Cornish Dance Theater (CDT), the performing ensemble of the Dance Department at Cornish College of the Arts, will present the work of Bebe Miller, Pat Hon, Melissa Rolnick and Deborah Wolf in the Fall 2006 Concert November 17 & 18.
Cornish artist-in-residence Bebe Miller has been making dances for over 20 years and formed Bebe Miller Company in 1985. Known for a mix of virtuosic, athletic speed and fundamental humanity, the Company has been produced at major dance centers throughout the US and abroad. Pat Hon, who has been a professor in the Dance Department at Cornish for 28 years, has also performed extensively for with ballet companies in France, Austria, Spain, and Germany. Guest choreographer Melissa Rolnick has performed extensively with many notable choreographers and continues to perform, choreograph and teach nationally. And Deborah Wolf, who has been on the Cornish faculty since 1992, also has an impressive history in Dance.
The concert includes several pieces of different styles including Resistance lessened or increased and taken, choreographed by Bebe Miller. This piece, which is set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, premiered at Ohio State University in Spring 2006. The title comes from a poem by Jorie Graham titled, “The Way Things Work” that asks people to embrace new opportunities.
Fractured Resonance by Melissa Rolnick seeks to embody the discord and confusion that occupies the collective psyche. Pat Hon’s Las Hermanas is based on the novel by Frederico Garcia Lorca, which chronicles the story of five sisters and their mother’s reclusive relationship with a suitor. Dramatic and tragic, Las Hermanas is deeply embedded in the passion of Cuban composer LeCuona’s score. Deborah Wolf’s piece is built on dynamic lighting and spatial pathways that change in each section and is set to rhythmic and intense music by Marc Mellits and Cominic Frasca.
Cornish Dance Theater
Friday, November 17 at 8 pm
Saturday, November 18 at 2 pm* & 8 pm
Broadway Performance Hall
1625 Broadway Avenue, Seattle
Tickets: $10 general, $5 students, seniors & Cornish College alumni.
Tickets can be purchased through Ticket Window at 206.325.6500 or at www.ticketwindowonline.com or at Ticket Window box offices located at Broadway Market, Pike Place Market, Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center.
*The Saturday, November 18th matinee performance will be followed by an informal question and answer period.
