Alonzo King + Tania Ketenjian

Tania has been a journalist, documentarian, and sound artist for over 20 years. For nearly a decade, she had a weekly radio show in San Francisco, New York, and London, interviewing creatives of all mediums and backgrounds. She has contributed extensively to the BBC, BBC World Service, PRI, NPR, ABC in Australia, RTE in Ireland, and other networks around the world. She has produced several long-form documentaries for national radio, has created commissioned pieces for international exhibitions and installations, and co-founded a radio magazine, The [Un]Observed, which collaborated with The Guardian to present the best audio from around the world. She has also worked with the world’s leading creative institutions, including the MoMA and BAM.

Alonzo King has been called a visionary choreographer who is altering the way we look at ballet. King calls his works “thought structures” created by the manipulation of energies that exist in matter through laws, which govern the shapes and movement directions of everything that exists. Named as a choreographer with “astonishing originality” by The New York Times, Alonzo King has guided LINES Ballet with his unique artistic vision since 1982. King has works in the repertoires of the world’s leading ballet and modern companies and has collaborated with distinguished visual artists, musicians, and composers across the globe. His work has been recognized for its impact on the cultural fabric of the company’s home in San Francisco, as well as internationally by the dance world’s most prestigious institutions.