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Over the seven years that Clymene Baugher has performed with Elisa Monte Dance, founding artistic director Elisa Monte has taught her to channel her adrenaline into her performance. “I get very anxious before I perform her signature piece, Treading,” Baugher says. “Essentially, the whole solo is done on one leg in very dark lighting. It’s a slow, […]

Choreographer Elisa Monte knows firsthand how important it is to get to class as a dancer. In her late 20s, Monte–who is now the artistic director of her own company, Elisa Monte Dance–became a devotee of Maggie Black’s ballet class in New York City, squeezing it in between her rehearsals with the Martha Graham Dance […]