Pontus Karl Johan Lidberg
Born1977
Occupation(s)Choreographer, Dancer and Filmmaker
Websitewww.lidberg.se/pontus/

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,[1][6] Lidberg began classical ballet training at the age of four.[1][7] He has a M.F.A. in contemporary performative arts from the University of Gothenburg, Academy of Music and Drama, Sweden.[1]

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][16] Paris Opera Ballet,[17][18] Royal Danish Ballet,[16] 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][21] 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".[21][38]

His subsequent film Labyrinth Within,[14] 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.[4][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

  • On the Nature of Rabbits, La Biennale di Venezia (2023)[43][44]
  • Petrichor, Miami City Ballet (2023)[13]
  • Roaring Twenties, Danish Dance Theatre (2022)[45][46][47]
  • Centaur, Danish Dance Theatre (2020), winner of Lumen Prize Nordic Award[48]
  • Between Dogs and Wolves, Wiener Staatsoper Ballett (2020)[20]
  • Les Noces, Paris Opera Ballet (2019)
  • Siren, Pontus Lidberg Dance and Danish Dance Theatre (2018)
  • Paysage, Soudain, La Nuit, Acosta Danza (2018)
  • Une Autre Passion, Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (2017)
  • The Shimmering Asphalt, New York City Ballet (2017)
  • Woodland, Martha Graham Dance Company (2016)
  • Rabbit, Balletboyz (2016)
  • Summer’s Winter Shadow, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo (2015)
  • Little Match Girl Passion, Westminster College Choir (2015)
  • Untitled, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company (2015)
  • SNOW, Pontus Lidberg Dance (2013, revised 2015)
  • Raymonda, Royal Swedish Ballet (2014)
  • Im Anderen Raum, Semperoper Ballett Dresden (2013)
  • Stream, Oregon Ballet Theatre (2013)
  • Giselle, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (2012) Theater Basel (2022)[49]
  • Within (Labyrinth Within), Morphoses (2012)
  • Faune, Pontus Lidberg Dance (2011)
  • Vespertine, Morphoses (2010)
  • Warriors, Pontus Lidberg Dance (2010)
  • Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Royal Danish Ballet (2010)
  • Luminous, Beijing Dance Theatre (2009)
  • Tactile Affinity, Stockholm 59° North: Soloists of The Royal Swedish Ballet (2009)
  • Heart of Silk, Skånes Dansteater (2009)
  • Transformations, NorrDans (2008)
  • Metamorphose one, Morphoses the Wheeldon Company (2008)
  • Light in a Night's Coat, Norwegian National Ballet (2005)
  • Duet for Dancer and Pianist, Pontus Lidberg Dance (2004)

References

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