Molissa Fenley and Dancers - Joyce Theater, NYC
Friday 14 December
What to say, a perfect night of dance. Molissa Fenley understands music like Martha Graham did. She taught me how to hear Rite of Spring tonight, and not only. I wish I could show you a clip.
Calculus and Politics (Premiere)
Choreography: Molissa Fenley
Music: Harry Partch, Castor and Pollux (1952)
Dancers: Ashley Brunning, Eric Jackson Bradley, Katie McGreevy, Cassie Mey, Luke Miller, Paul Singh, Dusan Tynek
Lava Field (2004)
Choreography: Molissa Fenley
Music: John Bischoff, Piano 7hz (2004)
Performed live by John Bischoff
Dancers: Ashley Brunning, Molissa Fenley, Cassie Mey, Paz Tanjuaquio
Inspired by the immense lava fields of Hawaii and the nightmarchers who protect them.
Ashley Brunning is an intelligent, strong & beautiful dancer. Paired with Molissa Fenley, she is, well - 23 is not 53, and thank God for both. So much dance is monogenerational, when you see a multigenerational performance it looks startlingly rich with new meaning. And you wonder, why isn’t it done more?
State of Darkness (1988)
Choreography: Molissa Fenley
Music: Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps (1913)
Dancer: Jonathan Porretta, Pacific Northwest Ballet
The first performance to make me wonder what it was like to see Nijinsky.
Do not miss Sunday, December 16, when Rachel Foster is dancing State of Darkness.
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