ABOUT TODD WILLIAMS |
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Todd Williams was a member of the Stephen Petronio Company from 1995 - 2002, where he received significant audience and critical attention as both Dancer and Assistant Artistic Director. In Not Garden, “Todd Williams’s solo rivets attention through the amazing speed and clarity of his dancing.” (Dance Magazine, 1999). Deborah Jowitt of the Village Voice called his dancing in ReBourne (1997) “incredibly silky”, and BalletTanz International’s annual Yearbook Critics Survey singled out Williams as “Best Performer” (1998). Williams also danced for the New York City Ballet from 1990 – 1994, where he performed works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, among others, and was featured prominently in the NYCB’s first Diamond Project (1992), showcasing new choreography for the company. Prior to joining the NYCB, Williams received numerous awards as a student including a top prize at the Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition (Lausanne, Switzerland, 1990), the Mae. L. Wien Award from the School of American Ballet (1990), and a Level One Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (1990). Williams has danced soloist roles in productions at the Metropolitan Opera including Les Troyens (2002), Le Sacre du Printemps (2003), La Traviata (2003), The Queen of Spades (2004) and Tannhäuser (2004). He has also danced as a guest artist in the companies of Zvi Gotheiner (1999 -2000), and Doug Varone and Dancers (2004 – 2005). Other projects, collaborations and commissions for Williams include Me Me Me (Antonio Ramos/Dance Theater Workshop, 2004), On The Precipice of Defeat (commission, Cedar Lake Ensemble, 2004), Halfshadow (Williams’s Bellerophon Dance Company, 2002), and Black Plastic (Danspace Project/St. Mark’s Church, 2002). An early piece of Williams's, Benediction (1993), was presented at the Clark Studio Theater in Lincoln Center with dancers from the New York City Ballet. |