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"Dear Friend" - Mark Stauffer & Katie Jenkins |
"Le calm aprés l'orage" - Mary Marshall & Kristi Vincent Johnson |
"Babel" - City in Motion dancers |
A Modern Night At The Folly - 2005
Presented by City in Motion 20-21 January 2005
Rehearsal pictures from 20th and 21st
Performance Pictures from: 8pm - 21 Jan 2005
Folly Theater, 12th and Central, Kansas City, MO
Review by Nicole English
Written for UMKC's UNews with an emphasis on those dancers who are in UMKC's dance department.
By Nicole English;
Audiences braved bitter winter winds on Friday, Jan. 21st, in order to attend the City In Motion Dance Theater annual production of "A Modern Night at the Folly", which featured presentations by both UMKC students and faculty. The concert presented a varied program spotlighting the works of 10 different choreographers in the Kansas City area, and featured UMKC works. The concert was actually delayed briefly by the long line of last minute ticket-buyers hoping to see the show.
In the first half of the show, one of the first numbers was "Sida", choreographed by well-known local performer, Tyrone Aiken. Familiar to many for his work as Director of Artistic and Educational Programs for Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey since 1995, Aiken presented an energetic and earthy piece set to drums that seemed to resonate with a primal force. The dance featured Pharaohnic moves and much spinning, highlighted by bright red robes and lighting. The rousing, rhythmic music was recorded by Ibrahim Hamma Dicko (D.J. Spider Mix). This number was quite a crowd pleaser, which sparked considerable applause. This piece featured several UMKC student dancers, including Michell Cox, Anthony DeCarlis, and Latra Wilson.
DeCarlis was quite pleased to be a part of the production and working with Tyrone Aiken.
"It is really a thrill to be here and working with Tyrone Aiken," said DeCarlis. "His dancing is so flawless...and he does SO much for the community...I am very pleased to be a part of his work."
In the second half of the show, several pieces were presented that had ties to UMKC. One of the first pieces after the intermission was titled "Dear Friend", was choreographed by new faculty member, Sabrina Madison-Cannon, and performed by UMKC student dancer (and member of Wylliams/Henry Dance Theatre), Katie Jenkins, to live cello music composed by Bach and played by Mark Stauffer.
This was a sad, dramatic, yet sweetly sentimental piece that was dedicated to the choreographer's friend and mentor, Larry White, who recently passed away after a taxing illness. Madison-Cannon first premiered the piece in the UMKC Fall Choreofest concert held in November of 2004 at PAC. She created the piece to honor her friend and to give her a therapeutic expression for her grief.
The engaging piece held the audience spellbound in silence, as the elegant, yet touching, choreography unfolded. The presentation began with the recitation of text written by Nathan Montoya, another friend of the late Larry White, to be read at the eulogy. The words were edited by Madison-Cannon for the dance, and spoken by the dancer, Katie Jenkins. (Note: Katie is also a dancer with the Wylliams/Henry Dance Company. )
The choreography continued to flow as a small, warm, intimate performance, as the audience was drawn in and the cello eventually began to play. The silence was broken at the end of the performance by loud audience applause
New to UMKC, Madison-Cannon just joined the faculty for the Fall, 2004, semester. Her friend died during her move to Kansas City, leaving her feeling disconnected from her friend's passing.
"I wanted to do something to honor Larry and to help feel more connected to his death, since I was not able to be there," said Madison-Cannon. "I also wanted to do something to help me to heal, as well as give me an outlet for mourning."
She was quite pleased with the performance and the reception by the audience, and was much relieved after the performance was over.
"Oh...I was so nervous about the piece being presented tonight that I was not able to watch the other works in the concert," she lamented, "But after my piece had been safely performed, I really enjoyed the rest of the concert a great deal."
This small, quiet piece was immediately followed by another quiet but dramatically contrasting piece titled, "Le calm apres l'orage (the calm after the storm)", choreographed by M. Suzanne Ryan, and featuring UMKC dancer, Mary Marshall. This high-contrast work was cast in stark illumination of blackness and white spotlights, as dancers performed in gray against a blue-gray backdrop. This piece was beautiful to watch and was reminiscent of the classical works of Martha Graham, Katherine Dunham, and Agnes DeMille.
The concert closed with an ensemble piece presented by dancers of the City in Motion Dance Theater, titled "Stand Up, Sit Down" and choreographed by former Conservatory faculty, Andrea Skowronek. Performed to the music of Radiohead, the dancers flew over the stage in white, long, flowing culotte-gowns that added to the appearance of birds in flight.
