To New Orleans, with love.The PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded on September 7 for a residency at Tulane University History Founding/early history The University dates from 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana.<ref name="facts" /> With the addition of a law department, it became The University of Louisiana . The 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 based choreographers, Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, had planned to create a site-specific dance/video/performance work with a cast of more than 60 from the community. Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. hit August 29.
In March the pair, known for their contagiously joyful group works, re-envisioned the project as a collective response of survivors to the tragedy. Katrina, Katrina: Love Letters to New Orleans, debuted at the American College Dance Festival Association in Austin, TX, performed by Tulane students and faculty. Through dance, spoken word, and video, the "live documentary" depicts the experiences of the New Orleans people. "It focuses not just on the overwhelming loss, but on the immense love people feel for their city," says Pearson. A full-scale production is planned for Spring 2007 at the Contemporary Arts Center The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) is a pioneering contemporary art museum located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The CAC is a non-collecting museum that focuses on new developments in painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, performance art and new media. in New Orleans. Pictured above are Tzveta Kassabova and Matthew Rogers in Thaw (2005). www.pearsonwidrig.org |
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