Caitlin Corbett Dance Company.CAITLIN CORBETT DANCE COMPANY TOWER AUDITORIUM, COLLEGE OF ART, BOSTON, MA DECEMBER 3-4, 2004 A 20th-anniversary concert is by definition a blast from the past; the surprise in Caitlin Corbett's celebration was how the program's four premieres drew on earlier works yet incorporated incremental changes. Corbett, who was influenced by Judson Dance Theater Judson Dance Theater located at the Judson Memorial Church, New York the group of artists that formed Judson Dance Theater are considered the founders of Postmodern dance. The theater grew out of a dance composition class taught by Robert Dunn, a musician who had studied with John and post-Judson choreographers This is a list of choreographers A
adj. 1. Lacking energy or vitality; weak: a languid wave of the hand. 2. Showing little or no spirit or animation; listless: a languid mood. ease and grace. As she's aged, she's trained younger dancers by framing a technique in her own image; as a performer, she has sunk the movement deeper onto her muscles and bones, making her appearances even more mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" . The first act consisted of earlier works, in their entirety or excerpts, including Corbett's eccentric solo Wigwam Ladies (1984), in which she performed a series of gestures and steps while dressed in white bunny fur bra and short, flouncy skirt. In Without Word (1998) Corbett and her most accomplished acolyte, Erin Koh, danced a lush duet for a pair of girlfriends. Daisy Duet (1999) revisited Corbett's interest in untrained dancers, in this case two good-humored men who paced obediently through a square-dance combination of instructions. The brief excerpt from Joycie's Pie (1992) for a dozen plain folks "Plain Folks" is one of the seven forms of propaganda. A Plain Folks argument is one in which the speaker presents him or herself as an Average Joe, a common person who can understand and empathize with a listener's concerns. was more of the same, but enhanced by precise chorus-line formations arranged on varying body types. Three Quartets, the premiere that led off the second act, revealed a transition for Corbett: She set it to Michael Nyman's String Quartet string quartet Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, or a work written for such an ensemble. Since c. 1775 such works have been perhaps the predominant genre of chamber music. No. 2 rather than to sound collages by her partner and collaborator, Ann Steuernagel. More startling star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. , the movement actually acknowledges the rhythms and dynamics of the music. Although women performed most of the pieces, Kaela Lee and Victor Tiernan traded balances and weight transfers in the mixed-gender duet Five or Six Things. Slow Bird was a unison charmer charm·er n. 1. One that charms, especially a disarmingly attractive person. 2. One who casts spells; an enchanter or magician. Noun 1. for Shepley Metcalf and her second-grader niece; in Oh, soloist Koh performed like a younger, equally virtuosic version of Corbett. These 12 works brought the choreographer, her dancers, and the viewers into the 21st century in a two-hour sweep of memory and prophetic shifts toward the future. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.caitlincorbett.com |
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