The show closed with numerous bows from the different dance companies and choreographers who had participated in the show. The dancers came down from the balconies and the back of the house, where they had been able to watch the other performers. Once the dancers hit the stage, the applause escalated as the audience gave them a standing ovation
 
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Performance
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Trip the Light Fantastic
I: Beltane Walk
II: Seal of Seasons
III: One Inch Rock
| Choreography |
Michael Ingle
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| Music |
Marc Bolan and T.Rex
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| Dancers |
Members of The
Bowery Dancers: Ellie Goodie-Averill,
Michael Ingle, Kathleen O'Connor, Jeffrey Potter, Christine
Scott |
| Links |
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- Sida
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| Choreography |
Tyrone Aiken
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| Music |
Ibrahim Hamma Dicko (D.J. Spider mix)
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| Costumes |
Tyrone Aikenl
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| Dancers |
Members of Centre
Dance: Ferrin Caldwell, Michell Cox, Anthony
DeCarlis, Remica Funderburk, Margaret Gordon, Leigh Patterson,
Charles Randolph, Latra Wilson
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- Hombre Errante (Wandering Man)
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| Choreography |
Muriel Cohan and Patrick Suzeau
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| Music |
Gabriela Lena Frank
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| Text |
Based on Peruvian Quechua Native American
Poetry, Collected by José Maria Arquadas
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| Original Lighting |
Ann Hause
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| Costumes |
Susan Rendall
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| Dancers |
Members of the COHAN/SUZEAU
Dance Company: Matt Abbick, Morgan
Fogarty, Carly Fox, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Beau Hancock,
Holly Harmison, Joames Horton, Amy Hutchings, Michael
Ingle, Meggie Sweeney, Jessica Turner |
| Soloist |
Patrick Suzeau
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| Text Excerpt |
I.
My mother was the vicuña of the pampas ...
My father the mountain stag ...
I was born in the nest of the mumming bird
to dry out the day,
to cry out the night ...
always wandering without the rest.
II. Trickster,
trickster,
with the wind I have arrived,
with the rain I have come,
with the hail I enter town,
singing, singing, singing!
III. My hair is
my pillow,
on my hair I am sleeping.
I cry boood, my crying is not tears. I weep blood.
What will I dream, what pain will I dream?
IV. You will say
whether now is the hour to return
Storm of water and of snow.
V. always wandering
without rest ...
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| Links |
URL: http://www.cohansuzeau.com
Patrick
Suzeau - suzeau@ku.edu
Muriel
Cohan -mcohan@ku.edu
Also see KU Dance Online: http://www.dance.ku.edu
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- F-Stop
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| Choreography |
Susan Reiger
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| Music |
Johann Sebastian Bach
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| Sound Design |
Terry Moore
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| Costumes |
Atif Rome
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| Dancers |
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| Acknowledgements |
This piece was inspired by two sources:
the movement vocabulary of choreographer Paul Taylor and
the workings of a camers, which allows us to adjust the
timing and aperture through which we look.
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| Links |
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- Romanza
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| Choreography |
E.E. Balcos
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| Music |
Fritz Kreisler and Sergei Rachmaninov
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| Costume |
E.E. Balcos
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| Dancer |
E.E. Balcos
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- Babel
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| Choreography |
Donna K. Frogge
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| Music |
Ken Ray Wilemon
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| Sound Editing |
Scott Gregory
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| Dancers |
Members of City
In Motion Dance Theater: Katie Alexander,
Maia Cortissoz, Jaenae Egersett, Dale Fellin, Ann Shaughnessy,
Andrea Skowronek, Joanna Strom, Stephanie Whittler |
| Acknowledgements |
Costume assitance from Cottey College,
Dance Shoppe
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| Links |
URL: http://www.cityinmotion.org
Email: Regina Compernolle: cityinmotion@aol.com
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- New School - First Day (work-in-progress; excerpts)
- I. Before Shool: Too sick to go?
