Event – Detail

BalletX's Rehearsal Director and Community Liaison Keelan Whitmore will be in conversation with choreographer Jennifer Archibald, whose full-length ballet Maslow's Peak will have its world premier at The Festival at the Mann on May 2-3, 2025. Come hear about this powerful exploration of human nature and survival inspired by the classic novel Lord of the Flies and the artist who created it.

Jennifer Archibald is the founder and Artistic Director of the Arch Dance Company and Program Director of ArchCore40 Dance Intensives.  She is a graduate of The Alvin Ailey School and the Maggie Flanigan Acting Conservatory.  Archibald is the creator of the Documentary Ballet format, where she creates works rooted in historical history bringing communities together. Documentary Ballets are inclusive and communal theatrical engagements that evolve beyond the stage, with historical education as an integral part of the creative process. Her works have been performed at venues including New York’s City Center, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Aaron Davis Hall, Jacob’s Pillow Inside|Out Stage and Central Park’s Summerstage Mainstage. She has also choreographed and been commissioned to create new works for companies - and served as lecturer and guest artist at universities - around the globe.