MARIANA OLIVEIRA

Death and the Maiden (2018)
Music: Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor
Production: Momentum: Rhapsody in Blue 

Inspired by Franz Schubert’s composition, Mariana Oliveria presents a balletic conversation between a maiden and Death in a tragic and sensitive portrayal of both the agony and comfort of death and the awareness of life.

Originally from Brazil, Mariana Oliveira studied at the Royal Academy of Dance in London, and was a trainee dancer at the National Dance Company of Wales. At the age of 19 she was invited to perform with the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami. In 2009 she founded The Union Project Dance Company.

She has been commissioned to create new works for the Richmond Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, New York City Ballet Choreographic Institute, Dayton Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Joffrey Ballet Academy, National Choreographers Initiative, Ballet Arkansas, and A&A Ballet. Mariana is a recipient of the NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts Fellowship, as well the Kansas City University Choreographic Fellowship. Her works have also been presented at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and for two consecutive years she has been a finalist of the McCallum Theatre Choreography Festival. Mariana taught at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Brazil (the only Bolshoi School outside Russia) for the dancers of the Youth Company.

Photo Credit: Dante V. Dauz