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Dance Film: Let’s Begin At The End

Dance Film: Let’s Begin At The End

See This Cinematic Exploration of the Roller-Coaster of Love

Created for Unbound in 2018, LET’S BEGIN AT THE END is set to music by Bach, Philip Glass, and Michael Nyman and was hailed for its “off-kilter moves, spinning promenades in arabesque and constant drive” (Bachtrack) at its premiere.

Dwight Rhoden’s LET’S BEGIN AT THE END was part of SF Ballet’s 2021 Digital Season. It was performed as part of Program 02, streaming February 11–March 3.

About Dwight Rhoden

Dwight Rhoden // © Jae Man Joo

Dwight Rhoden is founding artistic director and resident choreographer of Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he performed with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, and as a principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He has choreographed for New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, BalletMet, Colorado Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, The Joffrey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadanco, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, The Washington Ballet, Ballet Nice Mediterranean, Rome Opera Ballet, and Tulsa Ballet, among others. Rhoden has directed and choreographed by television, film, and theater, including So You Think You Can Dance, Cirque du Soleil, world tours for Prince and Lenny Kravitz, and the feature film One Last Dance. Rhoden was nominated for a Benois de la Danse Award for his The Great Gatsby for the Mariinsky Ballet. He’s been artist in residence at USC Kaufman, Boston Conservatory, The Juilliard School, New York University, and Southern Methodist University. Honors include a New York Foundation for the Arts award, induction into the NYFA Hall of Fame, the Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography, and an Honorary Doctorate from Boston Conservatory. LET’S BEGIN AT THE END is his first work for SF Ballet.

Header Image: A Thumbnail from the LET’S BEGIN AT THE END Dance Film