Preview: Travesty Dance Group.Karen Stokes Stokes , William 1804-1878. British physician. Known especially for his studies of diseases of the chest and heart, he expanded on the observations of John Cheyne in describing the breathing irregularity now known as Cheyne-Stokes respiration. , a native Houstonian and director of Travesty Dance Group, has made a collection of short works about her beloved hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" called Hometown. The piece chronicles Houston's famed swampy swamp n. 1. a. A seasonally flooded bottomland with more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog. b. A lowland region saturated with water. 2. weather, the space program, even the traffic patterns. Stokes, also a trained singer, wrote the music using text by Texas poets. The 12 dancers also double as singers. "Three-part harmony is a bit scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar for the dancers at first," says Stokes. "I'm aiming for a hybrid form, more of a modern dance musical." March 3 and 4, Zilkha Hall, Houston, TX; www.thehobbycenter.org. |
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