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Friday, April 18, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
PURE ABSTRACTIONS: One weekend only!
PURE ABSTRACTIONS: HSU spring dance concert presents more than 50 dancers performing 13 original dances for one weekend only, Thursday through Saturday, April 17-19 at 7:30 PM in the Van Duzer Theatre on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets $10 general $8 students and seniors from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. HSU students free limited seating. A Department of Theatre, Film & Dance production; Sharon Butcher, artistic director.
Monday, April 14, 2008
In the Media
"Pure Abstractions in Motion" preview at Humboldt State Now.
Photos in the Arcata Eye (4/15) and North Coast Journal (4/17.)
Photos in the Arcata Eye (4/15) and North Coast Journal (4/17.)
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
PURE ABSTRACTIONS
A dance based on traditional Congolese hunting and harvesting ritual accompanied by some of the best drummers in Arcata…
A dance based on mathematical equations, featuring an original score by an HSU faculty composer…
A dance with ten dancers stomping, clapping, and making vocal sounds in response to their breathing, in celebration of the body as a musical instrument…
A dance exploring body image through a lifetime, with a multi-generational cast that includes several generations of a choreographer’s family…
A playful dance theatre extravaganza, celebrating the 1960s… A dance accompanied by a live jazz quartet playing John Coltrane… A fiery dance to Cuban rhythms…
A dance based on mathematical equations, featuring an original score by an HSU faculty composer…
A dance with ten dancers stomping, clapping, and making vocal sounds in response to their breathing, in celebration of the body as a musical instrument…
A dance exploring body image through a lifetime, with a multi-generational cast that includes several generations of a choreographer’s family…
A playful dance theatre extravaganza, celebrating the 1960s… A dance accompanied by a live jazz quartet playing John Coltrane… A fiery dance to Cuban rhythms…
More than fifty dancers performing thirteen original dances, many of them paired with original music, make PURE ABSTRACTIONS a unique experience. Swirls of color, live music, multimedia, world rhythms, meaningful themes and flat-out fun … It’s not your ordinary dance concert.
PURE ABSTRACTIONS features choreography by HSU students and faculty, dancing and live music by students and community members, and the original music of Brian Post (HSU Professor of Music), Jackie Dandeneau (professional musical and theatre artist), and several student and community composers.
PURE ABSTRACTIONS, the HSU spring dance concert, plays for three nights only: Thursday through Saturday, April 17-19 at 7:30 pm in the Van Duzer Theatre on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets $10 general $8 students and seniors from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. HSU students free with ID.
A silent auction fundraiser will be held in the lobby on Saturday April 19. Proceeds benefit the Dance Studies Program. For more information, call the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance at 826-3566.
PURE ABSTRACTIONS features choreography by HSU students and faculty, dancing and live music by students and community members, and the original music of Brian Post (HSU Professor of Music), Jackie Dandeneau (professional musical and theatre artist), and several student and community composers.
PURE ABSTRACTIONS, the HSU spring dance concert, plays for three nights only: Thursday through Saturday, April 17-19 at 7:30 pm in the Van Duzer Theatre on the HSU campus in Arcata. Tickets $10 general $8 students and seniors from HSU Ticket Office (826-3928) or at the door. HSU students free with ID.
A silent auction fundraiser will be held in the lobby on Saturday April 19. Proceeds benefit the Dance Studies Program. For more information, call the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance at 826-3566.
PURE ABSTRACTIONS: Collaboration
For PURE ABSTRACTIONS, collaboration was the key.
In addition to dances choreographed by students and by HSU dance faculty (Sharon Butcher and Deborah Ketelson), there is a dance created by a faculty member (Jeff O’Connor) together with a student (Marisol Elizarraras.) But more characteristic of PURE ABSTRACTIONS are the partnerships between dance choreographers and musical composers.
HSU Music professor J. Brian Post composed the score for Lela Annotto-Pemberton’s “Permutations. Lela Annotto-Pemberton and Tara Lihn perform a duet, “Head and Heart,” that was inspired by an original vocal composition by music student Calista Labolle.