II. School: On the way - Ho-Hum - Just kidding!
III. After School: A mother's rage
IV. Conclusion
| Choreography |
Susan Warder
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| Music |
Meredith Monk
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| Dancers |
Members of Prairie
Wind Dancers: Bridget Bartholome, Whitney
Boomer, Malinda Crump, Tuesday Faust, Beau Hancock, Amanda
January |
| Acknowledgements |
Founding Artistic Director - Candi Baker,
The Lawrence Arts Center, Domino's Pizza
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- Dear Friend
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| Choreography |
Sabrina Madison-Cannon
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| Music |
Johann Sebastian Bach
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| Text |
Nathan Montoya
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| Costume |
Sabrina Madison-Cannon
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| Dancer |
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| Musician |
Mark Stauffer
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| Acknowledgements |
To Larry White, a friend and mentor to
everyone he touched
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- Le calm aprés l'orage (the calm after the storm)
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| Choreography |
M. Suzanne Ryan
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| Music |
Henryk Gorecki
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| Costumes |
M. Suzanne Ryan
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| Dancers |
Lisa Hickok, Kristi Vincent Johnson,
Mary Marshall, Michelle Pugh
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| Candle Bearers |
Cara Erickson-Park, Travis Fischer, Marisa
MacKay, Kelly Marshall, Roshan Paiva
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Links |
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- I Do
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| Choreography |
Tuesday K. Faust
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| Music |
Jean-Pierre Bernise Musette Ensemble
and Gus Kahn Harry Akst
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| Costumes |
Tuesday K. Faust
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| Dancers |
Bridget Bartholome, Malinda Crump
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| Acknowledgements |
Sterling Holman
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- Stand Up. Sit Down
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- Intro - Outro
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Production Staff
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| Production Director |
Beth Byrd-Lonski |
| Tech director / Lighting Designer |
John "Moose" Kimball |
| Stage Manager |
Cecilia Rog |
| Folly Tech Director |
David Tebow |
| Folly Production Crew |
Members of IATSE local 31 |
| Photographer |
Mike Strong |
| Videographer |
Nicole English |
| Program Design |
Esther Boyd |
| Printing Services |
Print Time
Western Blue Print |
| Caterers |
Moxie |
| Special thanks to: Sturges Word, Greg Patterson, Lelain
Lorenzen, Todd Simchuck, Metropolitan Community Colleges for our continued
partnership, Bryan Colley, W.T. Dittman, Miss Shirley Weaver, Susan
Warden, Michael Hogge, The Missouri Arts Council and The Neighborhood
Tourism and Development Fund for their continued support, The Greater
Kansas City Community Trust and Foundation for their vision, the wonderful
Folly Staff, the production staff would like to thank our hard-working
board members and volunteers for their inspiring support. |
City in Motion Dance Theater is thrilled to present its second annual
“A Modern Night at the Folly” at 8:00 on January 21, 2005. This concert
builds upon City in Motion’s mission to foster the development of high-quality
contemporary dance programming and expand the dance audience in the
Kansas City metropolitan region. Since 1985, City in Motion has provided
opportunities for developing, as well as experienced choreographers
to present their work through the Choreographers’ Showcase at the 700
West Pennway location and most recently the New Dance Series at the
Penn Valley Community College Theater. “A Modern Night at the Folly”
is a continuation of that tradition!
“A Modern Night at the Folly” furthers the goals of the New Dances
Series by inviting some of the best modern dance choreographers in the
region to present their current works. This new format will feature
works by eleven choreographers Andrea Skowronek, Donna K. Frogge, Susan
Rieger, M. Suzanne Ryan, Patrick Suzeau, Tuesday Faust, Susan Warden,
E.E. Balcos, Tyrone Aikens, Michael Ingle and Sabrina Madison Cannon.
The City in Motion Dance Company will perform two separate works by
Co-Artistic Directors Andrea Skowronek and Donna K. Frogge. The aha!
dance theatre will present choreography by their Artistic Director,
Susan Rieger. M. Suzanne Ryan will set a piece on Ryanstrati & Co.
The Prairie Wind Dancers will perform a piece by their new artistic
director, Susan Warden. Both E.E Balcos and Tuesday Faust will be performing
their own solos. A member of the Wylliams/Henry Dance Company, Katie
Jenkins, will perform a solo, by choreographer Sabrina Madison Cannon.
The Cohan/Suzeau Dance Company will perform a piece by their creators
Muriel Cohan and Patrick Suzeau. Tyrone Aiken will set a piece to his
own Centre Dance.The Bowery Dancers will perform a number by their own
Michael Ingle.
This event is partially funded by the Neighborhood Tourism Development
Fund and a grant from The Greater Kansas City Community Trust and Foundations.
You may reserve tickets by calling the Folly Box Office at 816-474-4444.
Ticket prices are $15 in advance, $12 for students and seniors and $18
at the door. The Folly Theater is located at 300 W. 12th Street (12th
and Central, downtown) • Kansas City, MO 64105.
For more information about City in Motion and their events, call 816-561-2882,
click on URL http://www.cityinmotion.org
or email: Regina Compernolle: cityinmotion@aol.com.
City in Motion Dance Theater
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Board of Directors
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| Gary Hearne, President |
| Andrea Skowronek, Vice-President |
| Gary Rittenhouse, Secretary |
| Lillian Francis, Treasurer |
| Rick Mareske |
| Brian Hesse |
| Marbel Mattsson |
| Beth Murano |
| Maia Cortissoz |
| Diane Burnette |
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| Artistic Co-Directors |
| Andrea Skowronek and Donna K. Frogge |
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| City in Motion Staff |
| Regina Compernolle, School Director |
| Children's Dance Theater/ |
| Apprentice Company Director, Andrea Skowronek |
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