During my two days with the group I was thinking “disjointed.” I imagined movement that was enacted in segments without then with measures of flow. We improvised a lot at the start, as I would guide this fabulous group, then we began setting material. And moving folks through and eventually out of the space.
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Choreographer/Composer Pairings
Here are the Choreographer/Composer pairings for Nov Dance:
Week | Dates | Choreographer | Composer |
1 | 9/4, 9/5 | Cynthia Oliver | Christine King |
2 | 9/9, 9/12 | Kirstie Simson | Ken Beck |
3 | 9/16, 9/18 | Sara Hook | Tony Reimer |
4 | 9/23, 9/25/ 9/26 | Jennifer Monson | Brian Behrns |
5 | 9/30, 10/2, 10/3 | Philip Johnston | Allen Wu |
6 | 10/7, 10/9, 10/10 | Linda Lehovec | Jeff Zahos |
7 | 10/14, 10/16, 10/21 | Renée Wadleigh | Jason Finkelman (and Jeff Zahos) |
8 | 10/23, 10/24, 10/28 | Rebecca Nettl-Fiol | John Toenjes (and others?) |
We are planning to meet together as a band on 9/25, 10/16, and 10/30 to make a larger composition out of the musical ideas that arise.
November Dance 2013
Featured
A record of, and a tool for, creating “Big Tiny Little Dance” for the UIUC Dept. of Dance November Dance concert.