Framed opens the program and is a 3-part collaboration by Claire Porter,composer Richard Lloyd and sculptor John von Bergen. Ms. Porter has performedinternationally and has received several NEA and NJ choreography fellowships.The collaboration began as a home improvement event and has developed into thebuilding, juxtaposition and spinning of five door frames, two large verticalwall frames and one leaning wall frame. The eleven Hamilton performers support, tilt and twirl on and through the structures creating new images, new structures and they appear and disappear through them, drip and catch them and create a whirlwind of work and activity.
Martha Connerton's Tapestry is a large ensemble piece set to Mozart.Ms. Connerton has danced with companies including the Pacific Northwest Ballet,Louisville Ballet, The Joyce Trisler Dancompany and American Ballet Comedy.Martha has received fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council and theKentucky Arts Council and choreography grants from the Charlotte Arts andScience Council, Nexus Interdisciplinary Artist Grant Program, among others.Tapestry is a contemporary ballet suggesting images of court dances ofthe 18th century. The circles, lines and intersecting patterns create designsthat resemble a woven tapestry.
Hamilton Dance Professors Elaine Heekin and Bruce Walczyk offer two works forthe program, PLOD and Salix. PLOD was selected to beperformed in New York City's Morningside Dance Festival as well as The AmericanCollege Dance Festival's National Faculty Choreography series. This humorouspiece explores the traditional relationship from courtship to domestic life.Salix is based on different views on wood including spiritual guidance,tools, protection and healing. The piece utilizes sticks of various shapes andsizes to create an environment reliant upon this product of the forest. Thescore is comprised of selections from Philippe Eidel, Arnaud Devos, Ketjak andYothu Yindi.
Performers include Hamilton Dance faculty members, Elaine Heekin, Bruce Walczykand local sculptor John von Bergen plus the following Hamilton students:Nicole Austin, Giada Bufalini, Gwen de Bueno, Tamar Cunningham, SuzanneDougherty, Susan Falanga, Danielle Fitzner, Daniela Golbert, Arianne Gold,Jennifer Hallock, Kathleen Hardick, Kathrine Hauschild, Michael Hew Wing,Amanda Hitchins, David Leung, Jennifer Jayne, Katie Mantell, Emily Musty, YaoOdamtten, Erin Reid, Emily Roynestad, Jaimee Smith, Emma Thompson and VioletteTucker.
Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $4.00 for students. For tickets, call859-4057.
