Rebecca Anderson Darling of Studio D Main street New Milford, CT Rebecca Anderson Darling is an accomplished dancer, teacher and choreographer. Rebecca has been a dancer all of her life, with her earliest training in ballet and gymnastics. Rebecca Anderson ,having grown up in CA , attended UCLA, earning a BA in Dance. Upon completion of UCLA, she headed to NYC to study at The Nikolais and Louis Dance Lab and completed their two year certificate program (comprised of study in dance technique, improvisation, pedagogy and composition). Murray Louis and Alwin Nikolais have had a lasting influence on Rebecca’s approach to movement and to Dance as an Art form . She performed with Nikolais and Louis, Janis Brenner and Dancers, and Gerald Otte along with her own choreography which was performed at dance events around NYC. Of her performance, New York Times critic Anna Kisselgoff writes, “Ms. Anderson has something of Mr. Louis’s cat like prowl and pounce” and of her choreograpahy “ she uses minimal movement to brilliant effect”. In 1994, Rebecca Anderson was invited to join Pilobolus Dance Theater and never looked back. She has been a principal in both Pilobolus and Pilobolus Too. She served as their dance captain for three years, collaborated on the choreography of around 15 original dances and has performed the Pilobolus reperetory all over the world! . Some highlights of Ms.Anderson Darling’s career include: Collaborations with The Radio City Rockettes, dancing on the ice in Brian Boitanno’s Skating Spectacular, creating work as a Pilobolus Choreographer for Dancing Wheels, the first physically integrated dance company, performing in Marilyn Manson’s music video, “The Beautiful People” and of course, touring all over the world.. Rebecca enjoys her work with mentor ,Alison Becker Chase, and recently assisted Ms. Chase in creating a “New Ballet” on six principle NYC Ballet dancers, which premiered this year at The Miller Theater in NYC. Last year she performed at Carnegie Hall both live and on film in Alison Chase’s new creation, “Lucid Dreams.” Rebecca Darling was part of Pilobolus’ Emmy Award winning performance at the Kennedy Center and appears in the feature length documentary, “Last Dance”, a film about the collaboration between Pilobolus and Maurice Sendak and can be seen in Pilobolus books, Twisted Yoga and The Alphabet. Ms. Darling has a passion for creating and continues to create new dances each year for various events, University Dance Groups and for herself. In 2004, Ms. Darling opened up Studio D, located in New Milford, CT. Studio D is a dance studio with a base in modern dance and ballet and includes classes in hip hop, jazz, pilates, improvisation and composition. As Studio D’s owner and Artistic Director, Miss Darling has produced two evening length shows, including “The Wizard of Oz~in motion” and “Alice in Wonderland~ in motion” which are a magical mix of many styles of dance, music, props, costumes and dancers of all ages. Rebecca is thrilled to be working with Matt Kent, in his production of “Peter and the Wolf” and “Fairy Tales”, and has been performing with his since 1996.
Featured in Quarryography http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=2xZccJxuaw0
Her Part Is Mine - Maria Millar & Rebecca Darling http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=SN2xmcWz-zo
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