evidence of light

InnerLandscapes dance theater

presents

EVIDENCE of LIGHT

An evening of dance theater by:
Nomi Bachar • Amy Kail • Sasha Spielvogel • Kathryn Sullivan

choreography by: Nomi Bachar • Amy KailSasha Spielvogel • Kathryn Sullivan
performers: Elizabeth Auclair • Nomi Bachar • Tiffany Dozier • Anne Easterling, Kate Francis • Eric Giancola • Rachel Grisi • Riko Hase • Frenchy Haynes, Amy Kail • Fannie Kalis • Jon Kowalski • Michael Kramer • Martin Lofsnes, Lisa Natoli • Andrea Shasgus • Danielle Welch • Janet White • Sarah Young

original music: Matt Aiken • lighting design & technical director: Julie Ana Dobo press rep: Audrey Ross • cover photo: Ellen Crane • graphics: Doug Barron

Fri. Sat. Sun. Feb. 13 • 14 • 15 • 2004
Joyce SoHo

program

Interlude Music

original music composition and performance: Matt Aiken

Measure*

concept: Frenchy Haynes
choreography: Amy Kail
music: J.S. Bach, The Goldberg Variations
dancer: Frenchy Haynes

Living Room

conceived and choreographed: Nomi Bachar
music and text: Chava Alberstein
sound arrangement: Alex Bezgin
costume designer: Nomi Bachar
visual effects: Tamar Samir
performed by: Father: Michael Kramer • Daughter Young Self: Sarah Young • Older Self: Kate Francis

dedicated to my father with love – Nomi Bachar

Off the Pier*

choreography: Amy Kail
music: Markgraph from the Shutov Assembly created and produced by Brian Eno, sounds from the environment
costumes: Reiko Kawashima
dancers: Anne Easterling and Amy Kail

Backstreet

(premiered January 2000, Dance Theater Raatikko, Helsinki, Finland)
choreography: Sasha Spielvogel
music: Piazolla, Lurie, Wolfe, Volans, Ives, Swayne, Górecki
Ms. Auclair’s dress: Mario Ramo Couture
props: Zoë Morsette
dancers: Elizabeth Auclair, Martin Lofsnes

A shifty, lonely man on the edge of a breakdown is guided by a guardian spirit who helps take him though his addictions so he can become free of them.

The Telephone Call

conceived and choreographed: Nomi Bachar
text: Dorothy Parker
speaking text: Nomi Bachar
sound: Bruce Tovsky
theme song “Come, Come”: lyrics: Rumi, music: Zuleikha
arranged & produced: Jeff Olmsted
vocalist: Lee Anne Hutchison
set: Nomi Bachar, Rick Leonardo
costumes: Simone Clarke and Nomi Bachar
visuals: Tamar Samir
performed by: Woman Dark: Nomi Bachar • Woman Light: Sarah Young

Femme Debout

(Woman standing)

choreography: Kathryn Sullivan
music & vocals: Anne Martin
costumes: Kathryn Sullivan / Ursula and Benjamin
dancer: : Rachel Grisi

One woman standing, alone, can be a symbol for all women in their struggle to gain freedom from social, psychological, physical confines.

One Nite**

choreography: Amy Kail
original music: Matt Aiken
costumes: Reiko Kawashima
dancers: Tiffany Dozier, Lisa Natoli, Andrea Shasgus

Yidel mitn Fiedel and other favorites

(premiere)

choreography: Kathryn Sullivan
music: “Music excerpts from the Yiddish Radio Project” (archival recordings from Yiddish radio soundtrack to the award – winning NPR documentary series)
slide projections of paintings: Harriet Alter and Charles Parker (Joe and Paul)
costumes: Kathryn Sullivan and Salvation Army
dancers: Riko Hase, Eric Giancola, Fannie Kalis, Jon Kowalski, Danielle Welch, Janet White

A tribute to the Yiddish language and to those traditions that are rapidly disappearing. These excerpts were actual weekly Yiddish radio broadcasts from the 40s swing era in America, but ironically at the same time of the Holocaust massacres in Europe. (photos by Julie Lemberger)

*Dance works by Amy Kail were made possible, in part, with a space grant from The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, and **a grant from Meet the Composer.

All photographs except the postcard cover photo by Julie Lemberger.

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