Pontus Karl Johan Lidberg Explained

Pontus Karl Johan Lidberg
Birth Date:1977
Occupation:Choreographer, Dancer and Filmmaker

Pontus Karl Johan Lidberg is a Swedish born choreographer, dancer and filmmaker.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Early life and education

Born in Stockholm, Sweden to psychiatrist Lars Lidberg and psychologist Yvonne Lidberg,[6] Lidberg began classical ballet training at the age of four.[7] He has a M.F.A. in contemporary performative arts from the University of Gothenburg, Academy of Music and Drama, Sweden.

Choreographer

Lidberg has created works for dance companies including Acosta Danza,[8] Balletboyz,[9] Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève,[10] [11] Les Ballets de Monte Carlo,[12] Miami City Ballet,[13] Morphoses,[14] New York City Ballet,[15] Paris Opera Ballet,[16] [17] Royal Danish Ballet,[18] Royal Swedish Ballet,[19] Semperoper Ballett and Wiener Staatsballett,[20] as well as for his own company Pontus Lidberg Dance.[21] Pontus Lidberg Dance has been presented at venues such as The Joyce Theater,[22] The Havana International Ballet Festival[23] The National Arts Center of Canada,[24] La Biennale di Venezia[25] [26] and Festival Oriente-Occidente in Rovereto, Italy.[27]

In 2016 he was commissioned by Library of Congress to create a new work for the Martha Graham Dance Company, as the centerpiece for a celebration marking the Library’s 90th anniversary as a presenter of the performing arts.[28]

Lidberg has been Artist-in-Residence at Harvard,[29] Headlands Center for the Arts,[30] Baryshnikov Arts Center,[31] a choreography fellow at New York City Center,[32] and a fellow at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University.[33] He received a 2019 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Choreography.[34]

He was the artistic director of Danish Dance Theatre between 2018-2022.[35] [36] His choreography “Roaring Twenties” opened the 2022 Montpellier Danse Festival.[37]

Filmmaker

In 2007, Lidberg directed The Rain, a film featuring Alicia Vikander that takes place in a ceaseless rainfall. The New York Times wrote: "Memorably The Rain illustrates what filmed dance can say that staged dance cannot".[38]

His subsequent film Labyrinth Within, featured Lidberg himself, former New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan and Giovanni Bucchieri. It won the 2012 Jury Prize for Best Picture at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City.[39] [40] During his 2012 tenure as resident artistic director of Morphoses, Lidberg developed the film into an hourlong work of live performance and film titled Within (Labyrinth Within), premiering at the 2012 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.[14]

His third film, Written on Water, premiered in 2021 at Le Festival International du Film sur l'Art in Montréal. Filming began in Paris in 2019 after a successful Kickstarter fundraising of £30,835.[41] Starring Aurélie Dupont, Alexander Jones and Lidberg himself, it is a 81-minute feature film about an artist whose happy and comfortable married life is upended when she unexpectedly falls in love with someone else. Written on Water aims to convey the drama of desire and the turmoil of the protagonist’s inner life through dance, evocative cinematography, and music.[42]

