Renversons

Renversons [ron-ver-sohn] creates and performs dynamic, conceptual contemporary ballet grounded in the belief that ballet is not a relic, but an evolving medium open to interrogation, disruption, and reinvention. Through intentional collaboration, we challenge the traditions that no longer serve us and invoke practices that honor the full humanity of our artists. Our name comes from the ballet step renversé and from the French word renversements, which translates to reversals, upsets, transformations. Renversons means many things: We overturn. We upend. We overthrow. We were born from ballet, we love ballet, and we are committed to reshaping it for today. For us, this means interrogating if the conventional path serves us and reimagining new pathways when it doesn’t. Founded in 2025 by Artistic Director Minnie Lane, Renversons is rethinking what a ballet company can be. At the heart of our mission lies the belief that dancers’ financial, physical, emotional, and artistic well-being are essential to the creative process. ​​ Our artistic vision is rooted in conceptual contemporary ballet that engages in active dialogue with the ballet canon, paying homage to tradition while challenging its limits—offering new stories, new bodies, and new possibilities for ballet. Through same-sex partnering, riffs on classical archetypes, and bold choreographic experimentation, we create works that embrace inclusivity and embody fresh narratives.