pinpoint: an evening of contemporary dance

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pinpoint: an evening of dance
THU SEPT 11; FRI SEPT 12; SAT SEPT 13
ODC Theater in Residence Project Artaud Theater
Courage Group
Choreographed by Todd Courage
Performed by Ildiko Polony, Risa Larsen, Lizanne Roman,
Helen Nowik, Kristina Kirshner, Alex Bradshaw,
Sara Love, Melanie King, Caleb Mitchell,
Isabel Gotzkowsky, Jon Zimmerman

photo by: Susan Scherrman
dancers: Sara Love, Ildiko Polony, Alex Bradshaw, Risa Larsen


Courage Group will present a full evening of contemporary dance at
ODC Theater in Residence Project Artaud Theater on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, September 11, 12, & 13. All shows are at 8:00 pm. The cost is $20.

“pinpoint” includes three world premieres and fosters the talent of the Bay Area's finest artists.

Dancers Alex Bradshaw, Kristina Kirshner, Sara Love, Helen Nowik, Ildiko Polony, Risa Larsen, and Lizanne Roman join Courage group's ensemble of actors Wendy Earl, Michael Bulatao, and designer Gary Hutton, to form a provocative and resonant evening of fine art. In addition, UC Irvine's Masters of Dance Melanie King and Caleb Mitchell as well as New York City's Isabel Gotzkowsky and Jon Zimmerman will fortify the cast of excellent dancers.

The program, “pinpoint”, will also include an epic work by the same name. This piece is a complex commentary using movement metaphor to define or “pinpoint” pivotal moments that determine the cementing or unraveling of personal relationships.

Through the manipulation of light, spoken narrative imposed over music, and choreographic choices governed by the unusual depth of the Artaud venue, a tapestry of love and loss, will and surrender, is carefully woven.

In addition to “pinpoint”, two other premieres will complete the evening’s programming. “Love Handel” and “infinite mercy”.

“Love Handel” is a neoclassical group piece danced blithely to music by Georg Friedrich Handel while the elements of light, wind and wetness swirl and shift around the performers . The coexistence of “routine” and shifting elements reflect a pervasive collective denial in the face of environmental calamity.

The final premiere of the evening, “infinite mercy”, is a requiem infused with the recurring motifs of death, rebirth and epiphany.

More Info

Link

http://www.odctheater.org/

Call

(415) 863-9834 (Box Office)