Chamber Dance Project. (New York: Chamber Debut Shows Tantalizing Promise).CHAMBER DEBUT SHOWS TANTALIZING tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. PROMISE CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN THEATER NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NEW YORK JUNE 27-JULY 1, 2001 Every aspect of this company debut glistened with taste and thoughtful planning. From the design and photography of the printed program (by Daniela Fechheimer and Kemmeo Brown) to the clearly stated lighting of Beverly Emmons; from the attentive rehearsing to the selection of subject matter, one sensed that founder and Artistic Director Diane Coburn Bruning has a sound vision of what she wants her company to project. The dancers and musicians were all chosen with individuality in mind. So were the guest choreographers, Ann Carlson and Stanton Welch. Bruning herself has grown as a choreographer. She is a romantic with a classicist's sense of form. Her premiere was Passages. The dance had a surging vitality as it challenged the seven dancers with bold, swooping turns contrasted with selections of leisurely elegance. The instrumental ensemble, consisting of a piano, percussion, violins, viola, and cello, was beautifully matched in a piece by Musical Director John Mackey John Mackey can refer to:
Stanton Welch, resident choreographer of the Australian Ballet Australian Ballet, national ballet company of Australia, founded in Melbourne in 1962; its school was established in 1964. The company drew on the tradition established (1940) by Edouard Borovansky of the Ballets Russes (see Diaghilev, S. P.). , was responsible for the other outstanding premiere, called Kisses. He is also a romantic, a fiery one. Accompanied by Debussy piano preludes interpreted by Steve Gosling, the dancers took wing, as though they were laughing through the air. Part of the vitality came from Gosling's full-blown musical interpretation. Earlier in the program, he offered the same kind of elan in Gyorgy Ligeti's L'Escalier du diable di·ab·le adj. Flavored with hot spices: sauce diable. [French (à la) diable, from diable, devil, from Old French; see diablerie.] (The Devil's Staircase). Four pairs of shoes stood modestly in a square of light. Whose were they? What were they doing there? Suddenly they were filled by eight male feet. The dancers moved in unison through Carlson's ritual of compulsive activity, called "Four Men in Suits." It is the first section of her Real People series. I'd like to see the rest. The program also included Bruning's tempestuous tem·pes·tu·ous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales. 2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship. Piazzolla Songs and her poetic Berceuse. All of the performers more than deserve mention. The dancers (several of them familiar from other contexts) were Griff n. 1. Grasp; reach. A vein of gold ore within one spade's griff. - Holland. 2. (Weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Braun, Amy Claugus, Nanci Crowley, Hollis Mackintosh, Victor Quijada, Jeremy Raia, Lisa Tachick, and John Welker. The musicians, who did so much more than just accompany, were Damien Bassman, Stephen Gosling, Mike Kelley Mike Kelley could refer to:
A question lingers, however: How many of these carefully selected artists will Bruning be able to retain in the future? |
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