Each year, the Veritas Dance Company produces several evening length works choreographed by resident choreographers and guests. Ranging from classical ballet to contemporary and theatrical works, the Veritas repertoire is diverse and growing!
Bootstrap Blues (2023)
Choreographed by Lara Ganz
“Why can not a man lift himself by pulling up his bootstraps?” – late 1800’s Physicist
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The Veil (2023)
Choreographed by Susan Zichittella
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Origins of Mercy (2022)
Choreographed by Lara Ganz
Origins of Mercy grew out of a disillusionment, worry, concern – a sadness about what is going on in the world and how we treat each other as human beings. It is about trying to navigate those feelings, expressing the beauty of kindness and understanding through dance, an art form without the distraction of words which can be misconstrued. Origins of Mercy is hopeful. It underscores that young people can lift each other up simply by accepting one another. It shows that in (re)building communities and in reaching for each other when we are lost – we can rise.
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The Maidens, the Trees, and the Rose Garden (2022)
Choreographed by Susan Zichittella with Lara Ganz
This original ballet tells the story of three maidens, a stand of ancient Sycamore trees, and magical rose garden that lures passersby. Anyone who gets too close is pricked and metamorphosized into a Rose, which once fully tuned is captured forever.
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From Within (2020)
Choreographed by Lara Ganz
“From Within” was conceived in April 2020 during the lockdown in NY due to COVID19. The work explores themes of isolation, fear, stress, boredom, grief, and release that characterized the experience of lockdown in 2020.
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Tread (2020)
Choreographed by Alessandra Ganz
Born out of rising concerns of the climate crisis and a need to reconnect to sustainable sources, the surrealistic dance work “Tread” tells the story of a self-sustainable community, isolated from the modern world, that sees and tends to their slice of earth as an equal organism.
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Summoning Hope (2019)
Choreographed by Lara Ganz
Summoning Hope is about exploring ideas of dwindling hope and resilience with the support of communal care. It is about the sensation of being drawn to the ground with a loss of hope and the fundamental importance of trying to remember the lightness of being happy. Of sunshine and of loving those around us. The ability to accept having our loved ones help us up.
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