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Milwaukee Ballet
Milwaukee’s favorite choreographic competition returns! Three talented choreographers, hand-selected by Michael Pink, will be challenged to develop a dynamic, boundary-stretching piece in only three weeks. Votes are cast each night of the performance and the overall winner receives the opportunity to return to create another work for Milwaukee Ballet. Be part of shaping the future of contemporary ballet when you attend Genesis International Choreographic Competition.
The Choreographer Call-For-Entries is now open! Learn more here.
Marie Varlet & Ryan Martin. Photo Brian Lipchik
The most recent winner of Genesis was Price Suddarth, an award-winning choreographer and dancer based in Seattle, who impressed judges and audiences with his work Aftermath in 2022. Price recently returned to Milwaukee Ballet to create Strangeland, which premiered onstage as part of a 2023 mixed-repertory performance, Originals.
Other Genesis winners have returned to choreograph for the Milwaukee Ballet, including former Resident Choreographer Timothy O’Donnell, Gabrielle Lamb, Mauro de Candia, Garrett Smith, Aleix Mañé, and Nelly van Bommel.