U.S. Choreographer at the Belgrade Terazije Musical Theater

February 8, 2008

The Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Embassy in Serbia is supporting the second visit of U.S. choreographer and dancer Joe Alegado to Belgrade.

Joe Alegado, who is from Texas, but lives and works in Vienna, Austria, arrived in Belgrade in early January 2008 to conduct a dance workshop and choreograph a performance at the Belgrade Terazije Musical Theater.

In an effort to refresh the repertoire with new performances, Terazije Musical Theater hosted a Limon dance technique workshop designed and conducted by Joe Alegado for a group of fifteen theater dancers. At the same time, Alegado created the choreography for a contemporary dance performance entitled "The Earth," the premiere of which will take place on February 12 at the Terazije Musical Theater.

Joe Alegado was a soloist of the José Limón Company and a teacher at the José Limón Institute in New York City for many years. Besides his long-term cooperation with Viennese dance institutions such as the State Opera Ballet School, his work has taken him all over the world, to Asia, various European countries and the United States. Since 1984 he has been on the Faculty of ImPulsTanz Workshops, formerly International Dance Weeks Vienna.