Company C Contemporary Ballet

Program B

May 23 - 24, 2008

Company C Contemporary Ballet presents Program B of the Company’s 2008 repertoire to include the world premiere of Twyla Tharp’s challenging duet, Armenia, Michael Smuin’s Starshadows, David Grenke’s Vespers, and Charles Anderson’s Echoes of Innocence and Boléro.

Photo from ARMENIA, Choreography by Twyla Tharp, © 2007 Twyla Tharp, Photo by Marty Sohl

ARMENIA

World Premiere

Music: Ten Armenian folk songs and dances by Vardapet Komitas

Choreography: Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp’s new duet features challenging ballet technique as well as her trademark humor and off-beat timing. The Company is honored to have been selected as the first to perform this work by master choreographer Twyla Tharp.

STARSHADOWS

Company Premiere

Choreography: Michael Smuin

Music: Maurice Ravel

The Company is pleased to honor the memory of Michael Smuin with its performances of Starshadows, a romantic adagio for three couples that is one of his most beautiful and graceful works.

VESPERS

Company Premiere

Choreography: David Grenke

Music: Tom Waits

Described by the New York Times as “a tour de force of choreographic ingenuity”, Vespers is a sensational, physically challenging duet by David Grenke, former principal dancer of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

ECHOES OF INNOCENCE

Choreography: Charles Anderson

Music: Ingram Marshall

Ingram Marshall’s haunting score is the inspiration for Charles Anderson’s intriguing and provocative look at the lost innocence of childhood.

BOLÉRO

Choreography: Charles Anderson

Music: Maurice Ravel

Radiating strength and physicality, Charles Anderson’s interpretation of Ravel’s famous composition, choreographed for the full Company, returns for a second season after thrilling audiences in 2007.

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