With Gold
premiere May 9, 2023
Richmond Ballet
music Federico Albanese
lighting Trad Burns
costume design Susan Roemer

 

Choros
New Production Eugene Ballet
premiere April 8, 2023

 

Sidd: A Hero's Journey
(full-evening narrative work)
premiere March 25, 2023
BalletX
music Collage of Composers
lighting and set design Michael Korsch
costume design Mark Eric

 

 

Divenire
premiere September 15, 2022
Tulsa Ballet
music Ludovico Einaudi, Matteo Saggese and Anna Phoebe
lighting Les Dickert
costume design Anaya Cullen with Nicolo Fonte

 

Carmina Burana (2017)
New Production Nevada Ballet Theatre
premiere May 20, 2022

 

Alone / Together
premiere May 11, 2022
Junior Ballet Antwerp
music Federico Albanese
lighting Niels Baten
costume design Atelier Munro

 

Where We Left Off (2011)
New Production Island Moving Company
premiere March 11, 2022

 

Of Dreams and Dice
premiere February 19, 2022
Oklahoma City Ballet
music Heather Christian
lighting Aaron Mooney
costume design Christine Darch

 

Choros
premiere June 5, 2021
Oregon Ballet Theatre
music Tarik O'Regan, Ludovico Einaudi
lighting Michael Mazzola
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Eileen Ehlert

 

Faraway Close
premiere November 6, 2020
Ballet West
music Harry Escott, Max Richter
lighting Michael Mazzola
costume design David Heuvel (with Nicolo Fonte)
scenic design Nicolo Fonte

 

Bolero (2008)
New Production Nevada Ballet Theatre
premiere February 22, 2020

 

When Light Comes
premiere Feb 15, 2020
Eisenhower Dance Detroit
music Olafur Arnalds
lighting David Goodman-Edberg
costume design Tina Tomicic (with Nicolo Fonte)
scenic design David Goodman-Edberg (with Nicolo Fonte)

 

Beautiful Decay (2013)
New Production Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
premiere July 9, 2019

 

Steep Drop, Euphoric
premiere March 6, 2019
BalletX
music Ezio Bosso, Olafur Arnalds
costume design Christine Darch
lighting Mark Stanley
scenic design Nicolo Fonte with Mark Stanley

 

Crane/ing
premiere February 16, 2019
Nevada Ballet Theatre
music Giovanni Sollima, Donnacha Dennehy
costumes Fritz Masten
scenic design Nicolo Fonte
lighting Peter Jakubowski

 

Love's Lost Idols
premiere November 2, 2018
Astana Ballet
music Ezio Bosso
lighting design Michael Mazzola
costume design Christine Darch

 

Carmina Burana
New Production Cincinatti Ballet
Co-Production with Ballet West
premiere February 8, 2018

 

Carmina Burana
premiere November 3, 2017
Ballet West
music Carl Orff
set and lighting design Michael Korsch
costume design Christine Darch

 

Rhapsody in Blue
premiere October 7, 2017
Oregon Ballet Theatre
music George Gershwin arranged by Thomas Lauderdale
lighting design Michael Mazzola
costume design Christine Joly

 

Fox on the Doorstep
premiere May 19, 2017
Ballet West
music Olafur Arnalds, Harry Escott and Johan Johannsson
costume design David Heuvel
lighting design Jim French
scenic design Nicolo Fonte and Jim French

 

Ghost Stories
premiere April 6, 2017
Pennsylvania Ballet
music Ezio Bosso and Max Richter
costume design Martha Chamberlain
lighting design Brad Fields

 

Giants Before Us
premiere October 8, 2016
Oregon Ballet Theatre
music Franz Liszt (Hunter Noack pianist)
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Christine Darch
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Left Unsaid (2003)
New Production Collage Dance
premiere October 8, 2016

 

Love-Notes
premiere September 16, 2016
Tulsa Ballet
music Nina Simone
costume design Christine Darch
lighting design Les Dickert

 

Piece of My Heart
premiere April 27, 2016
Ballet West II
music Janis Joplin
costume design David Heuvel and Nicolo Fonte
lighting design James Larsen

 

Beautiful Decay (2013)
New Production Oregon Ballet Theatre
premiere April 14, 2016

 

Beasts
(full-evening ballet)
premiere November 18, 2015
BalletX
music Henrik Schwarz, Joby Talbot, Ella Fitzgerald,
Pink Martini, Debussy (and others)
set design Mimi Lien
costume design Christine Darch
lighting design Drew Billiau

 

Grace Action
premiere June 11, 2015
Pennsylvania Ballet
music Philip Glass
costume design Martha Chamberlain
lighting design Brad Fields

 

Presto (2013)
New Production Oregon Ballet Theatre
premiere April 16, 2015

 

Almost Tango (2002)
New Production Ballet West
new lighting design Ron Vodicka
new costume design David Heuvel after Nicolo Fonte and Mark Zappone
premiere April 10, 2015

 

There, and Back Again
premiere February 18, 2015
New York Theatre Ballet
music original score Kevin Keller
costume design Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan
lighting design Serena Wong

 

