I hope you’re able to make this wonderful intercultural dance festival! This is some of my favorite work and the evening promises to be a delight… The Mosaic Dance Festival is the creation of Kalamandir Dance Company, a Contemporary Indian Dance Ensemble dedicated to using the vocabulary of classical Indian dance in communication with global movement vernacular to realize their artistic vision. The company strives to enrich its classical foundations with other dance traditions. Drawing from Odissi, Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Capoeira, Flamenco, Middle Eastern, African, Modern and Ballet, the collective is driven by their passionate commitment to looking at what unifies…
Category: University of Kansas
Performance of Éclaircie
Ten beautiful dancers at the University of Kansas will be premiering my newest work Éclaircie at the Lawrence Arts Center on Feb 22 and 23. You can find details about tickets and this spring performance that is highlighting KU choreographers by clicking here. Éclaircie (defined as a bright or sunny interval following a period of darkness; a break in the clouds; lightning) is a modern dance infused with elements of the dance technique and ideologies of the Baroque period. It explores the dancer as three dancing bodies — Cosmic, Social, and Physical — the power that exists in the dialogue…
University of Kansas Guest Artist Residency
I will be returning to the University of Kansas from January 26 – February 9 as the Spring 2013 Guest Artist. I will be teaching Modern, Baroque and Composition classes while I’m there in addition to creating and setting a 10 minuet work on the university students. It will be a modern piece to Haydn, Op. 74/3 in G minor, investigating the three dancing bodies of the Baroque period and the power of their connections in our communities. I am thrilled to have Susan Rendall doing the costuming for the piece and it will be performed at the Lawrence Arts…