http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2008/06/04/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-spring-season/ Mon, 21 May 2012 16:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2008/06/04/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-spring-season/#comment-2262 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:01:07 +0000 http://dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-2262 [...] Jo Stromgren’s 2008 work Sunday, Again, shown on both programs, examines dysfunctional relationships and gender friction during a Sunday afternoon of badminton.  Set to Bach’s lively Jesu, meine Freude, several duets were interspersed with clusters of dancers rushing about the stage with their badminton gear. Jason Kittelberger’s rudeness bubbled to the surface in his duet with Acacia Schachte, in which he flung her haphazardly over his shoulder only to abruptly drop her to the floor.  Unwanted girl on girl aggression turned out to be a search for a birdie, and Golan Yosef, throwing a badminton net to the floor with exasperation, was unaware of a larger problem in his tense relationship with an anguished Ebony Williams.  The various episodes came together in a fast-moving, men-versus-women game where whispers turned into full-volume shouts.  The witty moments within this game only briefly lightened the tension.  And as Stromgren’s program note explained, “Leisure time is not good for certain types of relationships.” [...]

]]> http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2008/06/04/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-spring-season/#comment-668 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:28:58 +0000 http://dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-668 [...] Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s performance of Sunday, Again, choreographed by Jo Strømgren: One of the most exhilarating works of the [...]

]]> http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2008/06/04/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-spring-season/#comment-366 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:15:11 +0000 http://dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-366 [...] thoroughly enjoying the opening night program last Monday, I headed back to Chelsea last night to see another performance of Cedar Lake [...]

]]> http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2008/06/04/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-spring-season/#comment-363 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:36:55 +0000 http://dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-363 [...] The deal is only on through June 15th. To read other bloggers’ accounts of opening night go here, here, here, and [...]

]]> http://dancingperfectlyfree.com/2008/06/04/cedar-lake-contemporary-ballet-spring-season/#comment-356 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:54:52 +0000 http://dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com/?p=356#comment-356 [...]  Cedar Lake’s opening night of their spring season [...]

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