Left Unsaid (2003)
New Production Barak Ballet, Los Angeles, CA
premiere February 6, 2015




Bolero (2008)
New Production Tulsa Ballet
premiere October 31, 2014

 

Never Stop Falling (In Love)
premiere October 11, 2014
Oregon Ballet Theatre
music Pink Martini arranged by Thomas Lauderdale
set and lighting design Michael Mazzola
costume design Michelle Lesniak

 

Bolero (2008)
New Production Queensland Ballet (Australia)
premiere August 1, 2014

 

The Rite of Spring
premiere April 11, 2014
Ballet West
music Igor Stravinsky
set and lighting design Michael Mazzola
costume design David Heuvel

 

The Heart(s)pace
premiere February 14, 2014
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music Ezio Bosso
costume design Christine Joly
lighting design Seah Johnson




Presto
premiere October 6, 2013
Ballet West
music Ezio Bosso
costume design David Heuvel
lighting design Nicholas Cavallaro

 

Beautiful Decay
(full-evening)
premiere July 10, 2013
BalletX
music Antonio Vivaldi, Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds
set design Mimi Lien
costume design Martha Chamberlain
lighting design Drew Billiau

 

Axis Mundi
premiere May 3, 2013
Tulsa Ballet
music John Adams, Kevin Keller, Philip Glass, Greg Haines
costume design Christine Joly
lighting design Les Dickert




Muse
premiere Nov 22, 2012
Ballet BC
music David Lang, Raz Mesinai, Marcelo Zarvos
scenic design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Kate Burrows with Nicolo Fonte
lighting design James Proudfoot

 

Left Unsaid (2003)
New Production Oklahoma City Ballet
Premiere October 20, 2012

 

See(k)
premiere May 24, 2012
Houston Ballet
music original score Anna Clyne
costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Brad Fields

 

Petrouchka (2011)
premiere May 18, 2012
New Production Perm State Ballet (Russia)




Petrouchka
premiere Oct 8, 2011
Oregon Ballet Theatre
music Igor Stravinsky
set design Mimi Lien
costume design Mark Zappone
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Codiciosos
premiere July 8, 2011
Compañía Nacional de Danza de El Salvador
music Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto
costume design Nicolo Fonte

 

Bolero (2008)
New Production Ballet West (USA)

 

Lasting Imprint (2006)
New Production Ballet Austin (USA)

 

Where We Left Off
premiere February 11, 2011
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music Philip Glass
costume design Mark Zappone
lighting design Seah Johnson




Made Man
premiere March 19, 2010
Royal Ballet of Flanders
music Anna Clyne, David Lang, Julia Wolfe
set and costume design Markus Pysall
lighting design Brad Fields

 

Cornered (2007)
New Production The Finnish National Ballet (Finland)

 

Bolero (2008)
New Production The Washington Ballet (USA)

 

In Hidden Seconds (1999)
New Production Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (USA)




Record of Joy
premiere September 10, 2009
The Dutch National Ballet
music Ludwig von Beethoven
stage and costume design Markus Pysall
lighting design Bert Dalhuysen

 

Quiet Bang
premiere July 14th, 2009
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
music Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto
costume design Mark Zappone
stage and lighting design Dominique Drillot

 

The Immeasurable Cadences Within
premiere May 14th, 2009
Ballet West
music Philip Glass
costume design Marija Djordjevic
stage and lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Spellbound By Beauty
premiere March 5th, 2009
North Carolina Dance Theatre
music Bernard Herrmann
costume design Marija Djordjevic
lighting and stage design Michael Mazzola

 

Left Unsaid (2003)
New Production Ballet Austin (USA)

 

Left Unsaid (2003)
New Production Oregon Ballet Theater (USA)




The Possibility Space
premiere August 28, 2008
The Australian Ballet
music original score by Ross Edwards
set and costume design Markus Pysall
lighting design Brad Fields

 

Quartet
premiere July 12, 2008
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music Nine Inch Nails and Zoe Keating
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Nete Joseph
video design Adam Larsen
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Bolero
premiere February 23, 2008
Oregon Ballet Theatre
music Maurice Ravel
costume design Mark Zappone
stage and lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Aria 1&2
premiere February 19, 2008
The Washington Ballet
music George Frideric Handel
prop and costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Josh Michaels




Bound
premiere November 13, 2007
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
music Antonio Vivaldi and George Frideric Handel
costume design Marija Djordjevic
lighting design Michael Korsch

 

(in) verse form
premiere June 16, 2007
The Dutch National Ballet
music John Adams
set and costume design Markus Pysall
lighting design Bert Dalhuijsen

 

Cornered
premiere April 14, 2007
The Royal Ballet of Flanders
music Gavin Bryars, Ross Edwards, Philip Glass
costume design Markus Pysall
stage and lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Rhapsody
premiere March 17, 2007
The Royal Danish Ballet
music Kira and the Kindred Spirits
set Andreas A. Björklund
costume design Mads Nørgaard
lighting design Brad Fields




The Waiting
(Le Sacre du Printemps)

premiere September 16, 2006
The Göteborg Ballet
music Igor Stravinsky
set and costume design Markus Pysall
lighting design Brad Fields

