In addition to masterclasses designed to pass on Alwin Nikolaïs' technique to dancers, Carolyn Carlson is also keen to pass on her own repertoire.
The choreographer is regularly asked to transmit excerpts from her works to leading ballets and conservatories in France and around the world, as well as, and more and more regularly, by choreographers wishing to transmit to groups of enlightened amateur dancers.
The stakes are high: for these young students, it's a question of appropriating an outstanding choreographic work, and deepening their knowledge of the cultural environment of the repertoire they're working on.
If to leave is to remember (2006) was revived by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Bordeaux in March 2015, by the Finnish National Opera in February 2016 and by the ArtEZ dance school in Arnhem (NL) in June 2018.
In September 2018, the Ballet du Teatro Massimo in Palermo (IT) revived the piece, as well as the solo Wind Woman, transmitted and adapted for 10 female dancers. In June 2020, the CNSMD de Lyon will reprise the piece on the Maison de la Danse stage (cancelled), and in April 2021 it's the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse that will reprise Wind Women and If to leave is to Remember (transmission assured but performances postponed).
Pneuma (2014) was remounted for the Finnish Opera Ballet in September 2018.