Filigree (2025) made for Ballet Arkansas’ “Nouveau” program in collaboration with Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) Set on the Ravel’s String quartet, “Filigree” is a work inspired by the ornamental art of the technique it’s named after—where movement weaves through space like threads, drawing intricate patterns. The dancers’ bodies become living details, evoking the elegance of the Belle Époque through a contemporary lens. 

Presented at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts as part of an exhibition dedicated to Art Nouveau, the piece acts as a living extension of the visual world it references, bringing decorative lines and gilded motifs into motion.

CREDITS:

Cast: Celeste Lopez- Keranen, Aldrin Vendt, Brittany Dowdy, Sage Feldges, Keith Newman and William Heide

Music: M. Ravel

Live music by Qapaw String Quartet

Photo: Matthew Sewell Photography