Saturday October 10th
and
Sunday the 11th, 2020

Pilgrim Labyrinth & Butterfly Garden in Hyde Park
at 3701 Gilham, Kansas City, Missouri 64111

Creative Intersections!

Masked and socially distanced, watching "Sutra," the last piece in the program. At right dancers Laura Jones Wallner and Caroline Dahm. Creative Intersections Saturday 5pm October 10th 2020, a free performance program of brand new choreography from Kansas City-based artists. Presented by Kansas City Ballet dancers James Kirby Rogers and Cameron Thomas, featuring dancers and choreographers from the Kansas City Ballet as well as Jennifer Owen, Gary Abbot, Tristian Griffin and Caroline Dahm. The mission of Creative Intersections is to challenge the relationship between performer and audience member with new work in a visceral outdoor setting. The performance will be outdoors without a stage and our audience will be socially distanced! WHEN: Saturday and Sunday October 10th-11th at 5PM, WHERE: Pilgrim Labyrinth & Butterfly Garden, Hyde Park, Kansas City MO 64111 - Photo, copyright 2020 Mike Strong, all rights reserved and full usage permissions to artists and choreographers for Creative Intersections.
Masked and socially distanced, watching "Sutra," the last piece in the program. At right dancers Laura Jones Wallner and Caroline Dahm.

Quoting from the program (with tenses changed, such as "will be" changed to "was"):

"Creative Intersections was a free performance program of brand new choreography from Kansas City-based artists.
Creative Intersections! was presented by Kansas City Ballet dancers James Kirby Rogers and Cameron Thomas,
featuring dancers and choreographers from the Kansas City Ballet as well as
Jennifer Owen, Gary Abbot, Tristan Griffin and Caroline Dahm."

"The mission of Creative Intersections was to challenge the relationship between
performer and audience member with new work
in a visceral outdoor setting.
The performance was be outdoors without a stage
and our audience was socially distanced!"

 

On stage and in the studio, rehearsals, class, performance


From the Program

Creative Intersections

Presented by
James Kirby Rogers & Cameron Thomas

Area

Choreography by Gary Abbott
Music: Elysian Quartet
Dancers: Tristian Griffin, Caroline Dahm, James Kirby Rogers
A moment in the park.

Three solos in one piece


Tristian Griffin in "Area" by Gary Abbott


Caroline Dahm in "Area" by Gary Abbott


James Kirby Rogers in "Area" by Gary Abbott


James Kirby Rogers in "Area" by Gary Abbott - Saturday

 

 

Darker Planet, Brighter Star

Choreography by Jennifer Owen
Music: J. S. Bach performed and recorded by Brad Cox
Dancer: Laura Jones Wallner
This piece is dedicated to the memory of Shane Rowse.


Laura Jones Wallner in "Darker Planet, Brighter Star" by Jennifer Owen

All Talk

Choreography by Caroline Dahm
Music: Leifur James, Robert Koch Featuring Jacob Zuma, Future, and George W.
Bush Arr. Caroline Dahm
Dancers: Danielle Fu, Naomi Tanioka, Caroline Dahm
Meaningless “Talk” for the sake of talking.


L-R: Caroline Dahm and Naomi Tanioka
(The small white spots are out-of-focus flying insects caught in the late afternoon sunlight)

 

In Between

Choreography by Tristian Griffin
Music: William Basinski, Philip Daniel, Terrence Saunders
Music: Tristan Griffin, Jeremy Hanson


L-R: Tristian Griffin and Jeremy Hanson (above and below)

 

Sutra

Choreography by James Kirby Rogers
Music: Philip Glass, Ethan Hawke, Bruce Levingston
Dancers: Gavin Abercrombie, Naomi Tanioka, Cameron Thomas, James Kirby Rogers
In the Indian literary tradition, a Sutra is a collection of aphorisms in the
form of a manual. This piece depicts the aphorism of human connection
regardless of place and time.

 

 

Cast Bows


Final bows Saturday, all cast and choreographers:
Left to right: James Kirby Rogers, Cameron Thomas, Naomi Tanioka, Gavin Abercrombie, Danielle Bausinger Fu, Caroline Dahm, Jeremy Hanson, Tristian Griffin, Laura Jones Wallner, Jennifer Owen, Gary Abbott

Dancer Laura Jones Wallner and daughter
Laura Jones Wallner and daughter

Dancer Laura Jones Wallner and daughter with choreographer Jennifer Owen and daughter.
Dancer Laura Jones Wallner and daughter with choreographer Jennifer Owen and daughter.