Performance Histories: March 14, 1994
New Dance Alliance and Dia Center for the Arts present
Performance Mix
Hosted by saxophonist Norman Salant
Works by:
Susan Brown
The Stubborn Trio
Cathy Weis
Duovoce
Roseanne Spradlin
work-in-progress A String of Lies (precursor)
Conceived by Cathy Weis
Performers: K.J. Holmes, Daniel Lepkoff, Alessandra Nichols, and Cathy Weis
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A narrative of forms; Two Rites, Two Countries, Two Tongues (excerpt)
Choreography, sculpture and text: Susan Brown
Performer: Susan Brown
Music: Jim Stanley
A series of songs in a cappella
Composed and performed by DuoVoce Mark Johnson and Paul Zimmerman)
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Tide
Choreographer: RoseAnne Spradlin
Performers: Paige Martin and Jeffrey Werbylo
Music: Astor Piazzola
Special thanks to Audrey Cooper and Dean Sweeney
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Sternsong
Collaboration by The Stubborn Trio
Direction and music: Gary Hassay
Movement: Karen Carlson
Action painting: Howard Greenberg
Soundscore created with Wayne Becker of Westwires Recording
Voices recorded by: Douglas Ovens
Poems: Gerald Stern – “Son”, “The Red Coal”, "When I Reached the Point of Suffocation”, and “A Pair of Hands”