SEPTEMBER 2013
MARGARET JENkINS DANCE COMPANY WORLD PREMIERE TIMES BONES
September 13 & 14, 2013 . 8PM Prelude in the Grand Pavilion at 7:30PM Kay Theatre . $30/$24 subscriber
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of her company, choreographer Margaret Jenkins returns to the Clarice Smith Center with the world premiere of Times Bones, a new work co-commissioned by the Center. Created in collaboration with the MJDC dancers, composer Paul Dresher, visual designer Alexander V. Nichols and poet Michael Palmer, Times Bones features live music by the Paul Dresher Ensemble. A special prelude will begin in the Center’s Grand Pavilion at 7:30PM and move to the Kay eatre, drawing the audience along in an actual — as well as a metaphorical — journey. Inspired by the myth of Osiris, Jenkins, with her dancers and collaborators, gathers the scattered “bones” of her past repertory, finding a new dance at the collision of past and present. One of the great masters of dance, Jenkins propels the artists and the audience on a journey forward into a rich and unknown territory. Join the artists for a Talk Back following the September 13 performance.
During a one-week residency leading up to the performance, members of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company will work with students from the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and the UMD School of Music. The presentation of Times Bones is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
THE WIND HORSE
AnDa UNION
Friday, September 20, 2013 . 8PM Kay Theatre . $35/$28 subscriber
Members of AnDa Union describe themselves as music gatherers who dig deep into Mongol tradition unearthing the forgotten music that forms the basis of their contemporary work: “Our music draws from all the Mongol tribes that Genghis Khan unified. We all have different ethnic backgrounds and we bring these influences into our music. ere is a wealth of folk music for us to learn, so our repertoire of songs is like a drop in the ocean.” AnDa Union’s concerts feature driving, percussive pieces like “Ten ousand Galloping Horses” and “Grasslands Journey,” as well as haunting guttural throat songs and the clear long notes of urinduu (long-song). Arrayed in stunning traditional Mongolian clothing, the musicians perform on the horse-head fiddle (morin khuur), as well as traditional percussion, wind and plucked instruments. Facing page: Margaret Jenkins Dance Company photo by Margot Moritz. Above: AnDa Union
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