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MEDIA CONTACT: Judy
Moore at (847) 491-4819 or jkm229@northwestern.edu
October 28, 2003
Hedwig Dances to Perform
EVANSTON, ILL --- Hedwig Dances will present the company’s “Hedwig
Reloaded” concert of contemporary dance at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov.
7 and Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center,
10 Arts Circle Drive, on Northwestern University’s Evanston
campus.
The event is sponsored by the University’s Dance Program.
Dances that will be performed during the two scheduled concerts will explore
seminal life markers -- youth, maturity, work and love. They will be presented
by Jan Bartoszek, artistic director of Hedwig Dances; Mei-Kuang Chen, Chicago
Dance Award winner and artistic associate; dancer/choreographer Victor Alexander;
and guest choreographers Renée Wadleigh and Jin-Wen Yu.
The program will showcase “What Lies Beneath,” a work choreographed
by Bartoszek, that represents a woman’s spiritual journey. It is set to
a sound collage by Kevin O’Donnell.
An excerpt from Bartoszek’s “Ache of the Arc,” set to music
by Sequentia, is about two people who may never see each other again. Bartoszek’s
dance duet “After the Fall Desire” is based on the story of Adam
and Eve, and is a richly expressionistic dance set to music by Winston Damon.
“Nunca Tarde” (“Never Late”), choreographed by Alexander,
is a reflection on the path of a single life, set to the song “Moroccan
Night” by Michael Skening.
“Totem,” a dance quartet choreographed by Wadleigh and set to a sound
score of didgeridoo music (an end-blown straight natural trumpet used by the
indigenous peoples of Australia), is a ritualistic dance expressing awe, laced
with family-related symbolism.
“Duet #1,” choreographed by Yu, is set to music by Bobby McFerrin.
Tickets will be sold at the door on the nights of the concert. Bleacher-style
seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are $20 for the general
public; and $15 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty, staff and students.
For more information, call Hedwig Dances at (773) 871-0872.
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