Variations by Milton Myers
Variations is an exuberant work for 4 dancers set to the driving percussion music of WilIiams Catanzaro This work showcases the technical prowess of the dancers in an energetic competition that resembles a chess match in which the dancers perform a series of check and checkmate movements that leap, lunge, kick and turn with relentless energy that will excite the audience and challenge the dancers.
Havoc by Bill T. Jones
music by John Bergamo
25 minutes, 12 dancers
An avant-garde jewel Initially Inspired by the music of the Chinese Opera "Monkey Raises Havoc in Heaven" capturing images of a Chinese goddess, a sacred dancing monkey and ethereal Afro-Asian gods, Havoc Is a fusion of ballet, primitive and post-modem movement. In a frenzied whirlpool of movement, set to the East Indian-inspired score by John Bergamo, bodies fling and ricochet across the stage with relentless energy. With electric isolations and sensual undulations, 5 dancers move to drumming and vocal sounds with architectural athletldsm and intelligent grace.
Bound To... by Deeanna Hiett
A world premiere by DeeAnna Hiett to the dramatic music of John Deping. This sculptural abstract work for four dancers explores the meaning of the phrase "bound to". Everyone is bound to something, a relationship, an evil, an emotion...?
To Have and to Hold by Shapiro and Smith
music by Scott Killian
An exciting work with a commisioned score by Sctoll Killian that intermingles wood and bodies in a personal view of relationships and loss. On, around and under three long wooden benches, six dancers slide, fall and support each other as the wor reminds us of those we have loved and lost but not forgotten.
As One by Paula Weber
A contemporary ballet by Assistant Director Paula Weber to the beautiful music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In the classical duet, the dancers move together and move apart but dance as one.