THE ARTISTS
- CREDITS
taylor knight (they/them) & anna thompson (they/them) are co-founding artistic directors of slowdanger, a multidisciplinary performance entity based in Pittsburgh, PA. slowdanger uses choreographic, improvisational and contemporary dance/performance frameworks to create work at the intersection of movement, sound, technology, physiological centering and ontological examination.They were 2022 NEFA NDP Grant and NPN Creation and Development Fund awardees, and 2024 inaugural New Work Development Artists in Residence at Texas A&M’s College of Performance Visualization and Fine Art.
created and performed by: slowdanger (anna thompson and taylor knight)