Dance: Up Close and Cultural 2014

Program Notes: The impetus for the creation of this offbeat piece came from an acting challenge—would it be possible to create a theater piece with a recipe? How does one work with the material that a recipe provides? After perusing many different types of recipes, reading them out loud, improvising with voice and movement, Julia Childs’ Cardinal Slice won out. Her use of language, her dramatic flair inherent in her descriptions and instructions, her wit and her underlying passion spoke to the company and the framework was set. The piece premiered in 1998, was revived in 2014 for SBCC’s April dance concert, and has now reemerged in collaboration with AD&M. Enjoy and savor our madcap chefs as we share our own theatrical kitchen with you!