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VERTICAL HOLD Friday-Saturday, March 9-10, 2001 KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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Highlights of the Show!
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Seven new and revisited aerial and modern dances, a vertical monologue, and a performance art solo showing the ups and downs of personal journeys: |
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WETLANDS (premiere) This quartet choreographed by Linda Johnson to modern Norwegian folk music uses insect-like movement to show how individuals are entwined in each otherŐs rhythms. |
| VERTICAL HOLD (premiere) A monologue written and choreographed by Debra Landau, in which Debra climbs up and down a cargo net while examining her years of illness from different perspectives. |
| RONDENA (premiere) A non-traditional flamenco duet choreographed by Sarah Reinhardt and Carolina Holguin which explores the relationship between flamenco and modern dance. Original music by Eric Patterson and Anika Teresa uses ronde–a rhythms in flexible structures. |
| SCENE 4 (premiere) A solo by Rob Hayden deals with the moral aspects of time and how we shape our reality by its false constructs. Inspired by Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky, this work concentrates not on how we enter or exit, but the infinite spaces in between. |
| TIME AND TIME AGAIN É AND AGAIN (1995/2001) This duet on low-flying trapeze choreographed by Debra Landau to original music by Earl Moeller was inspired by the art of M. C. Escher and his challenging and often playful exploration of how people orient themselves in space and time. |
| AT THE GATES (premiere) This quartet choreographed by Debra Landau takes place on a free-standing rock-climbing wall designed by Debra and Jeff Benham. The dance recreates sculptures from Le Porte de lŐEnfer (The Gates of Hell) by Auguste Rodin. The dancers strive toward heaven, struggling not to fall into their visions of hell. Original music by Earl Moeller. |
| DESCENT INTO MORNING (premiere) A solo by Kathleen Kloster mapping a personal journey through a changing landscape of emotions. Although this is a modern dance, the structure and feeling follow a flamenco Siguiriyas. The original soundscape features trains and Kathleen on piano. |
| THE FACE OF GRIEF (2000) A trio on high-flying swings choreographed by Debra Landau to ŇSim ShalomÓ by The Male Choir of the Moscow Choral Synagogue. Here the dancers search to find solid ground as they travel through grief toward a state of resolution and wholeness. |
| STEP BY STEP (premiere) The finale, choreographed by Debra Landau from improvisations by the five dancers, playfully explores our association of progress with forward movement. This dance features Contact Improvisation. Original music by Earl Moeller and Stuart Smith. |
| Dancers: Vanessa Abbott, Rob Hayden, Linda Johnson, Kathleen Kloster, Debra Landau, Sarah Reinhardt, and Stuart Smith with special guests Jason Martinez and Carolina Holguin |
| Musicians: Earl Moeller, Stuart Smith, Tim Hanson, and Mel Shelton |
| Technical Director/Lighting Designer: Jeff Benham |
| Artistic Director: Debra Landau |
| Publicity Director: Jeff Hartzer |
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