21 March 1996
Boston Ballet premiered Resident Choreographer Daniel Pelzig's Nine Lives: The Songs of Lyle Lovett in March of 1996 as part of the "Hot & Cool" program. In 1995 Daniel Pelzig was named Resident Choreographer, after winning the gold medal at the third Boston International Choreography Competition. Arts writer T.J. Medrek wrote of the first piece he choreographed for Boston, "[it was] a stunning breath of fresh air - fluid, sophisticated, filled with magic and surprise".
Between 1995 and 2000 Pelzig choreographed nine world premieres for Boston Ballet, including: The Princess and the Pea (1995), Romeo and Juliet (1997), and An American in Paris (1998).
Daniel Pelzig and Paul Thrussell, circa 1996
Photograph by Jerry Berndt
Boston Ballet Archives