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Music Interludes: Excerpts of compositions by Bruce Lazarus

White
(premiere)
choreography: Natasa Trifan
music: Sylvia Mincewicz
costumes: Oana Botez-Ban
video: Chiaki Watanabe
elastic wrangler: Harlan Harris
performers: Andrei Garzon, Saar Harari, Natasa Trifan
“In my kingdom: no butchers, no jails.Only ice there! Only blue there!Under the roof of shivering waters    pearls the size of walnuts...”– from The Children’s Paradise, by Marina Tsvetaeva
Dedicated to my dancers.This work was made possible in part by a Space Grant from the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center.

Music Interlude: Allegro non troppo from Sonata No. 3

Illusion
choreography: Kathryn Sullivan
music: Hildegard von Bingen, arranged by Richard Souther
costume: The Gap
soloist: Natalia Wodnicka
Disillusioned, disenchanted, but is change always for the better?!

Music Interlude: Nocturne

Divine Beggar
(premiere)
conceived, choreographed & text: Nomi Bachar
assistant director: Kim Dilts
music: J.S. Bach: Concerto BWV971, Astor Piazzolla: Viloentango, Reynaldo Hahn: “Si mes vers avaient des ailes”
piano: Yvonne Troxler
singer: Alma Moshonov
red dress: Ursula & Benjamin Costumes & DanceWear
set: Nomi Bachar
video art: Chiaki Watanabe
performers:
Miss Divine: Nomi Bachar
Adam: Michael Buoni
Young Miss Divine: Caitlin Mulhern
“Ms. Divine, a symbol of life’s loving and joyous energy, gives birth to a woman so that men and women can discover love. Will they?”
Special thanks to the dancers for a wonderful collaboration and Kim Dilts for her assistance.

Music Interlude: Night

Game Over
choreography & performance: Valerie Norman
music: Bjork
costume: Valerie Norman

Three Women*
(premiere)
choreography: Kathryn Sullivan
original music: Bruce Lazarus
artwork: Wendy Mark
costumes: Kathryn Sullivan
spoken text: Susan Cameron
vocals: Lynne Halliday
dancers: Pauline Chalamet, Nicole Flender-Chalamet, Enid Flender
Emi Kitamura, Mayuko Takayama, Janet White, Natalia Wodnicka
Archetypes of maiden, mother, and mentor are reflected in the relationship of the three generations of women, as well as being part of all women from all times.
In memory of my mother, Helen
Special thanks to Greg Ottmar, sound editing and Carol Paumgarten at STEPS.

Music Interlude: Touch

Transparent Weights
(premiere)
conceived, choreographed & text: Nomi Bachar
music (flute): Nina Spiro
sound design: Doug Smith
costume: Natasha von Rosenschilde
video art: Chiaki Watanabe
photographs: Taylor Hallman
performer: Nomi Bachar
Weights we harbor within our soul and our journey to shed them and come to our lightness.

Music Interlude: Earthsong from Sonata No. 2

Closer
(premiere)
choreography: Valerie Norman
music: Alon Nechusthan/Talat Trio
costumes: Valerie Norman with consulting by Lizzie Pickard
performers:
Zoe Bowick, Ula Gadea, Francisca Garcia, Mary Madsen, Valerie Norman, Sarah Wollschlager.
This piece is dedicated to Bruce Ornstein, with whom I dance the patterns of intimacy every day.
Special thanks to my family, friends, Bruce, Innerlandscapes and my dancers for making this performance possible.

Post performance discussion with composer Bruce Lazarus after Sat. & Sun. performances
This program is made possible, in part, through the sponsorship of The Field.
*Funded in part through Meet The Composer’s Creative Connections Program with the support of ASCAP Foundation, Copland Fund, Ford Foundation, Jerome Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Virgil Thomson Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
Cunningham Dance Foundation: This program is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts and private support from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

 Assisted by Dance Theater Workshop
Funded in part through Meet The Composer’s Creative Connections Program with the support of ASCAP, Copland Fund, Ford Foundation, Jerome Foundation, NYCDCA, NYSCA, Virgil Thomson Foundation, and the NEA.

press release

RADIANT IMPRINTS

featuring choreography by Nomi Bachar, Valerie Norman , Kathryn Sullivan & Natasa Trifan
February 24 - 27 at Merce Cunningham Studio

InnerLandscapes Dance Theatre, a collective comprised of choreographers Nomi Bachar, Valerie Norman , Kathryn Sullivan & Natasa Trifan , presents its latest evening of new work and revivals, RADIANT IMPRINTS. Al l six of the works on the program deal with the permanence of the traces of existence. Renown composer Bruce Lazarus* performs live music between each piece. Performances of this multimedia adventure with music, video (by Chiaki Watanabe), text and song begin February 24th at Merce Cunningham Studio.

On the program, Nomi Bachar presents two World Premieres. The first is "Transparent Weights," a solo about negative attachments accumulated over a lifetime and shedding them. Performed by Bachar, the piece features costumes by Natasha Von Rosenchilde and live music by Nina Spiro performed on shamanic and native America flutes. Bachar also offers the premiere of "Divine Beggar," exploring the dual nature of man, the divine and profane, and a surprising metamorphosis due to unconditional love. Performed by Bachar, Michael Buoni, and Caitlin Mulhern, the piece features pianist Yvonne Troxler and vocalist Al ma Moshonov.

Kathryn Sullivan reprises her 2000 piece "Illusion," a study in self-doubt, denial, and acceptance of one’s being, flaws and all. She will also present the World Premiere of "Three women," in which a trio of women explore how they differ at their individual stages of life, yet how similar they remain in essence. Using the archetypes of maiden, mother, and mentor, this biographical piece is performed in collaboration with renown composer Bruce Lazarus* and features visuals by Wendy Mark.

Natasa Trifan offers the World Premiere of "White" showing us human fragility and human strength. "White" offers a mental space and time in which external and internal  limitations become sources of freedom. The piece features original music by Sylvia Mincewicz and live video projection by Chiaki Watanabe.

Valerie Norman presents Closer, a new work with six dancers set to original music by Israeli composer Al on Nechushtan. The piece explores patterns of intimacy and distance in relationships.

InnerLandscapes Dance Theatre was founded in 1998 by Nomi Bachar as a collective of independent artists committed to experimentation and creating new forms of expression through dance theater. Al though choreographers each come from different backgrounds, they share a common vision of creating work that depicts the complex layers of the human experience. Past productions include Evidence of Light at the Joyce SoHo, Love Notes/Death Threats at Merce Cunningham Studio, and Journeys to the Known at Raw Space. For more information visit innerlandscapesdt.com.

RADIANT IMPRINTS will be performed February 24 & 25 at 9pm and February 26 & 27 at 8:00pm . Tickets are $20 / $15 students. Merce Cunningham Studio is located at 55 Bethune Street (at Washington Street -- accessible from A.C.E trains at 14th St or the L train at 8th Ave.) For tickets call 212-726-0660. For more information visit merce.org.

* Funded in part through Meet The Composer's Creative Connections Program with the support of ASCAP, Copland Fund, Ford Foundation, Jerome Foundation, NYCDCA, NYSCA, Virgil Thomson Foundation, and the NEA