Gemma got her first taste of choreography at 13 when she competed in The Royal Ballet School Sir Kenneth Macmillan Choreographic Competition. From 2010 to the present, she has created works for prestigious ballet companies such as, American Ballet Theater, Atlanta Ballet, The Washington Ballet, and Ballet National de Cuba. Gemma’s choreography has also been shown at City Center’s Fall for Dance, The Erik Bruhn Competition, The Royal Opera House, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, New York City Center, and the Metropolitan Opera House.
In 2014 She was awarded the fellowship grant from the New York Choreographic Institute (an affiliate of New York City Ballet) she has also received grants from the Virginia B. Toulmin foundation. The 2017-2018 New York City Center Choreography Fellow, the recipient of a 2017 Princess Grace award, 2018 winner of the Clive Barnes Foundation Award for choreography, and a 2020 Bessie for outstanding breakout choreographer.
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2025
CALLAS
Ballet Nacional Sodre
Full Company
Full Length narrative two acts
Costume Design: Mercedes Lalanne
Lighting Design:
Stage and production design: Miguel Grompone
THE BEGINNING
Sarasota Ballet
10 Dancers
Music: Rachmaninov Preludes
Costume Designs: Lauren Starobin
Lighting Design: Ethan Vail
26 Mins
2024
LA BOUTIQUE
American Ballet Theatre
24 Dancers
Music: Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque
Costume Design: Jean-Marc Puissant
Lighting Design: Clifton Taylor
28 Mins
KNOCK KNOCK WHO’s There
Hamptons Dance Project
4 Dancers
Music: Unknown
12 Mins
ASSEMBLAGE
The Royal Ballet School
22 Dancers (MEN ONLY)
Music: Leo Weiner, Magyar Gyermek. Divertimento No. 2
12 Mins
BOUNDLESS
The Royal Ballet
12 Dancers
Music: Joey Roukens: Concerto for 2 pianos
22 Mins
Costume Designs: Charlotte MacMillian
Lighting Design: Zeynep Kepekli
2023
PANORAMIC SCORE
Sarasota Ballet
12 Dancers
Music: Ginastera String Quartet No.1
Costume Designs: Lauren Starobin
Lighting Design: Ethan Vail
20 Mins
DOS HERMISFERIOS
Ballet Nacional Sodre
22 Dancers
Music: Tchaikovsky: The Seasons
Costume Design: Mercedes Lalanne
Lighting Design:
25 Mins
SONNET DANCE
Verdensballetten
Solo
Voice and Dance
Costume Design: Lauren Starobin
10 Minutes
ROSENKAVALIER
Hamptons Dance Project
4 Dancers
10 minutes
2022
EXCURSIONS
Sarasota Ballet
12 Dancers
Music: Samuel Barber, Excursions
Costume Designs: Lauren Starobin
Lighting Design: Ethan Vail
25 Mins
CALLAS SOLO
ABT/Sarasota Ballet
1 Dancers
Music: Verd: Otello, Act4 Ave Maria
Costume Design: Gemma Bond
Lighting Design: Ethan Vail
5mins
SARASOTA STUDIO COMPANY
Key chorale
2 Dancers
10mins
THE GO BETWEEN
American Ballet Theatre Studio Co
10 Dancers
Music: Domenico Scarlatti
Costume Designs: Lauren Starobin
16 Mins
THE NINTH HOUR
Ballet National de Cuba
10 Dancers
Music: J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion
Costume Designs: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Lighting Design: Serena Wong
25 Mins
2021
PRELUDES
Kaatsbaan Summer Festival, with Co Lab Dance
6 Dancers
Music: Rachmaninov Preludes
Costume Design: Harriet Jung
22 Mins
BRAIN ON FIRE WORKSHOP
45 MINS CREATED
Not yet been performed
LIKE I USED TO BE
Hamptons Dance Project
2 Dancers
Music: Pat Alger
7 Mins
2020
CONVIVIUM
American Ballet Theatre
4 Dancers
Music: Variations, John Harbison
Costume Design: Gemma Bond
12 Mins
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CHAMBER MUSIC
Hamptons Dance Project
3 Dancers
Music: Chamber Music James Joyce
Costume Design: Gemma Bond
13mins
WINTER WEATHER
2 Dancers
Music: Winter Weather
Costume Design: Zang Toi
3 Mins
ONCE MORE
1 Dancer
Music: Shaker Loops: IV A FINAL SHAKING, John Adams
4 Mins
FALL OF THE LEAF
New York Theatre Ballet
1 Dancer
Music: Fall of the Leaf
Costume Design: Gemma Bond
8 Mins
2019
A TIME THERE WAS
American Ballet Theatre
Dancers 15
Music: Suite on English Folk Tunes, Benjamin Britten
Costume Design: Sylvie Rood
Lighting Design: Serena Wong
72 HOURS
The Royal Ballet at the Joyce
2 Dancers
Music: Rachmaninov Preludes
Costume Design: Ruby Canner
13 Mins
2018
INTERCHANGEABLE TEXT
ABT Studio Company
8 Dancers
Music: String Quartet, Philip Glass
Costume Design: Carmella Lauer
10 Mins
INNER VOICES
New York City Centre, FALL FOR DANCE
7 Dancers
Music: Piano Concerto No.5, Prokofiev
Costume Design: Sylvie Rood
Lighting Design: Serena Wong
18 Mins
MYRIAD
The Washington Ballet
9 Dancers
Music: Henry Purcell
Costume Design: Gemma Bond
Lighting Design: Joseph Walls
23 Mins
2017
THEN AND AGAIN
The Joyce BALLET FESTIVAL
6 Dancers
Music: Alfredo Piatti
Costume Design: Ruby Canner
Lighting Design: Serena Wong
23 Mins
THE GIVING TREE
The Joyce BALLET FESTIVAL
2 Dancers
Music; Lori Scacco
Costume:
Lighting Design: Serena Wong
15 Mins
IMPRESSIONS
The Joyce BALLET FESTIVAL
7 Dancers
Music: Impressions, Jennifer Higdon
Costume Design: James Whiteside
Lightning Design: Serena Wong
30 Mins
ECLIPSE
Ballet Sun Valley
10 Dancers
Music: Judd Greenstein
Costume Design: Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
25 Mins
DENOUEMENT
Atlanta Ballet
6 Dancers
Music: Sonata in C for Cello and Piano, Benjamin Britten
Costume Design: James Whiteside
Lighting Design: Joseph Walls
20 Mins
DEPUIS LE JOUR
American Ballet Theatre
2 Dancers
Music: Gustave Charpentier, LOUISE
Costume Design: Gemma Bond
6 Mins
TEACHING
DANCE COMPOSITION CLASSES
During the pandemic Gemma was able to create a series of classes that address both the theory and practice of choreography. In these classes the students learn choreographic tools while creating their own works.
She’s had the great pleasure of teaching this system at American Ballet Theatre for the Studio Company, and also Kaatsbaan's Summer Intensive, and it’s been extremely rewarding.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teacher of choreography at the JKO School 2023-2025
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company - New York, NY January 2022 to Present
Head of Choreographic Studies, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park - Tivoli, NY June 2021 to Present
Dance Teacher and Choreographer, Barnard College - New York, NY January 2016 to April 2016
American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive Teacher - New York, NY July 2014 to August 2014