One student turned out to be a triple threat: with a music major and dance minor Jesse Franzen choreographed one work (“First Pulse”), wrote the piano score for another (Edana Gentry’s “Origin”) and accompanies several more dances on the program as a musical performer.
In addition to dances choreographed by students and by HSU dance faculty (Sharon Butcher and Deborah Ketelson), there is a dance created by a faculty member (Jeff O’Connor) together with a student (Marisol Elizarraras.) But more characteristic of PURE ABSTRACTIONS are the partnerships between dance choreographers and musical composers.
HSU Music professor J. Brian Post composed the score for Lela Annotto-Pemberton’s “Permutations. Lela Annotto-Pemberton and Tara Lihn perform a duet, “Head and Heart,” that was inspired by an original vocal composition by music student Calista Labolle.
One student turned out to be a triple threat: with a music major and dance minor Jesse Franzen choreographed one work (“First Pulse”), wrote the piano score for another (Edana Gentry’s “Origin”) and accompanies several more dances on the program as a musical performer.
The musical collaboration didn’t end with the choreography—it will be present on stage. “We’re very excited by the number of live musicians who will be part of the performance,” said Sharon Butcher, HSU Assistant Professor and artistic director for this event. They include a student jazz quartet for her own piece, “2nd Impression,” and drummers from the Arcata community creating Congolese rhythms for “Bokila-Elanga (Hunting-Harvesting),” choreographed by Deborah Ketelsen.
But the collaboration went beyond dance and music. It even included a mathematician. “Lela Annotto-Pemberton’s ‘Permutations’ was created as a result of an interdisciplinary seminar, with Kyle Falbo, a student math major. The dance uses math equations and concepts to make decisions about how to space and move the dancers. ”
“Permutations” was selected to represent HSU at this year’s American College Dance Festival Conference in Salt Lake City, where it received high praise from internationally renowned dance professionals serving as the conference adjudicators.
Butcher’s interdisciplinary seminar encouraging collaboration led to two more dances in the show choreographed by students: the 1960s spoof “Gosh It’s Fun: How to be Fruggin’ Groovy!” by Tara Lihn, and “Body Speaks” by Erin Reed and Sarah Cory.
“Body Speaks” involved several kinds of collaboration. “Erin Reed and Sarah Cory, worked with a photographer, Courtney Brown, to create a dance theatre piece.” Butcher said. “They have a multi-generational cast—the youngest is around eight and the oldest is 70 or so. There’s a spoken text written by the performers as well as the choreographers, about their own body images. And not only does Sarah Cory perform, but so does her mother and her niece.” The music was composed by Jacqueline Dandenau, a well-known music and theatre artist from the Arcata community. “It’s such a lovely piece,” Butcher said, “so mature and tender and funny.”
But the collaboration went beyond dance and music. It even included a mathematician. “Lela Annotto-Pemberton’s ‘Permutations’ was created as a result of an interdisciplinary seminar, with Kyle Falbo, a student math major. The dance uses math equations and concepts to make decisions about how to space and move the dancers. ”
“Permutations” was selected to represent HSU at this year’s American College Dance Festival Conference in Salt Lake City, where it received high praise from internationally renowned dance professionals serving as the conference adjudicators.
Butcher’s interdisciplinary seminar encouraging collaboration led to two more dances in the show choreographed by students: the 1960s spoof “Gosh It’s Fun: How to be Fruggin’ Groovy!” by Tara Lihn, and “Body Speaks” by Erin Reed and Sarah Cory.
“Body Speaks” involved several kinds of collaboration. “Erin Reed and Sarah Cory, worked with a photographer, Courtney Brown, to create a dance theatre piece.” Butcher said. “They have a multi-generational cast—the youngest is around eight and the oldest is 70 or so. There’s a spoken text written by the performers as well as the choreographers, about their own body images. And not only does Sarah Cory perform, but so does her mother and her niece.” The music was composed by Jacqueline Dandenau, a well-known music and theatre artist from the Arcata community. “It’s such a lovely piece,” Butcher said, “so mature and tender and funny.”