Works

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Man of Medicine, Dance and Film: 3 Dimensions of Pontus Lidberg. Sulcas. Roslyn. 2017. The New York Times. 2017-11-01. en-US. 0362-4331.
  2. News: On Her Own. 2015-03-01. dancemagazine. 2017-10-31. en.
  3. News: David Hallberg Creates a Program of Premieres for Young Dancers. Catton. Pia. 2015-04-17. Wall Street Journal. 2017-10-31. en-US. 0099-9660.
  4. News: Morphoses, at the Joyce Theater. Seibert. Brian. 2012-11-08. The New York Times. 2017-10-31. en-US. 0362-4331.
  5. News: Morphoses Performing at Jacob's Pillow. Rocco. Claudia La. 2012-06-29. The New York Times. 2017-10-31. en-US. 0362-4331.
  6. News: DN gratulerar: Läkare med rätt att skriva ut - DN.SE. 2000-03-01. DN.SE. 2017-10-31. sv-se.
  7. Web site: Sweden - Nordstjernan. www.nordstjernan.com. 2017-10-31.
  8. News: To Be a Star Carlos Acosta Had to Leave Cuba. Maybe His Dancers Won't Have To.. The New York Times . 20 April 2018 . 2018-11-09. en. Seibert . Brian .
  9. News: BalletBoyz: Life review – angry rabbits v dead choreographers in bold double bill. Mackrell. Judith. 2016-04-21. The Guardian. 2017-10-31. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  10. News: Essence du romantisme recadrée. LeCourrier. 2017-10-31. fr.
  11. Web site: Une autre passion - Journal La Terrasse. Journal La Terrasse.fr. 31 March 2017. fr-FR. 2017-10-31.
  12. News: Tres coreógrafos de futuro en Montecarlo. Salas. Roger. 2015-07-18. EL PAÍS. 2017-10-31. es.
  13. Web site: Miami City Ballet’s new program shows the dialog between ballet and modern dance . amp.miamiherald.com . 17 August 2023.
  14. News: Morphoses premiere combines dance, film at Jacob's Pillow - The Boston Globe. BostonGlobe.com. 2017-10-31.
  15. News: New York City Ballet's Very 21st-Century Steps. Macaulay. Alastair. 2017. The New York Times. 2017-10-31. en-US. 0362-4331.
  16. News: Danse : Un spectre d'émotions au Palais Garnier. Le Monde.fr. 8 February 2019.
  17. Web site: Goecke / Lidberg / Cherkaoui - Ballet - Season 18/19 Programming. Opéra national de Paris. en. 2018-11-09.
  18. News: How a Group of Gay Male Ballet Dancers Is Rethinking Masculinity. The New York Times . 5 November 2018 . 2018-11-09. en. Ebershoff . David .
  19. News: "Raymonda" på Operan - DN.SE. 2014-12-01. DN.SE. 2017-10-31. sv-se.
  20. Web site: Staatsoper . Wiener . Pontus Lidberg Interview . upstream.wiener-staatsoper.at . 17 August 2023 . en.
  21. News: Review: Pontus Lidberg Dance, a Swirl of Choreography and Even Puppets at the Joyce Theater. Kourlas. Gia. 2015-06-09. The New York Times. 2017-10-31. en-US. 0362-4331.
  22. News: 10 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend. The New York Times . 18 October 2018 . 2018-11-08. en. Kourlas . Gia .
  23. News: Havana International Ballet Festival, Cuba – review. Financial Times. 4 November 2014. 2017-10-31.
  24. News: Pontus Lidberg Dance Tue, Apr 14, 2015, 7:30 pm @ Babs Asper Theatre (1 Elgin Street, Ottawa). 2017-10-31. en.
  25. Web site: 'Biennale di Venezia 2023', si riparte: tra teatro, danza e musica sarà un anno ricchissimo . la Repubblica . 17 August 2023 . it . 4 April 2023.
  26. Web site: Biennale Danza 2023 Pontus Lidberg - On the Nature of Rabbits . La Biennale di Venezia . 17 August 2023 . en . 11 April 2023.
  27. News: La via della seta è fatta di gomma - la Repubblica.it. Archivio - la Repubblica.it. 2018-11-09. it.
  28. News: "Martha Graham at the Library" Festival Celebrates Historic Library of Congress Dance Commissions. The Library of Congress. 2017-10-31. en.
  29. Web site: Pontus Lidberg. ofa.fas.harvard.edu. en. 2017-11-01.
  30. News: Pontus Lidberg - Headlands Center for the Arts. Headlands Center for the Arts. 2017-11-01. en-US.
  31. Web site: Pontus Lidberg. bacnyc.org. en. 2017-11-01.
  32. Web site: NY City Center - Choreography Fellowship.
  33. Web site: the-center-for-ballet-and-the-arts-at-nyu-announces-2018-19-fell.
  34. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Pontus Lidberg.
  35. Web site: Danish Dance Theatre – New Artistic Director for Danish Dance Theatre . www.danskdanseteater.dk . 17 August 2023.
  36. Web site: Dansk Danseteater får ny kunstnerisk leder . Politiken . 17 August 2023 . da-DK . 2 February 2023.
  37. Web site: Pontus Lidberg, le phénomène de la danse venu du Nord. www.parismatch.com . 17 August 2023.
  38. News: Short Dance Films at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Macaulay. Alastair. 2008-11-10. The New York Times. 2017-11-01. en-US. 0362-4331.
  39. News: Labyrinth Within. 2011-12-05. Dance Films Association. 2017-11-03. en-US.
  40. News: When the Camera Is Your Partner. 2012-03-26. dancemagazine. 2017-11-03. en.
  41. Web site: Kickstarter. Written on Water.
  42. Web site: Written on Water . International Festival of Films on Art . 17 August 2023. en-CA.
  43. Web site: 'Biennale di Venezia 2023', si riparte: tra teatro, danza e musica sarà un anno ricchissimo . la Repubblica . 17 August 2023 . it . 4 April 2023.
  44. Web site: Biennale Danza 2023 Pontus Lidberg - On the Nature of Rabbits . La Biennale di Venezia . 17 August 2023 . en . 11 April 2023.
  45. Web site: Les chorégraphies frissonnantes de Pontus Lidberg en vedette à Montpellier Danse . Le Monde.fr . 17 August 2023 . fr . 16 June 2022.
  46. Web site: Pontus Lidberg, le phénomène de la danse venu du Nord . parismatch.com . 17 August 2023 . fr . 11 June 2022.
  47. Web site: Pontus Lidberg, l'oiseau libre de Montpellier Danse . LEFIGARO . 17 August 2023 . fr . 12 June 2022.
  48. Web site: Winners Archive . The Lumen Prize . 17 August 2023.
  49. Web site: Giselle, Ballet Theater Basel . www.theater-basel.ch . 17 August 2023 . en.

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