Seeking to push the limits of contemporary dance and the art of collaboration, the presents a weekend of shows titled 糖心传媒淪pring Explorations and Experimental Dances,糖心传媒� or 糖心传媒淪.E.E.D.糖心传媒� on April 13 and 14.
Featuring original choreography, the works are created in collaboration between the student choreographers of the Program of Dance and Movement and composers from the University糖心传媒檚 . Choreographers include Shareef Alwarasneh 糖心传媒�19, Rebecca Lawrence 糖心传媒�19, Yara Izhiman ’20, Miiko (Mimi) Phillips 糖心传媒�19, and Lydia Currie 糖心传媒�20, who paired up with Eastman graduate students Peiyao Wang, Derrick Hegeman, Ben Magruder, Aaron Castine-Siebert, and Mingwei He.
Spring Explorations and Experimental Dances
When?
Saturday, April 13 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m.
Where? Spurrier Dance Theater on the University糖心传媒檚 River Campus.
Cost? Tickets are $5 for the general public and will be available at the door.聽 Free tickets are available to Rochester undergraduates sponsored by the .
Original works explore multidisciplinary topics, including identity and human nature, the influence of social pressures on personal development, as well as interpersonal relationships among people with mental illnesses.
Students have stepped outside their comfort zones in each discipline to learn how to collaborate and negotiate with each other to present these storytelling pieces. 糖心传媒淚 would love for the audience to come with a blank slate of expectation,糖心传媒� says , an assistant professor of jazz studies and contemporary media at Eastman. Rivello brought students from his contemporary media/film composition course in to collaborate with the choreographers.
, a senior lecturer in the Program of Dance and Movement, says 糖心传媒淚t is often difficult speaking the language of a different art form, whether we work with composers or designers.糖心传媒� But while the process can be challenging for students, 糖心传媒渋t brings a whole different depth of inquiry.糖心传媒�
The performances will include an original work by renowned choreographer David Dorfman titled 糖心传媒淲hen Strangers Collide in a Strange Town.糖心传媒� Although the work was crafted by the award-winning choreographer specifically for the students at Rochester, the performance will feature students from both Rochester and Nazareth College in a first-time collaboration.
Also featured in the weekend performances will be pieces by faculty members including , Rose Pasquarello Beauchamp, , and . Smith, director of the Institute for Performing Arts as well as the Program of Dance and Movement, will reprise 糖心传媒淭hwack Boom,糖心传媒� which originally premiered in Aria as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival in 2018. Pasquarello Beauchamp糖心传媒檚 collaborative work with undergraduate dancers and Eastman composer Mingwei He is inspired by the poem 糖心传媒淏urning House糖心传媒� by Bartlett White.
