Dance: Up Close and Cultural 2008
October 25, 2009 2:00 pm
Carillo Recreation Center
AD&M’s first free public workshop was held at the Carrillo Recreation Center in Santa Barbara. Performances included Lizabeth Skalski’s Midnight Tangle, two excerpts from Brian Carey Chung’s Ah, Love! Let Us Be True to One Another, a variation from Fokine’s Les Sylphides, an early work by Carrie Diamond, Eight Miniatures set to Stravinsky, and two Afro-Brazilian dances performed by Rachel Hernandez. Workshops included a dance demonstration by company dancers, a children’s workshop, and an Afro-Brazilian class for all ages.
The Company
Felicia Guzman
Rachel Mann
Rachel Kaltenbach
Christina Sanchez
Eric Valinsky, piano
Philip Hernandez, drummer
Artistic Staff:
Carrie Diamond, founder and artistic director
Carlos Fittante, associate director
Eric Valinsky, music director
The Program
Concerto Allegro (excerpt)
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Costume design: Jana Rosenblatt
Costume reconstruction: Claudia Oroña
Carlos Fittante, Robin Gilbert, Felicia Guzman, Rachel Mann
Untitled
Music: Maurice Ravel
Christina Sanchez
Piano: Eric Valinsky
Teruna Jaya
(Traditional Balinese solo, excerpt)
Carlos Fittante
Terra Incognita (excerpt)
Music: Frederick Chopin
Costumes: Ann Bruice
Felicia Guzman, Rachel Mann
Piano: Eric Valinsky
Wayang Blues
(excerpt: “Hold Back the Tears” )
Music: Songs sung by Etta James
Costumes: Robin Gilbert
Robin Gilbert, Carlos Fittante
I. Iemanja
II. Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Dance
Rachel Kaltenbach with Kaila Holford, student dancer
Musicians: Philip Hernandez and Eric Valinsky
Wayang Blues
(excerpt: “Tomorrow Night ” )
Premonition
Music: Maurice Ravel
Costumes: Jana Rosenblatt
Carlos Fittante, Robin Gilbert, Rachel Kaltenbach, Rachel Mann