Amedeo Amodio

“When I restage a ballet on a different group of dancers, I’m not looking to recreate the new dancers in the exact image of the originals. I choose them somewhat intuitively after I give them parts of the choreography to work with; I see which dancers I feel would be best for which roles. But from there, I like to give them the freedom to develop the characters on their own, to shape the roles in their own way, to dance the roles in the way that is best for them.”