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TAO DANCE THEATER
Weight x 3 (adapted for Fall for Dance)
Choreography by Tao Ye
U.S. PREMIERE
ABOUT THIS PIECE
Weight x 3 is a selection of works choreographed over the course of a year and performed to the music of Steve Reich. The work is permeated with our conceptions of “body” and physical practice. In our pursuit of the corporeal, our spirit becomes free.
COMPANY BIO
TAO Dance Theater, one of China’s leading modern dance companies, was founded by Tao Ye in 2008. A graduate of the Chongqing Dance School in Chongqing, China, Tao Ye began his career with the Shanghai Army Song and Dance Ensemble before joining the Jin Xing Dance Theater in 2003. Tao Ye went on to perform with the Beijing Modern Dance Company, touring extensively throughout China and internationally. His works have been performed in Beijing, Shanghai, Belgium, The Netherlands, Singapore, USA, Amsterdam, France, Sweden and Switzerland. This performance marks TAO Dance Theater's Fall for Dance debut. |
CCN DE CRÉTEIL ET DU VAL-DE-MARNE / COMPAGNIE KÄFIG
Agwa
Choreography by Mourad Merzouki
ABOUT THIS PIECE
French hip-hop choreographer Mourad Merzouki’s Agwa is a high-energy mix of samba, hip-hop, capoeira, bossa nova and electronic music. Glasses filled with water double as props and a precarious obstacle course in this innovative work that has been called "the best hip-hop show of the last 10 years."
COMPANY BIO
Compagnie Käfig is French hip-hop company founded by Mourad Merzouki. Born in Lyon in 1973, Merzouki started learning martial arts and circus skills at age seven. At 15 he discovered hip-hop and began exploring the world of dance. He soon decided to orient his hip-hop style toward more professional horizons, but at the same time had no qualms about testing himself in other dance fields, notably with Maryse Delente, Jean-François Duroure and Josef Nadj. With all this experience came the urge to undertake his own artistic projects, mixing hip-hop with what he had learned about performing publicly. In 1996, feeling the need to create an artistic world linked to his personal history and sensibility, Mourad Merzouki decided to found his own company: Käfig. |
ROYAL BALLET OF FLANDERS
The Return of Ulysses (adapted for Fall for Dance)
Choreography by Christian Spuck
N.Y. PREMIERE
ABOUT THIS PIECE
Penelope awaits the return of her husband, Ulysses, while fending off the advances of lusty suitors in The Return of Ulysses, a dance theater work by German choreographer Christian Spuck.
COMPANY BIO
The Royal Ballet of Flanders was established in 1969 thanks to the persistent inspiration of Jeanne Brabants. Today the Ballet is an enterprise with a contemporary corporate structure and culture, in which artistic and commercial knowledge and capability go hand in hand. Being the only professional, classically trained dance company makes the Ballet a monument in Flanders and far beyond. But most of all the Ballet is a dynamic company. Under its roof 52 professional dancers work hard to stay in shape, refine their technique, and practice their next performance to perfection, six days a week. They can count on the commitment and craftsmanship of an in-house workshop for scenery and costumes, and a fully-fledged technical team. Together with the artistic and commercial management and their administration, the number of employees at the company adds up to 90, each and every one living and working gladly and passionately to the rhythm of the Ballet. |
LIZT ALFONSO DANCE CUBA
Pa’ Cuba me voy
Choreography by Lizt Alfonso
LIVE MUSIC
ABOUT THIS PIECE
The all-female Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba makes its Fall for Dance debut with Pa’ Cuba me voy, a work that features 17 dancers and seven musicians in a sensual combination of flamenco, ballet, Afro-Cuban and Cuban rhythms.
COMPANY BIO
Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba is a genuine expression of the mixture that characterizes Cuban culture, with its abundant rhythms, movements and colors. Made up only of women, its shows originally mixed elements of flamenco, ballet and dance with Spanish and Afro-Cuban rhythms, creating a repertoire full of virtuosity and sensuality. The company includes its own music group, which composes the shows’ original soundtracks and accompanies it in each live performance. Long, standing ovations and excellent reviews have accompanied Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba wherever it performs. |
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