понедельник, 21 марта 2005
всякое о D. ParsonsKinetic humor is David Parsons's strong suit as a choreographer, and squeals of delight from a young audience punctuated the Parsons Dance Company's performance at the New Victory Theater on Thursday night.
The Envelope:
Choreography by David Parsons
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Music by Gioacchino Rossini
Costumes by Judy Wirkula
Performed by Elizabeth Koeppen, Sumayah McRae, Katarzyna Skarpetowska, Marty Lawson, Michael Snipe, Abby Silva, and Brian McGinnis.
In black, hooded, sleeveless pajama-like costumes, the ensemble of dancers created insect-like, centipede formations of bodies, as they continually threw or passed one persistent envelope, which had an inherent force of its own, from dancer, to offstage, to dancer, to ensemble. This was a humorous and highly effective piece, set to a Rossini score. The male dancers, in mock ballet technique, were engaging, and the entire cast performed with precision to the music and toward an unusually creative series of geometric patterns.
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(The program opened with Nascimento. Done to music by Brazilian composer Milton Nascimento, this is a lively piece that unfolds to rainbow-like effect, with four women and four men in colorful costumes, darker shades of which appear on the back wall. The choreography is trademark Parsons—lots of leaps and turns and lilting kicks as arms gracefully flounce up and down. Dancers frolic in solos, duos and group work. Reaching back to the symphonic analogy, their bodies occasionally blur—chordlike—when in unison).
