New World Dance Theater. April 25 through 28, 2013.
This year’s New World School of the Arts’ College Spring Dance Concert will be an exciting and varied program, featuring the work of two faculty choreographers – a ballet Closet 5716 by ballet faculty member, Gerard Ebitz and a new work by faculty member Peter London Seoul Soul inspired by the dance and music traditions of Korea.
The program will also feature the work of four guest artists, two at the cutting edge of dance making and two masters of the modern dance era. Lily, a new work by popular up-and-coming choreographer Kyle Abrahams (Abraham.In.Motion dance company) is a fusion of hip-hop, jazz, modern, and ballet styles with a dramatic, urban sensibility. The Virgin Queen, created in 2011 by Darshan Singh Bhuller, is a tour de force work evoking the era of Queen Elizabeth through 21st century eyes, using film projection technology to transport us back in time, and going back and forth from the music of that era to the rock music of 1980’s England.
NWSA dancers will perform the groundbreaking work of Merce Cunningham in the form of a MinEvent created for this group of dancers by former Merce Cunningham dancer, Patricia Lent and comprised of sections of three of his most important works: Roaratorio (1982), Enter (1992), and Fabrications (1987). And finally, the dancers will perform Jose Limon’s final work, completed after his death by former Dean of the Dance Division, Daniel Lewis, Waldstein Sonata, set to Beethoven’s lush and moving Waldstein Sonata for the piano, which will be performed live by New World School of the Arts Provost, Jeffrey Hodgson.
The College Spring Dance Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. on April 25, 26 and 27 and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. General admission is $12, students and seniors is $5. Tickets available at nwsa.mdc.edu.
New World Dance Theater
25 NE 2nd Street, 8th floor
Miami, FL 33132
nwsa.mdc.edu
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