PURE ABSTRACTIONS involves 30 HSU dance majors and 20 dance minors, as well as students from other HSU programs and dancers from the community.
Dance students are involved in other ways as well. “Our dance production class is largely responsible for putting this event together,” Butcher noted. “The dance program encourages a celebration of world dance forms, collaborations between choreographers and other artists, and experimentation with various media within the dance performance. Audiences will see examples of all of these elements in our concert this year.”
In conjunction with the concert, HSU will hold its first annual high school dance festival called “Dance Day,” which provides a full day of dance classes, campus tours, advising sessions and informal performance in which students share their creative work. The festival will have more than 120 students from Northern California and Southern Oregon. Dance Day is hosted by dance faculty and students from Interdisciplinary Studies: Dance Studies; Theatre, Film and Dance; and Kinesiology and Recreation Administration.
Dance students are involved in other ways as well. “Our dance production class is largely responsible for putting this event together,” Butcher noted. “The dance program encourages a celebration of world dance forms, collaborations between choreographers and other artists, and experimentation with various media within the dance performance. Audiences will see examples of all of these elements in our concert this year.”
In conjunction with the concert, HSU will hold its first annual high school dance festival called “Dance Day,” which provides a full day of dance classes, campus tours, advising sessions and informal performance in which students share their creative work. The festival will have more than 120 students from Northern California and Southern Oregon. Dance Day is hosted by dance faculty and students from Interdisciplinary Studies: Dance Studies; Theatre, Film and Dance; and Kinesiology and Recreation Administration.
The Dances
2nd Impressions
Choreographer: Sharon Butcher
Music: HSU jazz musicians Bobby Amirkhan. Joel Bettencourt, Sky Miller, Mike Munroe play John Coltrane’s “Impressions.”
Dancers: Lela Annotto-Pemberton, Athena Clune, Alisha Goodrich, Whitney Harding, Tricia Leister, Lisa Searle, Lindsey Simmons, Kendra Staton.
Origin
Choreographer: Edana Gentry
Music: composed and performed by Jesse Franzen
Dancers: Navenna Bird, Brett Finta, Johana Kaplan-Coleman, Issac Lopez, Chris Scardina.
Permutations
Choreographer: Lela Annotto-Pemberton
Assistant choreographer: Katie Clark
Music: “Permutations” by HSU Music professor Brian Post.
Dancers: Caroline Boland (“Amorphia”); Cheri Anchondo, Katie Clark, Tricia Leister, Tara Lihn, Maria Meyer, Golden Moreas-Kamphuis, Erin Reed, Jerri Sweeney (“Math Entities”) Mathematician Collaborator: Kyle Falbo
Makeup Design: Lela Annotto-Pemberton
Bokila-Elanga (Hunting-Harvesting)
Choreographer: Deborah Ketelsen
Music: drummers Midge Brown, Jim Froland, Deborah
Ketelsen, Mike Labolle, Joszef Nagy play “Essombi, Zebolah” Congolese Rhythms.
Dancers: Jessy Beck, Jesse Franzen, Natasha Harrell, Leanne Labador, Barbara Rich, Kendra Staton, Dvarya Trugman.
Scenic Designer: Sandor Diabankouezi
Choreographer: Sharon Butcher
Music: HSU jazz musicians Bobby Amirkhan. Joel Bettencourt, Sky Miller, Mike Munroe play John Coltrane’s “Impressions.”
Dancers: Lela Annotto-Pemberton, Athena Clune, Alisha Goodrich, Whitney Harding, Tricia Leister, Lisa Searle, Lindsey Simmons, Kendra Staton.
Origin
Choreographer: Edana Gentry
Music: composed and performed by Jesse Franzen
Dancers: Navenna Bird, Brett Finta, Johana Kaplan-Coleman, Issac Lopez, Chris Scardina.
