SATELLITE COLLECTIVE
presented
DIG DANCE
Performed at 92Y Harkness Dance Center, Home of Dance Education Laboratory, NYC
June 10-12, 2016
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still from "Gran Jericho"
directed by Lora Robertson presented by Satellite Collective 92Y; Dig Dance |
Artistic Director Kevin Draper gave a lovely
introduction of the various genres of works to be performed by emerging artists
from New York City Ballet and Juilliard and more seasoned artists who recently
retired from Alvin Ailey. The program opened up with the spoken word, followed
by four works of contemporary ballet, modern dance, a short film and a live
string quartet. The multidisciplinary approach proved to be an interesting
paradigm with some collaboration between the musicians and dancers.
The dancers were beautiful, the musicians talented,
although the music was not for everyone's ears. The short film by Lora
Robertson with the protagonist dancing around a steeple seemed a bit long.
Satellite Collective brought the steeple physically to the space so it would
have been more creative to have had the dancers dance around the real steeple
as a surprise for the audience after the short film ended or during the short
film.
The last dance was about kindred spirits or lovers who
portrayed a relationship that was appreciated, then spurned with retreat, to
turn back into the embrace of one another resembling a typical sequence to most
types of relationships. Or was the story about the beginning, maturation, and
death of a relationship, to be reborn again?
Overall, the interdisciplinary
program showcased new works but it needs fine tuning.
By
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Laura Thompson -
