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