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Dance
Performance by
Queens College
Students
The dancers and
choreographer
for this
performance are
all students
from Queens
College. The
soundtrack for
both pieces was
created by
Eleanor Aversa,
a graduate
student in
Composition at
Queens College.
The costumes
were designed in
the cooperation
from all
participants in
the dance.
Program:
Voices
Dancers: Alana Cermeli
& Danuta
Petrow-Sek
Choreographer: Danuta
Petrow-Sek
Music: Eleanor
Aversa
This dance was
inspired by Kate
Chopin's book
The Awakening,
entire work has
12 min. The
story of a woman
named Edna who
lived in
eighteenth
century American
society. Those
times were known
for their strict
conventions and
tightly defined
roles for women.
In The
Awakening, Edna
slowly discovers
her desire for
passion, art,
and love. In my
choreography the
events take
place in the
present time,
and the dancers
are portraying
themselves:
their own
desires for
freedom, love,
and passion in
the ways they
understand and
feel these
things. The
dancers feel the
awakening of
desires, yet
they are losing
or missing
something
because of the
fast pace of
life. This piece
was built during
a few
improvisation
rehearsals and
my observation
of the dancers’
movement and
behavior outside
of the studio.
Rock, Skin
Dancer/Choreographer-Danuta
Petrow-Sek
Music-Eleanor
Aversa
Rock, Skin is an
abstract
creation, a
dialog
between solidity/permanence
and
flexibility/flux.
At the beginning
of my solo I
evoke a stream:
a dynamic force
representing the
flow of life.
The gentle sound
of falling water
primes the
audience to experience
the dance on a
deeper, more
emotional
level. The sound
scape, created
for this dance
by Eleanor
Aversa, evolves
using human
throat sounds
(breathing,
coughing, etc.)
and the most
ancient of human
instruments
(drums and
bells).
The grounding
for Rock, Skin
is a large cube,
chosen for its
symmetry and the
way it provides
a solid
foundation for
the more dreamy
parts I dance on
top of it.
Covering the
stage is a layer
of fabric that
is at once both
changeable
landscape and
flexible skin.
Taiko Drum
Performance by
New York Taiko
Aiko
Kai
Taiko is the
Japanese word
for "great
drum." This
ancient musical
art form
originated
centuries ago in
Asia. The
resounding beat
of the massive
drums, ranging
from one foot to
six feet in
diameter, can be
heard over great
distances and
historically was
used as a means
of
communication.
In shrines and
temples
throughout
present-day
Japan, Taiko can
still be heard,
although today
its purpose is
spiritual and
celebratory,
proclaiming the
advent of temple
and village
festivals.
Program:
Miyake,
Traditional
piece from
Miyake Island
Hiryu Sandan
Gaeshi,
Composed by Daihachi
Oguchi