Permutations
Choreographer: Lela Annotto-Pemberton
Assistant choreographer: Katie Clark
Music: “Permutations” by HSU Music professor Brian Post.
Dancers: Caroline Boland (“Amorphia”); Cheri Anchondo, Katie Clark, Tricia Leister, Tara Lihn, Maria Meyer, Golden Moreas-Kamphuis, Erin Reed, Jerri Sweeney (“Math Entities”) Mathematician Collaborator: Kyle Falbo
Makeup Design: Lela Annotto-Pemberton
Bokila-Elanga (Hunting-Harvesting)
Choreographer: Deborah Ketelsen
Music: drummers Midge Brown, Jim Froland, Deborah
Ketelsen, Mike Labolle, Joszef Nagy play “Essombi, Zebolah” Congolese Rhythms.
Dancers: Jessy Beck, Jesse Franzen, Natasha Harrell, Leanne Labador, Barbara Rich, Kendra Staton, Dvarya Trugman.
Scenic Designer: Sandor Diabankouezi
The Dances
Hyaloid Akimbo
Choreographer: Whitney Harding
Music: Chris Botti, “I’ll Be Seeing You”
Dancers: Cheri Anchondo, Alisha Goodrich, Jerri Sweeney, Lisa Searle.
Ritmo Cubano
Choreographers: Jeff O’Connor and Marisol Elizarraras
Music: A la Orilla de un Palmar, Orquesta Almendra
Almendra, Malavoi
La Candela, Yerba Buena
Dancers: Lindsay Farris, Evan Healy, Monica Hernandez, Morgan Just, Leanne Labador, Tara Lihn, Alex Mitra, Mark Navarro, Osvaldo Ricardez, Chris Scardina, Alejandro Servin, Jakie Silvia, Leah Stamper, Jerri Sweeney, Tien Tai, Xelha Weisman.
Sound Design: Jeff O’Connor and Glen Nagy
Set Amulations
Choreographer: Caroline Boland
Music: Jesse Franzen, Otis Harrel, Cassandra Moulton play an original score by Joey Bishop.
Dancers: Lindsay Bond, Lindsay Farris, Brett Finta, Alisha Goodrich, Sierra Goncharoff, Jessica Jewett, Leanne Labador, Tricia Leister, Maria Meyer, Erin Reed, Lindsey Simmons and Elissa White.
Painting: Joseph Durban
Lighting Design: Andrew Schnell
First Pulse
Choreographer: Jesse Franzen and the performers
Dancers: Caroline Boland, Lindsay Farris, Hannah Garner, Julia Giardino, Alisha Goodrich, Heather Lewis, Alexandra Reynolds, Dvaryah Trogman, Sabina Velasco and Elissa White.
Choreographer: Whitney Harding
Music: Chris Botti, “I’ll Be Seeing You”
Dancers: Cheri Anchondo, Alisha Goodrich, Jerri Sweeney, Lisa Searle.
Ritmo Cubano
Choreographers: Jeff O’Connor and Marisol Elizarraras
Music: A la Orilla de un Palmar, Orquesta Almendra
Almendra, Malavoi
La Candela, Yerba Buena
Dancers: Lindsay Farris, Evan Healy, Monica Hernandez, Morgan Just, Leanne Labador, Tara Lihn, Alex Mitra, Mark Navarro, Osvaldo Ricardez, Chris Scardina, Alejandro Servin, Jakie Silvia, Leah Stamper, Jerri Sweeney, Tien Tai, Xelha Weisman.
Sound Design: Jeff O’Connor and Glen Nagy
Set Amulations
Choreographer: Caroline Boland
Music: Jesse Franzen, Otis Harrel, Cassandra Moulton play an original score by Joey Bishop.
Dancers: Lindsay Bond, Lindsay Farris, Brett Finta, Alisha Goodrich, Sierra Goncharoff, Jessica Jewett, Leanne Labador, Tricia Leister, Maria Meyer, Erin Reed, Lindsey Simmons and Elissa White.
