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Selected
Choreograpic Works Available for Restaging
(title,
composer, brief description)
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2006
Brahmsiana/Johannes
Brahms, 11-minute-long lyrical, expansive and rhythmic movement
exploration for 10 skilled modern dancers.
William’s
Waltz/Bill Evans, lyrical rhythm tap duet.
2005
Rite
of Summer/Pieter
Bourke, Jan Garbarek and Lisa Gerrard, 17-minute-long dance
theatre piece for seven women.
Secrets/Pieter
Bourke and Lisa Gerrard, abstract work with strong spatial
architecture for five dancers, 10 minutes long.
2004
Los
Conejos Locos/Margarita
Lecuona, Alberto Dominguez, Ariel Guzik and Joan Garcia Esquivel,
suite of humorous and athletic modern dance for advanced student
performers.
Just
a Few Broken Columns/Silvestre
Revueltas, dramatic modern dance solo for exceptionally strong and
skilled woman.
Scatap/a
cappella, rhythm tap piece for 8 to 10 advanced students tap
dancers, one of whom must also be a singer.
2003
Tapadanza/a
cappella, rhythm tap suite for student dancers.
Freddie
the Freeloader/Miles
Davis,
blues tap for one to five highly-skilled tap dancers.
Together
Through Time/Evans,
integrated modern dance/rhythm tap dance for 9 modern dancers and
9 tap dancers.
2002
Songs of Ancient Summer/George
Crumb, dramatically abstract contemporary work for four women and
two men. Must be
mature artists.
2001
Dinner With Charlie/Charles
Mingus, humorous jazz/modern work for seven dancers, each with a
sturdy chrome chair.
Remembering/J.
S. Bach, hauntingly lyrical work for eight women (a response to
the events of September 11, 2001).
Walkabout/Tanya
Gerard, Michael Kott, Jeff Sussman, Robert Thomas.
A fluidly rhythmic modern dance piece for six
technically-skilled dancers.
Colony/Tanya
Gerard, Michael Kott, Jeff Sussman, Robert Thomas. A
powerfully rhythmic modern dance work for eight dancers based on
images from New Zealand's Maori culture, using eight sturdy wooden
chairs.
I'm
Dreamin' of Heaven, But I Know I Been Wrong/Roy
Milton and Charles Mingus, a virtuosic and raunchy woman's modern
dance solo, using a custom-built bench.
Dreamweaver/Michael
Cava. A lyrical, delicate and whimsical woman's modern dance
solo, using a custom-built wooden cube.
2000
Stand
by Your Man//Patsy
Cline, suite of four lyrical modern dances,
suite of four lyrical modern dances for
two men.
Dances
for the Inner Child/Sergei
Prokofieff, suite of seven short dances for a cast of three highly
skilled modern dancers, whimsical and light-hearted.
Colloquium/Tanya
Gerard, Michael Kott, Jeff Sussman, Robert Thomas, wryly humorous,
rhythmically and spatially complex work for seven dancers using
three wooden benches.
1999
Suite Beethoven/Ludwig van Beethoven, dynamically
lyrical modern dance, for one man and two women.
Silver Tones/a cappella, rhythm tap, for two to
six dancers, perfect for a rousing closer to a concert.
Yes
Indeed!/a
cappella, rhythm and broadway tap, for six to sixteen dancers,
requiring a sturdy folding chair for each dancer.
1998
Passionsong/Max Bruch, rhapsodically lyrical and
technically-challenging modern dance suite, for seven to fourteen
dancers.
Keep on Tryin'/Simon Jeffes, kinetically humorous
and athletic modern dance, for eight to twelve dancers,
particularly suitable for ballet-trained dancers.
1997
Miller Time/Glenn Miller, trio for one dancer in
wheel chair and two "stand-ups;"
duo for one wheel chair dancer and one stand-up and solo
for wheel chair dancer.
The Nutcracker, act I/Tchaikovsky, expansively
humorous and cohesive original choreography of warm family
celebration.
Albuquerque Love Song/Michael Cava, hauntingly
lyrical modern dance solo.
Los Ritmos Calientes/Dave Brubeck, Enrique
Fernandez, Horace Silver, rhythm tap Latin suite for two to six
dancers.
Climbing To The Moon/Michael Cava, hauntingly
lyrical modern dance solo.
Isle Of View/Simon Jeffes, lyrical fusion of
ballet and modern dance with kinetic charm and humor, for nine to
fifteen dancers.
1996
Saintly Passion/J. S. Bach, lyrical modern dance
suite, for three to five dancers.
Naturescape Unfolding/Brian Eno, abstract modern
dance, for five to six technically skilled dancers.
Revistations/Vincent Perschetti, poetic modern
dance suite, for two mature and unusually expressive women and one
man.
Planctus/Steve Peters, (in collaboration with
Nora Reynolds Daniel), ceremonial modern dance duet.
Incantations/Warlen Bassham, driving and primal
modern dance for eight or more children.
Ceremony of the Springtime Moon/ceremonial modern
dance for twelve or more children
1994
Velorio II/Gabriel Fauré,
complete Fauré
requiem for eight to fifteen dancers, best when performed with
live choir and orchestra.
How To Name It/Ilaiyaraaja, solo that fuses
rhythm tap/classical Indian dance.
1993
Incantations for Elizabeth/driving and primal
modern dance for large ensemble, involving improvisation.
Rhythm on Tap/Artie Shaw, rhythm tap suite for
children's ensemble.
No Mean Feet/Evans, fusion of flamenco and rhythm
tap, for four dancers.
Circular Reverie/Fauré,
rhapsodically lyrical modern dance, for three men and six women.
