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The concert features Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's Story/Time (excerpt), an intricate collage of dance, live music and personal narratives orchestrated in new configurations for each performance by chance procedures. Long-time company members Jennifer Nugent and Shayla-Vie Jenkins, both of whom had leading roles in the original production, served as rehearsal directors.

Deborah Goffe, assistant professor at Hampshire College, presents debate, a duet in which the three-piece suit is donned as modern armor, the throne-like chair reminds us of the struggle to claim place, choice and power, and the viewer emerges as a potential ally who may be won to either side.

Leslie Frye Maietta’s (visiting artist at UMass) waist deep takes us on a journey to worlds of in between, between knowing and unknowing, masked and unmasked, finding a groove and losing it. It is a relationship in relation. It is the wilderness.

Lengen/Sinte' is an original African dance choreography by Marilyn Sylla, Five College lecturer in dance. This festive, vibrantly colorful ensemble work features an all-female, intergenerational, ethnically diverse cast of dancers and drummers.

Angie Hauser, assistant professor at Smith College draws on a variety of images and narratives from specific moments throughout her performing career to create a new choreography for eleven women. Working in collaboration with individual performers on specific narratives, she weaves together a group tapestry of memory, image and action.

The concert concludes with Nudge, a new work from Swiss-Canadian choreographer Kinsun Chan guest artist at Mount Holyoke College. Working with a cast of Five College dancers, Chan draws inspiration from the musical compositions of Canadian cellist and composer Julia Kent to create a large ensemble dance notable for its feline dynamism and striking visual designs.

The concert also includes two new video installation works. In the lobby, The Silk Room by Rodger Blum, professor at Smith College, explores the relationship between light, movement and textile. Video is passed through successive layers of hand-dyed silk fabric and the light is absorbed, energizing the dancing and textiles. At first glance, the dancing image appears to decay in the rear fabric layers, but the body reemerges, remade and timeless. Mount Holyoke Professor Jim Coleman’s video dance sequences will be projected on the exterior facade of the theater.

Contact Info

Suzie Rivers
(413) 542-2411
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