The summer has gotten off to a busy start with a variety of
stagings, performances, workshops, and classes.
The first week of June, more than twenty dancers
participated in a one-week workshop devoted to solos choreographed for
Carolyn Brown. Several stagers contributed to this unique workshop:
Holley Farmer (1997-2009), Jean Freebury (MCDC 1992-2003), Jennifer Goggans
(2000-2011), Jamie Scott (MCDC 2009-2011), and Andrea Weber (MCDC
2004-2011). That same week, Jean Freebury staged a suite of solos
& duets from Interscape (2000) for Gary Champi
and Eleanor Hullihan, and Holley Farmer taught a duet from Split
Sides (2003) for dancers from A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham.
The following week, at the American Dance Festival, the
Trisha Brown Dance Company, in partnership with the Merce Cunningham Trust,
gave their first performance of
Travelogue (1977) on a program celebrating Rauschenberg’s
centennial (New York Times article),
and Brandon Collwes (MCDC 2006-2011) began teaching technique and repertory
for ADF’s Summer Dance Intensive.
Next came “In Conversation with Merce: New Arrangements,” a
program at Baryshnikov Arts Center presenting four works – one on film and
three live (Dance Enthusiast review). The
week concluded with the filming of one of these works, Suite for
Two (1958), in BAC’s John Cage & Merce Cunningham
Studio. Filmed by Alex Munro and his team, Suite for Two is
danced by Jacquelin Harris and Chalvar Monteiro with Adam Tendler playing
John Cage’s Music for Piano (4-19).
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