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Veiled (2016), a work for a female cast of six, explores the idea of preserving physical and internal grace in the face of oppression. Martin Bresnick’s, suspenseful score creates a mood that the dancers embody, referencing the plight of Islamic women.
Choreography by Cherylyn Lavagnino
Score by Martin Bresnick
Costumes by Christopher Metzger
Lighting by Kathy Kaufmann
Episodes is a series of duets set to Rachmoninoff’s Preludes Op. 32: (G Major and A Major) that express the intimacy and passion between a man and woman.
Performed by Aran Bell and Gisele Bethea
Choreography: Cherylyn Lavagnino
Dancers: Rina Barrantes, Temple Kemezis, Alfredo Solivan
Originally performed on January 17th and 18th, 2015
• Naděje (2015), was inspired by the rich cultural and political background of the Czech people. Author/playwright Vaclav Havel ’s Letters to Olga, visual artist Alphonse Mucha’s Slavic Epic and Leoš Janáček’s Violin Sonáta for violin and piano provided research materials for this layered play of repression and freedom expressed through movement motifs. A loosely based narrative shaped this dance, grounded in movement and music, referencing the many images and poetic reflections of these exceptional Czech artists and their aspirations for a free Czech society.
Triptych
Premiere: June 2012
Music: Scott Killian, Francois Couprin, Franz Von Biber
- Triptych, in collaboration with composer Scott Killian and members of American Virtuosi/Fusion Bande under the musical direction of Kenneth Hamrick. Triptych will link three distinct movements featuring Francois Couperin’s Troisième Leçons à deux voix, commissioned music by Scott Killian and Franz von Biber’s Passacaglia into an inspirational Baroque palette with period instruments, vocalists and violinist Jane Chung. Inspired by the distinct qualities of these scores Lavagnino has developed a movement lexicon with a sense of quiet beauty and reverence, utilizing the pointe shoe in a weighted, prayer – like quality.