{"id":14679,"date":"2021-12-15T00:33:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=14679"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:21","slug":"eric-vu-ans-orbit-lucinda-childs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/15\/eric-vu-ans-orbit-lucinda-childs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9ric Vu-An&#8217;s Orbit: Lucinda Childs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00c9ric Vu-An and Lucinda Childs<\/h2>\n<p>\u00c9ric Vu-An and Lucinda Childs collaborated on the creation of the ballet <em>Oceana<\/em>. The work was originally created for the Ballet Nice M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e in 2011. Vu-An and Childs attempted to create a work that would explore the beauty of choreography. <em>Oceana<\/em> has been described as a work that has an &#8220;atmospheric, fluid, and ethereal&#8221; feeling to it. The work is centered on the feeling of ocean and has been performed by the Ballet Nice M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e for multiple seasons.<\/p>\n<h2>More about Lucinda Childs<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14680 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-230x345.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-350x525.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-480x719.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs-600x899.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Lucinda-Childs.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Lucinda Childs started her artistic career as a dancer before becoming a choreographer. She has choreographed over 30 works for major ballet companies, of which <em>Dance<\/em> (1979) may be her most famous. Childs choreography \u201ccaptivates the splendor of the different patterns the human body can create across a stage by basic repeated movements such as skipping or turning.&#8221; She is renowned as a master of minimalism in her choreography, getting the most out of the simplest movements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joyce.org\/performances\/lucinda-childs-dance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucinda Childs, Joyce<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucindachilds.com\/history.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History, Lucinda Childs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/riviera-buzz.com\/features\/arts-culture\/item\/1064-a-contemporary-triptych-from-ballet-nice-mediterranee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Contemporary Triptych from Ballet Nice M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, Riviera Buzz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14600 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-420x420.png 420w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-230x230.png 230w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/mobballet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/princeton-logo_1.png 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a>Max Kreidl &#8217;24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c9ric Vu-An and Lucinda Childs \u00c9ric Vu-An and Lucinda Childs collaborated on the creation of the ballet Oceana. 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