6 Things You Need to Know About Alejandro Cerrudo

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This is Alejandro’s second time at PNB. Here he is (above) last time, backstage with PNB dancers following the premiere of his Memory Glow.

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Memory Glow premiered in 2014.

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Cerrudo became Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s first-ever resident choreographer in 2008.

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He was one of four choreographers handpicked by Wendy Whelan for her post-NYCB work, Restless Creature.

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The Huffington Post interviewed Alejandro about how he creates his works: “One of the reasons that Cerrudo can take his audiences to so many different places is his willingness to dream. ‘I always try to aim for anything I can imagine, anything that I think could work,’ he explains.”

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Little mortal jump involves not just dancing, but velcro!

 

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Featured photo: PNB Company dancers & Alejandro Cerrudo © Lindsay Thomas