Artistic Director: Graham Lustig
An internationally recognized choreographer and teacher, Mr. Lustig danced with the Dutch National Ballet and the Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet before embarking on a freelance choreographic career that has encompassed more than sixty works over four continents.
Sought after by companies as diverse as Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet West, Northern Ballet Theatre, Hong Kong Ballet, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and the Sacramento Ballet, his repertoire ranges from the tongue-in-cheek sophistication of Paramour, to the wildly imaginative, dramatically costumed Pomp, created for North Carolina Dance Theatre.
Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times shared these words about his work, Evening: “The choreography is never less than eye-riveting: a fine ballet resonating with life’s solitude.”… [Read More]
Artistic Associate – Bat Abbit
Bat Abbit’s professional dance career ranges from ballet to modern to musical theatre. He began his professional ballet career in the Music City with the Nashville Ballet. After several seasons, he moved to Charlotte, NC where he became a soloist with North Carolina Dance Theatre performing leading roles in works by… [Read More]
Lees Hummel – Tap and Ballet
Lees comes to lustigdancetheatre from a distinguished background in dance performance, choreography and education. After earning her B.F.A and M.F.A in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she was a principal dancer with the Clive Thompson Dance Company, New York City Jazz Company, Nashville Dance Project (Artistic Director), Miami’s Momentum Dance Company (Assistant Artistic Director) and Kinetic Works Dance Company where she performed in works created by noted choreographers Danny Buraczeski, Bill T. Jones, Billy Siegenfeld, Rosiland Newman, Maria Chang, Milton Myers, Rudy Perez, Cliff Keuter, Anna Sokolow, and Doris Humphrey…[Read More]
Charlotte Rodriguez – LDT Business Manager
Charlotte Rodriguez, LDT Business Manager, comes to lustigdancetheatre with an educated background as an Executive Assistant to Vice President of Sales, a Facilities Manager and an Inventory Controller for several high end corporate organizations. Her business experience includes… [Read More]
Stephanie Evans – Marketing and Development Manager
Stephanie received her Masters in Public Administration with a concentration in Arts Administration from Seton Hall University in 2006. She joined American Repertory Ballet as the Development Coordinator shortly after graduating and worked there until 2010 before joining lustigdancetheatre…[Read More]
