SQUARES (2026)
a ballet by Matthew Neenan for BalletX
music composed and performed by Scott Ordway
set and lighting design by Christopher Ash
costume design by Karen Young
analogue and digital synthesizers / 28 minutes
PREMIERE
Commissioned by BalletX
Christine Cox, Artistic and Executive Director
18–22 March 2026 at the Suzanne Roberts Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
Original cast: Ashley Simpson, Ben Schwarz, Eileen Kim, Eli Alford, Francesca Forcella, Itzkan Barbosa, Jared Kelly, Jerard Palazo, João Pedro Silva, Jonathan Montepara, Lanie Jackson, Minori Sakita, Peter Weil, Savannah Green, Skyler Lubin.
Associate Artistic Director: Tara Keating
Rehearsal Director: Keelan Whitmore
MEDIA
NOTE
The original score and new choreography is inspired by the beauty and the power of organized groups of people, which creates a visual language of highly ordered, inorganic shapes: lines, squares, triangles, and rectangles. It’s a celebration of form, of aesthetic, and of the power of togetherness. It’s a visual exploration of the way in which individual behavior becomes remarkable when replicated at group scale.
—Matthew Neenan