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ImageTouring troupe Stephen Petronio Company hits the Cornell Schwartz Center stage March 12-13.  Petronio calls his choreography "modern landscapes for the senses" and teams up with hip musicians and designers like Rufus Wainwright to collaborate on his works. Wainwright music is the inspiration for "Bud Suite," which features a male dance duet, and "Bloom," for which Wainwright wrote the score, drawing lyrics from the Latin Mass and the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.

Petronio's most recent work, "Bloom" celebrates the vitality and promise of youth and explores the bittersweet poignancy of transformation. The third piece to be performed at Cornell is "The Rite Part," an excerpt from Petronio's "Full Half Wrong," which is set to Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring."

The Stephen Petronio Company dancers are: Michael Badger, Julian De Leon, Elena Demyanenko, Davalois Fearon, Jonathan Jaffe, Mandy Kirschner, Shila Tirabassi, and Amanda Wells.

Widely acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, the Stephen Petronio Company, founded in 1984, has performed in 25 countries and presented more than 30 New York City engagements. Petronio has built a body of more than 30 works, collaborating with some of the world's most talented and provocative artists. Known as the "bad boy of modern dance,"  Petronio has shot to the forefront of contemporary choreographers with his unique movement language and groundbreaking work.

Initially inspired by the dancing of Steven Paxton and Rudolf Nureyev, he was the first male dancer of the Trisha Brown Company (1979-1986). He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Choreographer Award, and a New York Dance and Performance Award/Bessie.

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