{"id":103811,"date":"2024-02-29T17:46:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T23:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=103811"},"modified":"2024-02-29T22:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T04:10:16","slug":"joffrey-ballets-hungry-ghosts-choreographer-stina-quagebeur-elevate-conversation-about-opioid-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/joffrey-ballets-hungry-ghosts-choreographer-stina-quagebeur-elevate-conversation-about-opioid-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u2018Hungry Ghosts,\u2019 choreographer Stina Quagebeur elevate conversation about opioid epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <\/strong><strong>Doris Alvarez<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than 111,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. Opioid fatalities inspired Belgian choreographer Stina Quagebeur to create \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d one of three pieces in Joffrey&#8217;s February mixed repertory program, \u201cStudies in Blues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m kind of fascinated with how we are, how we think and how we all carry our past traumas, mental health especially,\u201d Quagebeur said. \u201cCertain people find it hard writing or saying it out loud in words, hence why I&#8217;ve always felt like dance has a power there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addiction may seem too heavy and dark for a ballerina, but it\u2019s not, Quagebeur said. Through movement, dancers can help the audience members understand a \u201cstory that statistics can\u2019t tell and that words cannot do justice to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year the Joffrey Ballet commissioned a ballet from Quagebeur, who worked with her frequent collaborator, composer Jeremy Birchall. They knew they wanted to sensitively tackle addictions, especially opioids. So they read books, watched documentaries, listened to survivor stories and explored its history in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNowadays, opioids are the real worst,\u201d Quagebeur said. \u201cBut we have it with everything, with social media, with phones, with shopping, with distractions, whatever it may be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103847\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103847 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1536x966.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/5_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-2048x1288.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyuma Kiyosawa supports Anais Bueno in her soaring battle through addiction, in \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d part of the Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u201cStudies in Blue\u201d at the Lyric Opera House. (Cheryl Mann\/Joffrey Ballet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A major challenge in \u201cHungry Ghosts\u201d was showing the emotion behind losing a loved one to addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Another one: launching a world premiere in just four weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts from a conversation with Quagebeur:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103851\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/2_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-2048x1369.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyuma Kiyosawa dancing with Anais Bueno during \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d part of the Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u201cStudies in Blue\u201d at the Lyric Opera House. (Cheryl Mann\/Joffrey Ballet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>On what <\/b><b>an audience member told her on opening night: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve never felt a whole audience take a breath at the end of a piece, all together. Like it was a release of a feeling connecting this big (opioid) crisis in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103845\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103845 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/3_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anais Bueno is carried by ensemble a metaphor to a \u2018high\u201d feeling in \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d part of the Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u201cStudies in Blue\u201d at the Lyric Opera House.(Cheryl Mann\/Joffrey Ballet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On conceptualizing emotions into visuals like the human shaped pyramid<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>When we were brainstorming the pyramid idea, that (visual) came off that very high feeling when you are suddenly pain-free, you&#8217;re top of the world. When everything is great, there&#8217;s nothing to worry about. There&#8217;s a feeling of having the energy of the drug, a sudden lust for life and determination, that kind of energy comes into it when Anais reunites with the group (the group is meant to symbolize the addiction).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103849\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/6_Hungry-Ghosts_Anais-Bueno_Hyuma-Kiyosawa_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-2048x1328.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyuma Kiyosawa hugs Anais Bueno in her struggle through addiction, shadowed by the ensemble of addiction in \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d part of the Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u201cStudies in Blue\u201d at the Lyric Opera House. (Cheryl Mann\/Joffrey Ballet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On humanizing classical ballet movements:<\/strong> Generally, classical ballet will always be my base, so it&#8217;s always there, but I try to mix it with contemporary and everyday gestures. I&#8217;ve started with very plain text, you begin movement like you would naturally as a person, which every audience member recognizes. They can see themselves in that movement, but then it kind of becomes drawing it into classical ballet \u2014 almost from a normal language to ballet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_103863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103863\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103863\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/4_Hungry-Ghosts_The-Joffrey-Ballet-Ensemble_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anais Bueno is hypnotized by her relapse into addiction. The conglomeration of dancers represent addiction in \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d part of the Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u201cStudies in Blue\u201d at the Lyric Opera House. (Cheryl Mann\/Joffrey Ballet)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On <\/strong><strong>\u201cno fairytale ending\u201d: <\/strong>It&#8217;s funny, one of my family members always says, \u201cOh, but you have to have hope and a happy ending.\u201d I just didn&#8217;t want to leave it with a too-hopeful ending because it&#8217;s an opioid crisis, it&#8217;s been so devastating and it&#8217;s such a powerful drug that you don&#8217;t want to underestimate the power of the opioids and not downplay (that)I&#8217;ve tried to leave it in this kind of middle ground, for me it&#8217;s a non-conclusive ending. So, you can make your own story from it.<\/p>\n<p>Quagebeur will continue to showcase work that analyzes human behavior through the arts.\u00a0 &#8220;Rashomon\u201d will be featured July 2024 at Ballet X Philadelphia. The work will explore how the combination of our own bias, our own interests, our desire for self-preservation and even our lies hold power in shaping our perception of memories. For more info visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balletx.org\/seasons\/summer-series-2024\/\">https:\/\/www.balletx.org\/seasons\/summer-series-2024\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/doris-alvarez\/\">Doris Alvarez<\/a> is a magazine specialization graduate student at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dorisalvarz?s=11\">@dorisalvarz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Doris Alvarez Medill Reports Last year, more than 111,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. Opioid fatalities inspired Belgian choreographer Stina Quagebeur to create \u201cHungry Ghosts,\u201d one of three pieces in Joffrey&#8217;s February mixed repertory program, \u201cStudies in Blues.\u201d \u201cI&#8217;m kind of fascinated with how we are, how we think [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":954,"featured_media":103852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,5251,5398],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-chicago","category-winter-2024"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u2018Hungry Ghosts,\u2019 choreographer Stina Quagebeur elevate conversation about opioid epidemic - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/joffrey-ballets-hungry-ghosts-choreographer-stina-quagebeur-elevate-conversation-about-opioid-epidemic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joffrey Ballet\u2019s \u2018Hungry Ghosts,\u2019 choreographer Stina Quagebeur elevate conversation about opioid epidemic - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Doris Alvarez Medill Reports Last year, more than 111,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. 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