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Creative Loafing Interviews Wabi Sabi Guest Choreographer Robert Dekkers

Atlanta Ballet was thrilled to have former Centre for Dance Education student, Robert Dekkers, back in its studios this summer! This time he was choreographing a brand new work for Wabi Sabi's 2014 summer season, which premiered August 22 at the High. You have another opportunity to see it Friday, August 29 at the High, but this time his work, Your is Mine, will be performed with live music from GA Tech's Sonic Generator and Philadelphia-based emcees Lushlife and Yikes the Zero.

Click here to read Creative Loafing's interview with Robert Dekkers about his new work and time with Atlanta Ballet's Wabi Sabi!

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Atlanta Ballet's Wabi Sabi at the HighFriday, August 29, 2014 starting at 7:45pm

Angels' Share
Choreography: John Heginbotham
Music: Ernst (Ernö) Von Dohnanyi, Serenade in C Major for string trio Op. 10
Costume design: Maile Okamura
Performed by: Yoomi Kim, Alessa Rogers, Miguel Angel Montoya, Benjamin Stone, Jared Tan

Observations
Music: Tristan Perich
Performed by: Sonic Generator

En Route
Choreography: Tara Lee
Music: Erik Satie & Frederic Chopin
Costume design: Tamara Cobus
Performed by: Nadia Mara & Brandon Nguyen

Yours is Mine* - Featuring Live Music!
Choreography: Robert Dekkers
Music: Bodega by Jonathan Pfeffer, performed live by Sonic Generator, Lushlife & Yikes the Zero
Costume design: Tamara Cobus
Performed by: Jackie Nash, Alexandre Barros, Christian Clark, Heath Gill

*Music for this piece contains explicit language. Parental discretion is advised.

Program subject to change.

Jackie Nash, Alexandre Barros, and Heath Gill perform Robert Dekkers' Yours is Mine at the HIgh. Photo by Kim Kenney.