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“Thirteen, like all of Trimbur’s classes, is rooted in make-believe and nostalgia. ‘At the beginning of class, I always say that we’re all best friends, we’re in a backyard and we’re going to show our parents this silly routine we’re doing before dinner,’ she says. ‘Nostalgia is a way into your body through memories that you need to unlock, hold onto or expand on.’ It also informs the way Trimbur and her students dress for class—in leotards and slouch socks. ‘It makes you more excited to attend when you have these outfits to wear. Looking at yourself in the mirror is like seeing an old version of yourself, or a version of yourself you wish you could be.'”
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“The dancer and choreographer Angela Trimbur may qualify as New York’s most whimsical dance teacher, with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram alone watching her get silly and spin. Her classes and recitals draw dancers with little experience — and those burned out on the rigors of formal (read: judgmental) training. The ethos is that movement should be accessible and fun for everyone, no matter whether you can tell a box step from a pas de bourrée.”
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“There is this untouchability about that [ballet] world,” Trimbur says. “You really have to dedicate your entire life to be a ballerina. But here’s Brittany Murphy who just gets to pretend to be a ballerina. My idea with Balletcore is we dress the part, we act the part. You can walk into my dance class, and you’ll feel like you’re in Center Stage or something.”
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“In embracing the recital’s intended silliness with laser-like focus, Trimbur and her company members pulled off a momentous, and at times moving, show.”
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“It’s so sad to think there’s so many people who are holding themselves back from literal joy if they just stopped thinking they have to look like a Beyonce back-up dancer when they move. No one’s expecting that of anyone. If anything people are looking at you thinking ‘go for it!’”
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“With collaborators like Miranda July and Evan Rachel Wood, Angela Trimbur stands out among social-media-savvy choreographers whose accessible movement found audiences during the pandemic.”
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“Called Thirteen, Trimbur’s underground-sensation class is an emotional odyssey delivered through dance, with a nostalgic nod to her mother’s ’90s-era studio in Pennsylvania.”
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“But it’s the choreography that nails it—the dancers really commit to the bit, with their sheer determination to turn this indie slop into show biz.”
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“Trimbur teaches classes founded on silliness—an ironic subversion of strictly focused ballet classes of yore. While gently mocking its source material, Trimbur’s attitude towards her low-stakes choreography is totally earnest and pure, with a true beginner mentality. Looking dumb and giggling at yourself is the point: Flail your limbs, roll on the floor, bang your fists, let go!”
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“In a city infamous for its cramped apartments with limited square footage, Trimbur intentionally pared back on decor and furniture in order to designate a large area next to the windows as her dance zone, where she could let her body take up as much space as possible.”
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“Angela Trimbur helps grown-ups connect with their inner children by leading, in the guise of the demanding Miss Angela, a cosplay dance class called Balletcore™, where participants of all levels and abilities can adopt personae of their own and reclaim their delight in extracurricular activities.”
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“Director Alex Eaton and I wanted to honor the Madonna reference in the video, so we pulled a lot from Madonna’s ‘90s tour doc Truth of Dare,” Kirke writes of the video in an email. “Since I’m nowhere near the dancer Madonna is, we brought on the wonderful choreographer/actress Angela Trimbur to create movement that felt organic, sexy, and playful, too.”
