The Post Concert Dance Company
and the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance
C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
Presents the
2005 Choreographer’s Showcase
Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7
The Theatre of the Riverside Church, 120th Street and Riverside Drive, New York City
THAT PERCH UPON A
Choreography: John Mario Sevilla
Music: Martin Denny
Dancers: Kati-Ann Ashworth, Michelle Durante, Michelle Gilligan
Choreographed in collaboration with the dancers
TONES
Choreography: Kim Dooley
Music: Andreas Vollenweider/Arvo Part
Dancers: Christopher Monteith, Nichole Piacenza, Carla Reitano
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
Choreography: Dayd Suber Jr.
Music: Patsy Cline
Dancer: Meghan Kleinschmidt
REMEMBER/REVISIT/RESTART
Choreography: Stacey Carlson
Music: Bjork
Dancer: Jillian Denis
DARK NIGHTS
Choreography: Kanji Segawa
Music: Giovanni Sollima
Dancers: Kati-Ann Ashworth, Maria Carofano, Jillian Denis, Michelle Durante, Michelle Gilligan, Meghan Kleinschmidt, Francesca Lipani, Carla Reitano
INTERMISSION
JUMPING AND JIVING WITH SWING
Choreography: Yvonne Curry
Music: Room Full of Blues
Dancers: Kati-Ann Ashworth, Jillian Denis, Michelle Durante, Michelle Gilligan, Meghan Kleinschmidt, Diana Lisi, Christopher Monteith
AFTERTONES
Choreography: Kim Dooley
Music: José Miguel Moreno
Dancers: Meghan Kleinschmidt, Rachel Solomon
GOING, GOING … HOME
Choreography: Cheryl Halliburton-Beatty
Music: Hoagy Carmichael
Dancer: Michelle Gilligan
CHOREOGRAPHIC OFFERING
Choreography: José Limón
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach “Musical Offering”
Staged and Directed by: Raphaël Boumaïla
First performed by the José Limón Dance Company
August 15, 1964 at the American Dance Festival
Dancers: Kati-Ann Ashworth, Jillian Denis, Patrick Dineen, Michelle Durante, Michelle Gilligan, Bethany Gresh, Jillian Guella, Tara Joyce, Rachel Killips, Meghan Kleinschmidt, Francesca Lipani, Diana Lisi, Jessica Miller, Michelle Mulhern, Nichole Piacenza, Carla Reitano, Melissa Rodriguez, Rachel Solomon
This work is in memory of Doris Humphrey. It is based on movements from her dances, and contains variations, paraphrases, and motifs from Gigue, Sarabande, Water Study, Dionysiaques, The Pleasures of Counterpoint, Circular Descent, Handel Variations, Air on a Ground Bass, Rudepoema, New Dance, With My Red Fires, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, Ruins and Visions, and New Dance.
© 1996, José Limón Foundation, Inc. This performance of a CHOREOGRAPHIC OFFERING, a Limón™ Dance, is presented by arrangement with The José Limón Dance Foundation, Inc. and has been produced in accordance with the Limón Style™ and Limón Technique™ service standards established by the José Limón Dance Foundation Inc. Limón™, Limón Style™, and Limón Technique™ are trade and service marks of The José Limón Dance Foundation Inc. (All rights reserved)
Stage Manager: Kristen McKniff
Lighting Design: Tom Pascarella
Special Thanks
Cassie Candalino, Lynn Croton, Jon Fraser, Jewel Kinch, Pam Lennox, Debra Otte, Rita Langdon, Amanda Rock, Samantha Librandi
