A magnificent evening of 3 works by 3 generations of women, each creating a unique world of relationship and grace. The evening includes a premier by Compagnie ODD artist in residence, Jocelyn Todd, in this special mixed program from Series Dance 10 and Compagnie ODD.
Mocean Dance / Sara Coffin
Standing Alone Facing You
Arzoo Dance Theatre / Deepti Gupta
Devi Stuti by Pt. Birju Maharaj & The Lion’s Roar by Deepti Gupta
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Compagnie ODD Artist in Residence
Jocelyn Todd
light from a shattering shell
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Descriptions
Mocean Dance / Sara Coffin
Standing Alone Facing You
Dancers / Sara Coffin, Gillian Seaward-Boone Original Music / Brian Riley, Violin provided by Jacques Mindreau
Curious about the equation of two, this is a duet not about two people but a physical and emotional journey that explores the internal and external self. A physical reality paired with a mirror of who we want to be. If you could extract yourself from your own body, what would you tell your present-day self? When life is our stage we discover the path will not go as expected; in the end, our heroes are within. The best way to help yourself is to face your own vulnerability. Life is an improv — just get up and dance.
Arzoo Dance Theatre / Deepti Gupta
Devi Stuti
Music, Lyrics and Choreography / Pt. Birju Maharaj
A traditional hymn to the Goddess Durga describing her attributes:
She who slays demons
Who drinks blood from their skulls
Effulgent as the sun
She grants protection to her devotees.
The Lion’s Roar
Choreography / Deepti Gupta Music / Nick Storring.
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The Lion’s Roar is based upon “The Sutra of the Lion’s Roar of Queen Srimala”, a Buddhist text from ancient India (400-500 B.C.) Narrative tableaux echo medieval Buddhist frescoes.
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Queen Srimala was a Buddhist teacher known for her powerful speaking of the truth, which came to be known as the lion’s roar. The dance depicts her journey as she struggles to understand the nature of reality from being to nothingness to transcendence. Traditional Kathak vocabulary is extended to include images from Buddhism and is informed by a contemporary choreographic sensibility.
Compagnie ODD Artist in Residence / Jocelyn Todd
light from a shattering shell
Dancers / Amanda Bon, Jessie Lhôte, Alya Graham, Mélanie Suarez .
An attempt to peer into sub consciousness and explore the mind of a person who is leaving this place forever. I use this space to imagine the unwinding of a tightly wound consciousness - what is remembered and what is to come.
"a fleck of dust rises from a shattering shell, a cosmos within a cosmos within a cosmos… your infinity, finally rising from the darkest well and exploding into sparks" - Jocelyn Todd
Ticket Price $30.00
Thursday October 14
Friday October 15
Saturday October 16
