[Capdist-announce] Nacre Dance Company presents "Stabat Mater" accompanied by Octavo Singers of Schenectady and Jose Limon's "Dances for Isadora" at the Spa Little Theater

[Beth Fecteau]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Beth Fecteau
Nacre, Inc.
Executive Woods, 4 Atrium Drive
Albany, NY  12205
(518) 817-3833
Fax:  (518) 438-7444
Beth at Nacredance.com<mailto:Beth at Nacredance.com>

Nacre Dance Company presents an evening of dance premiering “Stabat Mater” accompanied by Octavo Singers of Schenectady and Jose Limón’s “Dances for Isadora” at the SPA Little Theater
In
Saratoga Springs



Saratoga Springs – Nacre, Saratoga Springs’ Modern Dance Company, will present a sparkling array of dance and musical accompaniment on March 1st at 7:30pm and March 2nd at 2:30pm at the SPA Little Theater.

This concert will premiere Artistic Director, Beth Fecteau’s, “Stabat Mater” set to music by the same name performed live by Octavo Singers of Schenectady under the Artistic Direction of Curtis Funk.  This fifty piece choir will sing two selections from this larger choral work accompanied by Trevor Kalbaugh on keyboard and Leonard Tobleron on percussion.  Fecteau auditioned additional dancers from the community to join Nacre Company members in the making of this newest work. This ensemble of 26 dancers (donned in Romanesque costumes created by area native and dancer Janessa Cornell) creates a dramatic setting with strong movement and complex partnering reflecting the grandeur of the music.  Fecteau also worked with area sign language interpreter Christine Neeley to learn the gestural interpretation of the lyrics for inspiration for her choreography. Neeley will be signing sections of the music throughout the piece to add an additional layer to this premiere!

Fecteau will also present two works recently premiered at Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY. “Ny Verden/New World” is a collaboration between Fecteau and area poet Marilyn McCabe.  This poem cycle set with music and dance for five dancers reflects on the human spirit of exploration and the costs of conquest. McCabe will be joined by area singers Joan Taub and Geneva Henderson as they weave their bodies through the dancers with spoken word and song.

Cello enthusiasts will be delighted as the evening begins with Fecteau’s “Chocabell” featuring cello accompaniment by cellist Will Hayes.  Fecteau and Hayes selected five movements from prolific German composer J.S. Bach's "Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello," written in the early 18th century to accompany the eight dancers costumed in shades of wine created by area costume designer, Katherine Patterson.

Will Hayes switches musical genres as he accompanies six dancers with music by Phillip Glass set to Dalienne Majors’ choreography. Dalienne Majors was selected by Nacre through a national selection process for the annual guest choreographer position. Dalienne Majors is currently a dance teacher at “Spoke the Hub” and a teacher and choreographer at the Berkely Carroll School, both in Brooklyn. Ms. Majors has had a career that has taken her from the Julliard School of the Arts in NewYork to the midwest and across Europe. She has choreographed such pieces as “Möbius” (1985/2012), “Since fell” (2005),  “Someone” (2007), and “Suspicious Spiraling Activity” (2000). Having spent more than 40 years developing as an artist, Dalienne was looking to amplify and reshape her previous work. She will be reconstructing “Mobius” with Nacre on a larger scale in order to bring them closer to her original vision. “Mobius” is an exploration of the curious single sided surface of the same name. The performance's constant gliding motions will sweep audiences into the heart of this strange loop.


This year Nacre was given the great honor ofproducing a former work by Modern Dance pioneer Jose Limón. Nacre will perform Jose Limón’s “Dances for Isadora” (1971), which was staged for Nacre by former Limón dancer Jennifer Scanlon. Limón regarded Isadora Duncan as his “dance mother,” and this series of solos evokes different periods of her life by intertwining aspects of both her artistic and personal lives. Limón made one of the solos, “Niobe” (Mourning Mother), on Scanlon. Scanlon, who attended Juilliard and performed with the Limón Company for 21 before taking a position at the Boston Conservatory, has been working with Nacre for this production. Dancing these prestigious solos are Nacre Dancers Julia Kool, Kelsey Griffith, Erica Dobroski, Isabella Ientile and Deb Rutledge.



Tickets for this concert are $20.00 for general admission and $15.00 for students and senior citizens. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.nacredance.com<http://www.nacredance.com> or phone 518-817-3833.



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