 

It's Not About the Numbers
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music Steve Reich
sculpture James Surls
costume design Christine Joly
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Somewhere Light
The Göteborg Ballet
music Franz Schubert
set design Andreas A. Björklund
costume design Lourdes Frias
lighting design Mikki Kunttu

 

Lasting Imprint
Cedar Lake
music Steve Reich
costume design Marija Djordjevic
lighting design Brad Fields

Violin Concerto (2004)
New Production The Göteborg Ballet (Sweden)




braver still
The Göteborg Ballet
music David Lang and Ghislain Poirier
set design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Kevin Irving and Nicolo Fonte
lighting design David Stockholm

 

Gambling x 5
Stuttgart Ballet
music Gavin Bryars
costume design Lourdes Frias
stage design Michael Mazzola and Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Re:Tchaikovsky
(full-length)
The Göteborg Ballet
music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
set design Markus Pysall
costume design Lourdes Frias
lighting design Brad Fields
dramaturge Kevin Irving

 

Like You (2002)
New Production Ballet British Columbia (Canada)




Violin Concerto
The Royal Ballet of Flanders
music Igor Stravinsky
set design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Within / Without
Pacific Northwest Ballet
music Arvo Pärt
costume design Christine Joly
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Follia
The Göteborg Ballet
music original score by Diego Dall'Osto and Antonio Vivaldi
set design Markus Pysall
costume design Lourdes Frias
lighting design Brad Fields

 

Left Unsaid (2003)
New Production The Gšteborg Ballet (Sweden)

 

Almost Tango (2002)
New Production The Australian Ballet (Australia)




Brave
North Carolina Dance Theater
music original score by Diego Dall'Osto
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Left Unsaid
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music J. S. Bach
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Kathy Scoggins (men's suits donated by Gucci)
lighting design Todd Elmer

 

Inside The Figures
Tulsa Ballet
music W. A. Mozart and Alexander Raskatov
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Lisa Pinkham

 

Force Quit
Second Avenue Dance Company
music Arvo Pärt
costume design Amelia Dombrowski
lighting design Lucas Benjamin Krech

In Hidden Seconds (1999)
New Production The Göteborg Ballet (Sweden)




Like You
The Royal Ballet of Flanders
music original score by Diego Dall'Osto
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Mark Stanley

 

The Same Wall
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music Karl Jenkins and Steve Reich
set design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Kathy Scoggins
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Almost Tango
Pacific Northwest Ballet
music Laurie Anderson, Karl Jenkins and Thomas Oboe Lee
set design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Mark Zappone
lighting design Randall G. Chiarelli

 

Spoken In Red (2000)
New Production North Carolina Dance Theater (USA)

 

Everyday Incarnation (2000)
New Production Conservatoire de Paris (France)

 

Accidental Signals (2000)
New Production Purchase Dance Corps (USA)




Vertical Dream
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music David Lang and Arvo Pärt
stage and lighting design Lloyd Sobel
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Billie Meyer

 

Halos
Compañia Nacional de Danza 2
music Evan Ziporyn
stage design Nicolas Fischtel and Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Ismael Aznar
lighting design Nicolas Fischtel

 

Floating World
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal
music Giovanni Sollima and The Bill Frisell Band
stage design Nicolo Fonte and Daniel Ranger
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Guylaine Bourgeault
lighting design Lucie Bazzo

 

Winged Yellow
Ballet Nuremburg
music Glenn Branca, Brian Eno and Michael Gordon
set design Fred Ziegler
costume design Michael S. Kraus
text Jeanette Winterson
speaker Stijn Celis
lighting design Wolf-Götz Schwörer

 

In Hidden Seconds (1999)
New Production Ballet Mainz (Germany)




Everyday Incarnation
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
music Antonio Vivaldi
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Billie Meyer
lighting design Michael Mazzola

 

Spoken in Red
Compañia Nacional de Danza
music Giovanni Sollima and Michael Gordon
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Ismael Aznar
lighting design Nicolas Fischtel

 

Sometime Salvation
Tanz Ensemble Cathy Sharp
music Ryuichi Sakamoto and Gavin Bryars
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Ann-Kathrin Pipoz
lighting design Petra Waldinsperger

 

Accidental Signals
Conservatoire de Paris
music Benjamin Britten
stage design Nicolo Fonte and Nicolas Fischtel
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Catherine Garnier
lighting design Nicolas Fischtel

 

Lost, Then Found
New York Theatre Ballet


In Hidden Seconds
Compañia Nacional de Danza
music John Tavener
stage design Nicolo Fonte and Nicolas Fischtel
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Ismael Aznar
lighting design Nicolas Fischtel



Child's Play
Compañia Nacional de Danza
music Ira Mowitz
set design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte and Ismael Aznar
lighting design Miguel Angel Camacho



Cuarteto
Certamen de Coreografia Madrid
music Glenn Branca and Gavin Bryars
stage design Nicolo Fonte
costume design Nicolo Fonte
lighting design Juan Jose Llorens

 

A Secret Somewhere
New York Theatre Ballet