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Artistic Director: Linda C. Smith
Lighting/Production: John Duffy
GENERATIONS (1999)
Choreography: Pat Catterson
Music: David Karagianis
Costumes: Stephanie Sleeper
Rehearsal Assistant: Lynne Listing
Cast: RDT Company
Note: The choreographer offers us a metaphor. She sees the life energy that changes at each stage of our growth, from innocence to maturity as we experience relationships, the workplace and community.
DANCE WITH TWO ARMY BLANKETS (1992)
Choreography: Shapiro and Smith
Music: Toby Twining
Rehearsal Assistant: Chara Huckins
Cast: RDT Company
Note: The work highlights close coordination as dancers leap, catapult, catch and soar with the aid of two blankets. The audience might gasp for breath watching unexpected and thrilling moments on the edge of chaos.
DUETS TO BRAZILIAN-INDIAN MUSIC (1998)
Choreography: Zvi Gotheiner
Music: Marlui Miranda
Costumes: Stephanie Sleeper
Lighting: John Duffy
Cast:
Chien-ying Wang, Thayer Jonutz
Chara Huckins, Josh Larson
Angela Banchero-Kelleher, Lynne Listing
Thayer Jonutz, Nicholas Cendese
Chien-ying Wang, Josh Larson
Note: Brazilian-Indian Duets brings us closer to appreciating the complex nature of human relationships. There are moments that are playful or touching, romantic or bittersweet. The music was inspired by native Brazilian culture and is faithful to the tones, vocal traditions and speech of the Amazon Indians. It weaves the sound of the spirits and the magical entities of the forest into a tapestry involving occasional colors from another world with modern instrumentation.
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HERE WE ARE (2004)
Choreography: Scott Rink
Costumes: Stephanie Sleeper
Text: Dorothy Parker
Rehearsal Assistant: Chara Huckins
Cast:
Narrators: Lynne Listing, Josh Larson
Couple: Chien-ying Wang, Thayer Jonutz
Note: Two narrators shares the thoughts, feelings and fears of a young couple, newlyweds on their honeymoon. The piece is witty and full of fun, and the underlying theme is universal…communication is often a difficult process.
SKY LIGHT (1982)
Choreography: Laura Dean
Music: Laura Dean
Costume Design: Laura Dean
Rehearsal Assistant: Chara Huckins
Cast: RDT Company
Note: Laura Dean incorporates her trademark movement, a dervish-like spinning, and the repetition of musical and choreographic phrases into a mesmerizing ritual. Sky Light has been described by Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times, as a “masterpiece of the genre...it bursts forth with high energy and relentless climactic rhythms that can lead an audience to explode with its own energy...WOW!”
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