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REPERTORY
Sanitas
Commissioned 2010
Choreography: Gianni Di Marco
Music: Zoe Keating “Tetrishead”
This quartet addresses the fixation our society has on sanitation and cleanliness. The movement expresses desperation, yearning, and intensity.
Patrin
Commissioned 2010
Choreography: Marcus Schulkind
Music: Pjotr Leschenko and 2 selections of gypsy music circa 1938
A dance in three sections, this modern piece features two trios and finishes with a duet. Patrins are signposts left for gypsy travelers: maps and stories about their lives.
Shorten Her Skirts
Commissioned 2010
Choreography: Nicole Pierce
Music: Cobra Killer + Kapajkos “Mund Auf Augen Zu”
A dance for three, this piece is a ruckus trio set to German punk music. Quirky, fun, and energetic!
Scenes de ballet
Commissioned 2009 by Mark Warhol
Choreography: Gianni Di Marco
Music: Mark Warhol
A collaboration between Ensemble Warhol, Contrapose Dance, choreographer Gianni Di Marco, painter Heidi Caswell, and Costumer Susan Paino. The four dancers evolve from the paintings during this 25 minute piece.
The Art of Wine Tasting
Choreography: Courtney Peix
Music: Benny Goodman, Django Reinhart
A dance in four sections, this piece takes it inspiration from the various steps of tasting wine. From the “pop” of the cork, to “finding the legs”, to the bubbly champagne, this piece delivers an entertaining, playful and witty sophistication in the form of movement. (2009)
benchmark
Choreography: Courtney Peix
Music: Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat Major op. 20 for 4 violins, 2 violas, and 2 violincellos: Scherzo, Allegro leggierissimo
This three sectioned piece for six dancers deals with the concept of home and its many connotations. One finds comfort and safely in home, but eventually wants to leave it. Yet home has a way of drawing one back to it-willingly or unwillingly. (2008-2009)
*sections can be performed individually or in pairs.
A Christmas Toy Story
Choreography: Courtney Peix & Lucy Warren-Whitman
Music: Britten, Prokofiev, Minkus
A Charming Fable of elves, broken toys, a great gust of wind, and the resourcefulness of friends. This fifty minute ballet tells the tale of five broken toys who work together to make sure there are enough toys to deliver for Christmas! (2008)
tidbit, too
Commissioned 2008
Choreography: Marcus Schulkind
Music: Beethoven: Lasalle Quartet-Late String Quartets, Presto & Quartett c - Frühe Werke für Streichquartett-moll op 18 No. 4 in C minor en ut mineur 3.
This duet created on company dancers Jenny Lustig and Lindsey Ridgeway is light hearted with suspension and a pinch of humor.
Gitanas
Commissioned 2008
Choreography: Gianni Di Marco
Music: composed by Aleksandra Vrebalov /played by the Kronos Quartet
A duet created on company dancers Ruth Bronwen and Lucy Warren-Whitman conveys raw power mixed with sensuality.
Rondo
Choreography: Courtney Peix, Lucy Warren-Whitman
Music: Mozart: Piano Concerto #20 Rondo
A dance for five, Rondo is a light and airy piece which draws upon the music as inspiration, celebrating the joy of movement in the neoclassical form. (2008)
The Poem
Choreography: Lucy Warren-Whitman
Music: Herman Weiss: Strange Melodies “Red Rubber Sole”, “Elegy”, excerpt from “The Malletklavier Sonata”
This contemporary piece explores the relationship between three generations of women and is inspired by a poem written by Ruth Whitman, the choreographer’s grandmother. (2008)
Slightly broken
Choreography: Courtney Peix
Music: Bach: suite No. 2 in B minor, Rondeau and suite No. 2 in B minor, Bourree I-II
A solo created on company dancer Lindsey Ridgeway, this piece deals with the idea that while there are many small imperfections in life, one can always enjoy it. (2008)
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