Digital Poetry & Dance
February 1, 2014, 7:30 & 9 PM
Black Box Theatre, UB Center for the Arts

PROGRAM

1. The Not-Moth
Choreography: Loss Pequeño Glazier and Shannon O'Dea
Poetry: Loss Pequeño Glazier ("The Not-Moth")
Dancer: Shannon O'Dea
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776510

2. Pop of Red
Choreographer: Lexi Julian
Film: Léger/Murphy ("Ballet Mécanique", 1924)
Music: Telmary, "Aguacero de Besos" and "La Luna" (from Libre, Creative Music, 2013)
Dancers: Shelby Bonetti, Caitlyn Green, Fallon Martin, Melissa Perry, Naomi Pitts, Emily Vicik, Juliana Willey
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776998

3. A mark left...
Choreographer: Tressa Gorman Crehan
Poetry: Margento (from "hora asymptotica")
Dancers: Autumn Evans-Wilent, Paige Marsteller, Talia Putrino
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776737

4. Arabesque
Choreographer: Stephanie Ohman
Film: John Whitney ("Arabesque", 1975)
Music: Manoochehr Sadeghi
Dancers: Haley Bjorn, Rachel Hospers, Colleen McLenigan, Alyssa Oliveri, Alexandra Pawlowski, Naomi Pitts, Katie Wawrzaszek
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776992

5. petit petit
Choreographer: Alexis Racanello
Poetry: Pierre Alferi ("Lapin" and "Elvin Jones")
Music: Rodolphe Burger
Credits: ("Lapin") Texte animé extrait de petit petit, rup & rud, 2002; ("Elvin Jones") Texte animé au studio Avidia, 2000
Dancers: Samantha Crosby, Maria Cwiklinski, Olivia Graves, Julie Mondrick, Sammi Pfeiffer, Johanna Taylor
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776995

6. Voiced/Unvoiced
Choreography/Sound/Dancer: Catherine Siller (Guest Artist)
Text concept: Excerpts from Judith Butler, Bodies That Matter, modified by Catherine Siller
Video: https://vimeo.com/92777140

7. REM
Choreographer: Sammi Pfeiffer
Poetry: John Cage (a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fhc3Tbnhsc">Dream")
Music: John Cage from In a Landscape (Stephen Drury, performer)
Dancers: Kristen Fish, Trevor Hubble, Kayla Jowski, Julie Mondrick, Alexis Racanello, Sean Ryan, Johanna Taylor, Katie Wawrzaszek
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776999

8. Dark Eyes
Choreographer: Kerry Ring
Composer: Weijun Chen, "A Generation", 2013
Musicians: Birch Crescent Duo (Sterling Tyler, viola & Colin Deay, marimba)
Poetry: Loss Pequeño Glazier ("Circumorbital")
Dancers: Haley Bjorn, Caitlyn Green, Michaela Neild, Emily Vicik
Video: https://vimeo.com/92776994

Digital Poetry & Dance 2014
Loss Pequeño Glazier, Artistic Director
Kerry Ring, Dance Director

Digital Poetry & Dance is a co-production of the UB Dept. of Theatre & Dance, the Dept. of Media Study, and the Electronic Poetry Center.
Guest Artist: Catherine Siller.
Costumes: Tressa Gorman Crehan.
Video: Lydia Cordero-Campis & Sergio Nieto.

Thanks to Melody Boyens, Chase Brooks, Kaitlin Gill, & Carl Lee for invaluable assistance.