r. Colby Damon Choreographer  Educator  Artist
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                            Professional Experience
• Ballet X - Christine Cox; Company Member, '08-'14
• Mark Morris Dance Group - Mark Morris; Extra Dancer, Feb '09
• Metropolitan Opera Ballet - Joe Fritz; Ballet Extra Jan '09, Principal Dancer Feb '12
• Sacramento Ballet - Ron Cunningham, Carinne Binda; Company Member, '02-'07

• Northwest Dance Project - Sarah Slipper; Guest Artist '07

• Thang Dao Dance Company- Thang Dao; Company Member '07-'08
• Amy Seiwert’s Imagery - Amy Seiwert; Guest Artist '07

• Avi Scher & Dancers - Avi Scher; Company Member '08-'10

• Pennsylvania Ballet - Angel Corella; Guest Principal Character Artist Mar '16

 

                              Classical Roles Performed

• BlueBird Pas de Deux in Petitpa’s The Sleeping Beauty '08
• Principal Couple in Alexei Ratmanski's Aida '12

• Suitor in Stephen Mills' The Taming of the Shrew '07

• Rondo Lead in George Balanchine’s Western Symphony '06
• Puck in Ron Cunningham’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream '03
• Max in Septime Webre’s Where the Wild Things Are '06
• Thunder and Gladiator Principal in George Balanchine’s Stars and  Stripes '05

• Peasant Pas de Deux in Giselle '04

• Blue Boy in Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs '01

• Renfield in Ron Cunningham's Dracula '05

• Ariel in Ron Cunningham's The Tempest '02

• George Balanchine’s Tarantella '04

• Player in Ron Cunningham's Hamlet '03

• Mandolin Dance in Ron Cuningham's Romeo & Juliet '04

• Young Man in Ron Cunningham's A Streetcar Named Desire ' 03

• Corps de Ballet in George Balanchine’s Who Cares? '08
• Corps de Ballet in Glen Tetley’s Voluntaries '03

• Corps de Ballet in Ron Cunningham's Carmen '04

• Corps de Ballet in Ron Cunningham's Etosha '07

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  Contemporary Works Performed

• Mark Morris Orfeo, Romeo and Juliet '09
• Matthew Neenan Sunset o639 Hours '14, There I Was '13, Switch Phase '12,         Jackson Sounds '11, The Last Glass '10, Steelworks '08,
• Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Still@Life '13, Castrati  '11
• Dwight Rhoden HellaSweetPlumbRhapsody '02
• Jodie Gates Delicate Balance '14
• Alex Ketley Silt '13
• Trey McIntrye The Illuminations '05
• Helen Pickett Amaranthine '06
• Mauro Astolfi Instant God  '12
• Adam Barruch If the Heart Runs '13
• John Selya Tweaker 08, Unlikely Saint '06
• Luca Vegetti Orestia 08, Ensemble for Somnambulists '07
• Septime Webre D Construction '07

• Val Caniperoli Jaybird Lounge '03

• Amy Seiwert On the Care and Feeding of Ecstacy ' 06, I Want Inside ' 05
• James Gregg Head in the Clouds '14

• Darrell Grand Moultrie Differences in Sections ' 12
• Loni Landon Two Ears, One Mouth  '11
• Tobin Del Cuore Beside Myself  '11
• Gabrielle Lamb HeedfulNeedful  '13

 

Reviews

     “Mr. Damon, a smart, fluid dancer with an exquisite attack, is good at making room for himself”- Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times, Sunday March 25 2007

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“The Movement…got a remarkable blend of eerie calm and snapping velocity from Colby Damon” -Marty Haughley, The Oregonian, July 16 2007

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   "Colby Damon is fluid, flexible, strong, passionate, diverse, multi-leveled, and precise. His talent is gargantuan and indefatigable. He is amazing to watch."
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    "Damon’s is a strong character choreographer...showing his classical vocabulary prowess...as well as an effective choreographic synergy with the score."
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