FLIGHT OF STEPS 2004
JULY 16,17 & 21-24, 2004 at 630pm
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EXPERIENCE PERFORMANCES BY The program includes two pieces by choreographer Colin Connor, created for himself and Deborah Noble as the Connor/Noble Dance Company. Guitarist Alexander Sacks also travels from Los Angeles to perform with Deborah Noble in Obsolete Graces, which features the music of Henry Purcell performed on electric guitar. Noble and Connor perform together in Vestiges, to music by Michael Nyman. Colin Connor also contributes a new work to the Island Moving Co. this summer, reworking and setting his Rose Garden on the Company's dancers and guest artist Mary Beth Murphy. Rose Garden is a dramatic and comic piece danced to Spanish madrigals. It will join Connor's popular Recent Arrivals, choreographed in 2002, in the Company repertoire. The Island Moving Co. will close the first weekend with a performance of Surrender, Miki Ohlsen’s dramatic full company ballet which premiered at last summer’s Flight of Steps The program for June 21-26th also includes Miki Ohlsen's stunning Surrender, closing with its "incredibly powerful pas de deux" (Providence Phoenix) danced by Eva Marie Pacheco and Rolando Troconis. Alejandro Gomez, IMC dancer, reworks his infectious, Gipsy King ballet, Patio Andaluz, for five dancers and Michael Bolger choreographs a new trio for the Company. The Company also dances from here to there, which was choreographed for the Company's first New York season by Carol Somers in 2002. Bring a blanket; bring a picnic, or call the Salvation Cafe at 401-952-6006 to order a picnic. PERFORMANCES Fort Adams State Park Fort Adams Road Newport RI Tickets are $15, $10 for children and seniors. Discount packages are available Tickets may be purchased online at ArtTixRI.com Or by calling the Island Moving Co. at 401 847-4470. Website: http://www.fortadams.org Website: http://www.riparks.com/fortadams.htm July 16 & 17 Island Moving Co. - Surrender IMC dancers are Eva Marie Pacheco, Wendy Fish-Lawrence, Meredith Baer, Lilia Ortola, Michael Bolger, Rolando Troconis, Alejandro Gomez and David Lawrence. Connor/Noble - Vestiges (duet) Deborah Noble - Obsolete Graces, Emerging Strains Solo with live accompaniment by electric guitar played by Alexander Sacks. Brockus Dance Project - Love Duet from Quest Ruby Karen and Miguel Banket to music by Drum Spririt Brockus Dance Project - Phoenix and the moving Clouds full company of seven dancers performs to sections of Dvorak's Symphony No. 5 Island Moving Co. - Surrender July 21 thru 24 Island Moving Co. - Surrender Island Moving Co. - Patio Andaluz Choreographed by Alejandro Gomez, reworked for five dancers: Wendy Fish-Lawrence, Lilia Ortola, Rolando Troconis, Alejandro Gomez and David Lawrence Island Moving Co. - TBA New duet choreographed by Michael Bolger and danced by Mr.Bolger and Eva Marie Pacheco Island Moving Co. - Rose Garden Choreographed by Colin Connor to Spanish madrigal music for the entire company plus guest artist Mary Beth Murphy Flight of Steps is presented with generous media sponsorship from WJAR Channel 10 and with the support of the Fort Adams Trust, FIRSTFED, a division of Webster Bank, and Pride Mortgage. RELATED WEBSITES Island Moving Co.....http://www.newportarts.org/pages/dance.cfm Colin Connor Biography...http://www.calarts.edu/schools/dance/faculty/connor.html |