Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval
14 e 15 de Julho de 2006
COUNTER/PART
Coreografia: Jim Vincent
Figurinos: Mara Blumenfeld
Desenho de Luzes: James F. Ingalls
Música: Johann Sebastian Bach
Construção de cenário: Richard J. Carvlin
Som para os counters: Kilroy G. Kundalini
Texto e Voz: Massimo Pacilli
Artistic Director Jim Vincent's first choreographic work for the company was inspired by its music, Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, and features 10 dancers whose movement is a visual representation of the music.
Vincent's choreography caught the passion and drama in Bach's music…at one point, a woman borne aloft by two partners seemed to be lifted more by the zesty rhythms of the CSO's buoyant Third "Brandenburg'' allegro than her partners' strong arms.
Wynne Delacoma, Chicago Sun-Times, January 2004
It is a splendid modern ballet that grows richer, more layered and more open to interpretation with each viewing.
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times, April 2002
STROKES THROUGH THE TAIL
Coreografia: Marguerite Donlon
Figurinos: Branimira
Desenho de Luzes: Ryan J. O’Gara
Música: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Andamentos 2-4” de Symphony 40
Marguerite Donlone found inspiration in Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and the dancers' personalities to create a work that combines virtuosic dancing with a delightful hint of irreverence. Intrigued by Mozart's style of musical notation, Donlon reveals a tightly knit work in which the dancers personify the structural patterns of musical notes on a page and balletic details to capture the composer's ingenious wit and humor.
Seeing such gifted dancers in exquisite choreography performed to timeless music played by some of the world's finest instrumentalists was thrilling. The dancers seemed to be borne aloft and swept across the stage by the sheer physical presence of such magnificent live music.
Wynne Delacoma, Chicago Sun-Times, December 2005
The whinnying Mozart depicting in "Amadeus" would have enjoyed a good horselaugh at Donlon's piece…for certain the rest of us did… Donlon is unafraid to go against the grain of the music, creating a counterpoint of delicious, never malicious, irony. The sight gags whiz by so fast you really need multiple viewings to appreciate their subtlet.
John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune, December 2005
KISS
Coreografia: Susan Marshall
Desenho de Luzes: Mitchell Bogard
Música: Arvo Pärt, Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten
"The miracle of the piece is that it captures in concrete dance terms that almost palpable feeling of swimming in love, of being suspended in eternity,"says The Oakland Tribune. A sensuous, provocative duet between a man and a woman, Kiss fuses ballet, modern and post-modern styles to create deep emotional resonance. "My dances reflect my interest in the information we share with each other in our daily lives that is expressed through subtle gestures," choreographer Marshall writes of her work.
…this airborne pas de deux creates such a sense of physical passion and emotional tension, ardor and despair, entrapment and freedom, that it leaves you spinning along with the lovers…a sense of ferocious intimacy and such a palpable heat that you could not help but be swept away.
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times, March 2004
…a case study for making the perfect aerial dance.
Theodore Bale, Boston Herald, February 2004
GNAWA
Coreografia: Nacho Duato
Música: Hassan Hakmoun, Adam Rudolph, Juan Arteche, Xavier Paxadiño, Abou-Khalil, Velez, Kusur,Sarkissian
Figurinos: Modesto Lomba
Desenho de Luzes: Nicholas Fischtel
Cenário: Nacho Duato
Organização Organization: Mediaart Producciones SL (Espanha)
The celebrated Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato created this world premiere expressly for HSDC. Set to evocative Spanish and North African sounds, Gnawa captivates with its percussive power and sensual grace, combining the spirituality and organic rhythms from the Mediterranean.
…both fearsome in its drive and seductively hypnotic in its use of patterning, design and gesture.
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times, April 2005
It is beautiful and arresting, as hypnotic, befuddling, sensual and wildly intoxicating…Duato's gifts include a seemingly unlimited ability to blend tradition and novelty, the familiar and the unpredictable, in works that glide along on their smooth, almost inevitable course, just as they startle and mystify.
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune, April 2005
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