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…