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Seeds of Rain

"Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet presented the world premiere of Seeds of Rain, followed by an encore performance of the historic work, Naivete of Flowers. The evening left audience members with an awe-inspired feeling of hope and renewal."  LA Dance Chronicle

Etudes

“The evening was striking in artistic and technical nature, leaving me in awe of the choreographic work and the dancers abilities.” LA Dance Chronicle

Naivete of Flowers

"A grand sense of freedom... Raiford Rogers' latest colorful moving pictures lift off the stage at the Luckman. What Rogers does so unusually well, sometimes extraordinarily, is to paint the stage with moving pictures."    Los Angeles Times

"Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet presented an historic work, Naivete of Flowers. .. The garden is in full bloom." LA Dance Chronicle

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". . . bracingly contemporary and superbly aware of how much ballet can express without descending to desperate crossover strategies or hard-sell hyper-athleticism."      Los Angeles Times

"Rogers' dances look like no one else's, proving again that you can take the codified technique of classical ballet and not only mold it to your will but make it almost radical." Los Angeles Times

"Los Angeles-based choreographer Raiford Rogers has discarded the pointe shoe and invented a distinctly original style of modern ballet."   BackStage NY

Tetyana Martyanova in Seeds of Rain © 2022 RRMB

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