American Contemporary Ballet’s The Rite, a premiere by director Lincoln Jones, exemplifies the company's reputation for being brazen, unconventional, and willing to take risks.

At Cerrudo’s It Starts Now premiere, the innovation on the table was as refreshing as reaching for a jacket when feeling the first crisp autumn breeze in all of the evening’s captivating, transcendent, and silky glory.

The question isn't if Natalia Osipova should be venturing out into a fresh track; it's how she’s planning to do it.