Painting: Joseph Durban
Lighting Design: Andrew Schnell
First Pulse
Choreographer: Jesse Franzen and the performers
Dancers: Caroline Boland, Lindsay Farris, Hannah Garner, Julia Giardino, Alisha Goodrich, Heather Lewis, Alexandra Reynolds, Dvaryah Trogman, Sabina Velasco and Elissa White.
The Dances
Head and Heart
Choreographers: Lela Annotto-Pemberton and Tara Lihn.
Music: “Let It Flow,” composed and performed by Calista Labolle.
Dancers: Lela Annotto-Pemberton and Tara Lihn.
Spanish Twilight
Choreographer: Cheri Anchondo
Music: "Headlock," David Chapman. Music Editing by Katie Clark.
Dancers: Lindsay Bond, Sierra Goncharoff, Whitney Harding, Golden Moreas-Kamphuis, Kendra Staton and Jerri Sweeney.
Body Speaks
Choreographers: Sarah Cory and Erin Reed.
Music: Jackie Dandeneau
Writers: Sarah Cory, Erin Reed, Rosemary Beiser, Brett Finta, Elaine Grosso, Patricia Leister.
Dancers: Rosemary Beiser, Sarah Cory, Brett Finta, Elaine Grosso and Tricia Leister.
Sound Design: Tim Gray
Photography: Courtney Brown
Projections: Glen Nagy
The Order of (Dis) function
Choreographer: Jerri Sweeney
Music: "Take off Your Cool," Andre 3000 featuring Norah Jones
Dancers: Leanne Labador, Tara Lihn, Kendra Staton, Jerri Sweeney.
Music Edited by: Glen Nagy
Gosh It’s Fun: How to be Fruggin’ Groovy!
Choreographer: Tara Lihn
Dancers: Cheri Anochondo, Lela Annotto-Pemberton, Amy Ericson, Sierra Goncharoff, Evan Healy, Morgan Just, Kelly Mattz, Marissa Mitchell, Alex Mitra, Kady Pomerlereu, Ozvaldo Ricardez, Chris Scardina, Alejandro Servin, Nena Sivess, Leah Stamper, Leanne Sutton and Xelha Weisman.
Choreographers: Lela Annotto-Pemberton and Tara Lihn.
Music: “Let It Flow,” composed and performed by Calista Labolle.
Dancers: Lela Annotto-Pemberton and Tara Lihn.
Spanish Twilight
Choreographer: Cheri Anchondo
Music: "Headlock," David Chapman. Music Editing by Katie Clark.
Dancers: Lindsay Bond, Sierra Goncharoff, Whitney Harding, Golden Moreas-Kamphuis, Kendra Staton and Jerri Sweeney.
Body Speaks
Choreographers: Sarah Cory and Erin Reed.
Music: Jackie Dandeneau
Writers: Sarah Cory, Erin Reed, Rosemary Beiser, Brett Finta, Elaine Grosso, Patricia Leister.
Dancers: Rosemary Beiser, Sarah Cory, Brett Finta, Elaine Grosso and Tricia Leister.
Sound Design: Tim Gray
Photography: Courtney Brown
Projections: Glen Nagy
The Order of (Dis) function
Choreographer: Jerri Sweeney
Music: "Take off Your Cool," Andre 3000 featuring Norah Jones
Dancers: Leanne Labador, Tara Lihn, Kendra Staton, Jerri Sweeney.
Music Edited by: Glen Nagy
Gosh It’s Fun: How to be Fruggin’ Groovy!
Choreographer: Tara Lihn
Dancers: Cheri Anochondo, Lela Annotto-Pemberton, Amy Ericson, Sierra Goncharoff, Evan Healy, Morgan Just, Kelly Mattz, Marissa Mitchell, Alex Mitra, Kady Pomerlereu, Ozvaldo Ricardez, Chris Scardina, Alejandro Servin, Nena Sivess, Leah Stamper, Leanne Sutton and Xelha Weisman.
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