WillPremiere: June 2009 |
Responding to the severe intensity of Bach’s Ciaconna for solo violin, Lavagnino creates an angular, taut movement vocabulary for four dancers. The male/female duets display a cool, internally driven performance quality that shows detachment and an impasse in communication. |
3 four 1Premiere: June 2009 |
The choreography in this quartet plays off the virtuosic interplay of the two string voices in the Handel – Halvorsen score with quick, technical footwork, ample movement, and quirky partnering to reflect the pull and bounce of the music and individual qualities of each dancer. The male figure responds to the specific personality of each his three female partners. |
FacetsPremiere: 2008 |
Facets is a full-bodied and exuberant study of space and partnering with a truly contemporary aesthetic. The sumptuous cello score by Zoë Keating inspires movement that is direct and challenging and then giving and tender. This allows for a rich movement lexicon and dramatic shifts in the choreography. |
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Facets was choreographed and first performed at The Yard, a colony for performing artists in Chilmark, MA, as part of a Company Residency. |
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INWARDPremiere: February 2008 |
Inward features an original score by Scott Killian in collaboration with violinist Jacob Lawson. The work focuses on the disappearance of free-floating thought and imagination in this age of technology-driven isolation. Inward explores the pressure, speed and focused quiet of our opposing external and internal lives. |
Fell of NightPremiere: February 2008 |
Through a series of duets and trios where temporal and spiritual worlds intersect, Fell of Night explores the tension, imbalance, and ultimately, the support that may result from the loss of a loved one. |