 A project by Suchu Dance, the next Big Range Dance Festival performances are scheduled June 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 and 18 at the Barnevelder Theater. Now in its 9th year, the Big Range Dance Festival promises another collection of fresh, innovative, and raw choreography from a range of some of the most well known and beloved choreographers and companies in Houston, to some of the newest blood to emerge on the Houston dance scene. An artist driven and artist produced festival, the Big Range Dance Festival presents new works that explore diverse ideas, movement invention and dances that break boundaries.
THIS WEEKEND'S OFFERINGS...
Program C
Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18 @ 8:00pm
Sara Draper/Dancepatheatre, Lindsey Thompson, Roberta Cortes,
Daniel Adame, Alex Soares, Rosie Trump, Rosalyn Nasky
check out the full program including artist bios HERE.
  
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Fusing dance with story, word and voice and focusing on authentic personal life stories is what Sara Draper of the interdisciplinary Dancepatheatre is all about. For her current work, an experiment she has wanted to do for a long time, she will be letting go of some personal artistic control where all performers are also creative collaborators of the work; everyone will move and everyone will vocalize on a theme of journeys and transformation. Lindsey Thompson plays with the concept of the public vs. private self as she employs extra long tubing from her insulin pump and live feed video to reveal the more intimate acts involved with dealing with her disease and the complexities that surround the healthcare discussion. Drawing from her own personal experiences, Roberta Cortes creates a solo work exploring the idea of belonging to a certain place and how that shapes who we are in "... but why am I not there?"
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| It's soft and hard and happens in different lights: Daniel Adame's "Touch Base Spring Action," has rhythm and rock take form in a counterbalance of sexy and bland and Alex Soares taps into the suspenseful tension in a short story by Miranda July, manipulating dream/sleep behavior in a work that is minimal and gestural and breaks into expansive, violent movement. Rosie Trump has an impulse to tell you private things about herself onstage. In her newest work she will be taking the personal risk of revealing the less than flattering, the failure, the underside to a captive audience. From Austin: Dance, gesture music and sculptural design all come together in Rosalyn Nasky's newest work, a darkly humorous performance of a classical song cycle sung in German with a pianist, opera singer and a dancer. |
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MASTER CLASS | SUCHU DANCE
Saturday, June 18 | 10:30-12pm | $5 |
SUCHU REP/WEIRD SKILLS, led by Suchu Dance founder and choreographer Jennifer Wood, is a class that will investigate the smallest possibilities of movement as well as the broader strokes of dancing. Through the expressive articulation of the back and limbs, dropping weight and focusing on initiating movements from the core of the body, the unique movement style of Suchu Dance will be explored beginning with a warm-up based in creating a foundation of breath, strength, dynamic lyricism and humor. The class will progress into short movement combinations addressing specific elements of technique and functional anatomy, and then conclude with learning a section from the Suchu Dance concert repertory. Students will focus on quick assimilation and exploration of movement in terms of quality and personal expression.
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CLOSING NIGHT PARTY:
$20 tickets| Saturday, June 18 | 10-1:00am
Join us to recap and rejoice in the established and emerging talent the Houston dance scene has to offer. Live music of Free Radicals and Justin Klein, dancing, art, drinks and nibbles will warm you up for the world premiere of the works created for the Commission Project!
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Would you like to contribute to Big Range Dance Festival?
Big Range Dance Festival continues to provide a stage for the growth and establishment of fresh dance in Texas. This festival is made possible by the generous contributions of time and efforts on behalf of many. Make a donation today and assist in making art happen here.
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