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N.C. Dance Theatre and the N.C. School of the Arts Dance
Program
Saturday, Sept. 27
8:00 - 10:00 pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, Lenoir-Rhyne Campus
Four pieces will be
performed; the first three by the N.C. Dance Theatre and the
final performance by the N.C. School of the Arts's School of
Dance.
N.C. Dance
Theatre:
Verge
by
Dwight Rhoden
Clive Barnes in Dance
Magazine called Verge “a work of fever pitch
intensity…an ideal carpet for the young NCDT Company to
prance on happily.” Verge, created by Dwight Rhoden
for NC Dance Theatre is a hybrid of ballet, modern and jazz
dance styles. “Verge starts with a solo for a man who
possesses all of the qualities that the rest of the cast
tries to achieve for the next 26 minutes, so it starts with
a solo which is called the ‘Impulse.’ He represents that hot
center of the ballet…what it is they are all shooting for
which, is the bulls-eye, achieving the actual fruit,”
described choreographer Dwight Rhoden.
The
Four Temperaments
by George
Balanchine
The Four
Temperaments,
set to Paul Hindemith’s commissioned score, epitomizes
George Balanchine’s pure dance style, fusing classical steps
with a lean and angular style. The ballet is inspired by the
medieval belief that human beings are made up of four
different humors that determine a person's temperament. Each
temperament was associated with one of the four classical
elements (earth, air, water and fire) which in turn were the
basis of the four humors (black bile, blood, phlegm and
bile) that composed the body. In a healthy body, the humors
were in balance. But if one became predominant it determined
an individual's temperament. Thus a person dominated by
black bile was melancholic (gloomily pensive), by blood was
sanguinic (headstrong and passionate), by phlegm was
phlegmatic (unemotional and passive), and by bile was
choleric (bad-tempered and angry). The titles of the
ballet's four movements — "Melancholic," "Sanguinic,"
"Phlegmatic" and "Choleric" — reflect these principles.
Bolero
by
Mark Diamond
Bolero
is set in a Latin-American village on a steamy, hot
afternoon. The men are at siesta and the ladies are bored.
To get the men moving, the ladies use all of their allures.
Slowly the men begin to take notice and their passions
awake. As intensity builds, the stifled and languid energy
begins to fly with sensuous abandon. Choreographer Mark
Diamond said Ravel’s “Bolero” inspired him to create this
piece.
N.C.S.A.
School of Dance
Duets
by Merce Cunningham
Directed by Brenda
Daniels, former Cunningham Studio faculty member and current
NCSA Assistant Dean and dance instructor, the NCSA School of
Dance will perform Cunningham’s Duets as part of the
evening’s dance program.
DUETS is one of this
great choreographer's most popular and enduring works. It
features an evocative, percussive, rhythmic score by John
Cage. The work is a series of duets ranging in mood from
tender and sustained to wild and brilliant. Costumed in
rainbow colors, the dance is a celebration of dance, love,
and human potential.
N.C.
Dance Theatre
http://www.ncdance.org/
N.C. School of the Arts
http://www.ncarts.edu/
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