1992
Monk Dances/Thelonious Monk, jazz-inspired modern
dance suite, for four
dancers.
Espiritus
de la Tierra/Inti-Illimani/Evans,
ceremonial modern dance for children's ensemble.
1991
Uncoiled Heart/W. A. Mozart, lyrical modern dance
for two men and three women.
Danza/Inti-Illimani, abstract and lyrical modern
dance for eight or more dancers.
Jumpin' With Jefferson/jazz work for six or more
dancers, requires on-stage jazz drummer.
1990
There Was A Boy/Nat "King" Cole, modern
dance male solo.
Fable/Chris Shultis, ceremonial modern dance for
one man and four women, requires sculptural set designed by
William Gilbert.
Cuttin' A Rug, rhythm tap trio, requires one
dancer with good singing voice.
1989
Round Seven/Jesse Manno, jazz-inspired modern
dance, requires on-stage musician playing body percussion.
SunRiseDanSet/Simon Jeffes, lyrical and humorous
modern dance for large children's ensemble.
1988
Suite Duke/Duke Ellington, jazz/modern suite for
three men and three women.
1987
Suite Summer/Gregory Ballard, lyrical modern
dance for large ensemble.
Take One-Take Two/Eno and Bach, the same modern
dance work danced twice to highly contrasting music, for six to
eight dancers.
Suite Benny/Benny Goodman, ballet suite for four
men and six women.
1986
In The Beginning/Simon Jeffes, athletic modern
dance for ten to twelve highly-skilled dancers, at least four men.
Comes Winter/Evelyn Jensen, theatrical modern
dance for six to eight women.
Three Tangos/Valeria Munnarriz, modern dance duet
for one man and one woman.
Shattered Butterflies/Valeria Munnarriz, lyrical
modern dance for large adult ensemble.
1985
Dream Tigers/Villa Lobos, modern dance work for
two men and four women, choreographed to be performed in front of
symphony orchestra.
Soliloquy/Bill Evans, lyrical modern dance solo.
Dances For My Father/"Count" Basie,
rhythm tap suite, solo.
1984
Prairie Fever/Simon Jeffes, lyrical, athletic and
humorous ensemble modern dance piece, requires at least four men
and up to ten women.
Emily's Dilemma/Gale Ormiston, bizarre modern
dance woman's solo.
1983
Origins and Impulses/Dimitri Shostakovic, lyrical
modern dance quartet for four women.
Tuesday Morning/Evans and Yoken, lyrical modern
dance for five to seven dancers.
Calabash Boom/Floyd Williams, jazz/modern work
for two men and three women.
1982
Chartered Flight/Simon Jeffes, lyrical but
sometimes humorous ballet for six men and six women.
Cakewalkin' Babies/Bessie Smith, dramatic modern
dance for three men and one woman.
Alternating Current/Simon Jeffes and David
Sannella, lyrical and dramatic duet for one woman and one man or
two men.
Doin' M' Best/Simon Jeffes, Raleigh, athletic and
humorous modern dance for two dancers.
Homecoming/Andrej Panufnik, lyrical modern dance
solo.
1981
Index/Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, abstract modern
dance for two men and two women.
Diverse Concerto/Antonio Vivaldi,
fusion of modern dance and ballet for five dancers.
Huntsville City Limits/Steve Kim and David
Sannella, duet for ballerina and male modern dancer.
Restless Bond/Linda Dowdell, dramatic modern
dance duet for man and woman.
Making the Magic/David Sannella,
lecture-demonstration for children.
Concerto for Tap Dancer and Orchestra/Morton
Gould, virtuosic tap dance solo.
1979
Craps/ Mark Johnson and Joe LaBarbera, athletic
modern/jazz quintet.
Mixin'
It Up/Bill
Evans Trio, full-evening fusion of modern, jazz and tap involving
extensive improvisation, for six or more versatile dancers.
The Field of Blue Children/David Sannella, duet
for ballerina and male modern dancer.
1978
Impressions of Willow Bay/David Sannella, lyrical
modern dance for two men and two women.
Double Bill/Bill Evans Trio, abstract and lyrical
modern dance for five to eight dancers.
1977
Conjurations/David Sannella, driving and primal
modern dance for three men and three or more women.
Barefoot Boy with Marbles in His Toes/various
jazz piano scores, surreal modern dance for three men and three
women.
The Ashtabula Rag/Brian Dykstra, dramatic and
humorous modern dance for one man and three women.
1976
Bach Dances/Bach, lyrical fusion of ballet and
modern dance for four dancers.
1975
Echoes of Autumn/Andrej Panufnik, abstract ballet
for three men and six women.
End of the Trail/Bill Monroe and Montana Slim,
humorous modern dance for one man and four women.
Salt Lake City Rag/Evelyn Jensen, humorous modern
dance for large ensemble.
1974
Jukebox/Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, humorous
jazz dance for minimum of four men and four women (very accessible
to ballet-trained dancers).
1973
Hard Times/Deseret String Band, dramatic modern
dance for two men and one woman.
Within Bounds/Terry Riley, dramatic modern dance
to two men .
Harold/Scott Joplin, humorous pedestrian solo.
1972
Five Songs in August/Stanley Sussman, lyrical
modern dance for minimum of six dancers, at least one man.
Piano Rags/Scott Joplin, vaudevillian tap duet
for man and woman.
The Legacy/Harold Shapero, dramatic ballet for
two men and three women.
1971
Tin-Tal/Mahapurush Misra, driving and primal
modern dance for five dancers, at least two of them male.
1970
For Betty/Antonio Vivaldi, lyrical ballet/modern
dance for six.
1969
When Summoned/Morton Subotnick, contemporary
ballet for five men and five women.
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