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REPERTORY
Symbiosis
Choreography: Heather Roffe
Music: The Gotan Project “Tu Mistero”
A tango inspired and infused duet with swooping lifts and intense, flirty exchanges.
Kammermusik
Choreography: Eve Summer
Music: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik No 4: “Signal” and “So schnell”
This original trio is inspired from the nuances and intricacies of Hindemith’s music. Balletic, classical and brisk in nature.
La grenouille à grande bouche
Commissioned 2011 by Mark Warhol
Choreography: Lorraine Chapman
Music: Mark Warhol
A collaboration between Ensemble Warhol, Contrapose Dance, choreographer Lorraine Chapman, painter Heidi Caswell, and Costumer Penney Pinnett.
This 10 minute piece tells the well known French story of a Big Mouthed Frog and various animals he meets in a forest.
Photo: Daniel van Ackere c. 2011
Alzado
Choreography: Courtney Peix and Jennifer Hardy
Music: The Duke Quartet “String Quartet No 2”
The title of this short work refers to rising up-a gentle lift. This dance for 5 plays with a gentle surging of movement and pattern.
Finding Rothko
Choreography: Jennifer Hardy
Music: Adam Schoenberg “Finding Rothko”
*Original score by Adam Schoenberg with full permission given by both Mr. Schoenberg and IRIS Orchestra.
www.adamschoenberg.com
www.IRISOrchestra.org
“Finding Rothko” piece takes its inspiration from composer Adam Schoenberg original score “Finding Rothko” based on four Rothko paintings (“Orange”, “Yellow”, “Red”, “Wine”). Choreographer Jennifer Hardy uses space, time, and movement to conjure up many aspects of the Rothko paintings.
Photo: Liza Voll c. 2011
Ground
Choreography: Courtney Peix
Music: The Duke Quartet “String Quartet No 1” &
Bones Domingo “Violate”
A dance in two sections addressing feelings of frustration and repetitive efforts that seems to yield no results.
Sanitas
Commissioned 2010
Choreography: Gianni Di Marco
Music: Zoe Keating “Tetrishead” and "Coda"
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.
LAND/SCAPE
Commissioned 2010
Choreography: Stephanie Sherman (in collaboration with Jenny Lustig, Nina Brindamour & Lindsey Ridgeway)
Music: Gustavo Santaolalla "Deportation/Iguazu" from the Babel Soundtrack
LAND/SCAPE explores our relationship to the real & imagined physical, mental & emotional obstacles, & how our dealing with these blocks can change the course of our life journeys.
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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