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About “From Back to Bach” The
Baiers have striven to make this show truly interdisciplinary. Live musical
interludes by talented, young, local performers… add another dimension to
the production. The result… a blending of past and present, a metaphor of
the creative spirit.. About “Knock, Knock, Who is There? Shakespeare in Motion.” The
results, choreographed by the Baiers, range from sarcastically comical to
romantic to tragically somber. That’s the key to the success of a group
effort such as this – finding just the right balance, letting each element
shine, but also allowing each element to take on the characteristics of the
others around it.
About "Summer Verse" “What do you do when words
are no longer enough? You dance” That poem was written for Dafmark Dance
Theater, the boundary-stretching company whose work is as satisfying for the
mind as it is for the eye… Summer Verse is an evening of dance, music, and
poetry in celebration of summer solstice… Baier, Brocki and the poets …
answer the question that is the inverse of the one that opened this article
– namely, What do you do when dance is no longer enough? The answer,
poetry.
About "Revolving Doors" The innovative dance company
(Dafmark Dance Theater) literally opened a new stage of its evolution: from
performer to presenter… (in) “Stone Garden” Jean-Marc Baier set out to
answer the question, how do we cope with the deepest of pains, a loss we all
share in common… The speed of life was also a concern of “Out of Body” one
of the two pieces danced by LABCO… The other piece, “Steel Eyed Susans” by
New York choreographer Donna Uchizono uses beautiful images and inventive
costumes incorporating both metal and flower petals to convey a feminist
message…
About "Partners in Dance IV" This is the fourth year that
Shelly Walker, general manager of Dafmark and coordinator of the Partners in
Dance program has brought together physically and developmentally challenged
children and adults, the EHCA support staff and the Dafmark company… The
contemplative tone is contrasted with the zooming, car-like traffic jam of
wheelchairs…. The let’s-stop-and-smell-the-roses message may be hard to
discern when chaos looks this fun.
About "Fallen Trees" "Fallen Trees" expands on the
themes of tragedy and loss, optimism and hope… "Fallen Trees" is about what
happens when we neglect to take the time to stop, listen, observe, and
learn… Dafmark does its job well – raising the question, inching the door
open to the answers, and providing a thoroughly entertaining evening of
music and dance along the way.
About "Unsilenced
Voices"... About
"The Four Seasons II"...
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