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Songs of Eva

October 8, 9, 10 2004 @ 7:30
      PSU Lincoln Hall

Three performances of modern dance
       with live music by
fEARnoMUSIC
       Erin Furbee - violin
       Matt Faust - violin
       Joel Belgique - viola
       Philip Hansen - cello


Diane Syrcle - vocalist

Marilyn Shotola - flute

Stan Stanford - clarinet

PSU Percussion Ensemble directed by Joel Bluestone

Choreography by
Agnieszka Laska

   
Spring Quartet -- previev performance in IFCC, Sept. 17th
photo: Chris Leck 2004

dancers:
Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Pierce-Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Nick Cavanaugh, Shakir Najieb

guest artists:
Polish folk dance company SOBOTKA

Funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.


Program

Spring Quartet (premiere)
music: Jackie T. Gabel (Spring Quartet)

dancers:
Senze misura, Allegro - Alison Camp, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu
Allegretto - Heidi Welter
Adagio - Naomi Miller & Nick Cavanaugh; Jodie Hurley & Shakir Najieb; Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Taryn Johnson, Melanie Pierce-Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu
Vivace - Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Pierce-Linker, Heidi Welter, Nick Cavanaugh


musicians:
fEARnoMUSIC

costumes: Sumi Wu

       
"Adagio"
PSU Lincoln Hall , Oct. 2004
photo: Chris Leck 2004





Sumi Wu, Shakir Najieb, Marilyn Shotola
in "Diameter IX"
PSU Lincoln Hall, Oct. 17 2003		        Diameter IX (2003)
music: Jackie T. Gabel
dancers: Sumi Wu, Shakir Najieb
musicians: Marilyn Shotola - flute, Joel Bluestone - percussion

In this piece, Agnieszka Laska draws from Jack Gabel's modernist score (duet for flute and five tom-tom drums, premiered in 1987 by Robert Jr. and Marilyn Shotola). The intrinsically primitive instrumental pairing suggests a similar creative approach, though neither the music nor the choreography really goes native, but is, rather, a provocative counterpoint of forces in a modernist language.



Hellenic Triptych (2004 - premiere)
music: Jackie T. Gabel (Hellenic Triptych)
available at Passion CD, NPM-LD-003

dramatis personae:
Zeus - Joel Belgique
Hera - Taryn Johnson
Echo - Alison Camp
Nemesis - Heidi Welter
Narcisus - Nick Cavanaugh
first nymph - Sumi Wu
nymphs - Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Naomi Miller, Melanie Pierce-Linker

musician: Joel Belgique - viola
costumes: Ela Kwasek

       
"Echo's Farewell"
PSU Lincoln Hall , Oct. 2004
photo: Chris Leck 2004




intermission




Alison Camp, Jodie Hurley, Naomi Miller
in Somewhere Suite
photo by Chris Leck		       Somewhere Suite (2003)
music: Jackie T. Gabel (Somewhere Suite)

dancers:
Alison Camp, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu

costumes by dancers



Folk Dance (2003)
music: Tomas Svoboda
dancers: Polish folk dance company SOBOTKA:
Anna Brozek, Marek Grzelak, Leszek Kurzyna, Henryk Lepis, Marek Stepien, Jeffry Uecker

Stan Stanford - clarinet
costumes: original folk costumes from Krakow region, Poland

A clarinet solo, is a farewell gesture to the old Moravian Folk Festival in Straznice. The light, happy, dance recalls the music shared among Moravian artists. It's dedicated to Svoboda's friend, clarinetist Josef Krcek of the renowned ensemble, Musica Bohemica. Agnieszka Laska enlists the Polish folk troupe Sobotka for a light - not entirely authentic - folksy interpretation, but in keeping with the score. 		      


Folk Dance
PSU Lincoln Hall, Oct. 16 2003





Songs of Eva
PSU Lincoln Hall , Oct. 2004 		       Songs of Eva (1998-2004)
music: Zygmunt Konieczny

dancers:
Kisses - Amber Davis & Shakir Najieb; Taryn Johnson, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu
Roses - Alison Camp, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Pierce-Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu
Carousel - Naomi Miller, Nick Cavanaugh, Shakir Najieb
Landscape - Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Pierce-Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Nick Cavanaugh, Shakir Najieb
Finale - all cast

Diane Syrcle - vocalist

musicians: PSU Percussion Ensemble directed by Joel Bluestone
fEARnoMUSIC:
      Erin Furbee - violin
      Matt Faust - violin
      Joel Belgique - viola
      Philip Hansen - cello

Marilyn Shotola - flute
Stan Stanford - clarinet

costumes: Agnieszka Laska

This work was created for the company, Grosso Modo in 1998 and presented at various venues around Mexico. Over its 17-minute duration the work sets four songs by Polish composer Zygmunt Konieczny. The moody songs for Konieczny's longtime collaborator and lover, Ewa Demarczyk inspired Laska's intensely emotional rendering for nine dancers in an outstanding display of choreographic dramaturgy. The intense audience response at each presentation has clearly marked Agnieszka Laska's ascent in the North American firmament of contemporary theatre dance.


This event is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

go to: Agnieszka Laska's Home Page

go to: North Pacific Music Home Page

go to: Tomas Svoboda Home Page

mail to: A.Laska@comcast.net