Another Staging...

I don't know much about this staging, so I don't have much to say about it, but I like to share news of stagings around the world. So many dances, so many choreographers, so many dancers, so many stagers, so many companies, so many countries! It may still be the case that most people haven't heard of Labanotation, but that doesn't mean Labanotation isn't in active use all over the place!

So, today I write to report that Marion Bastien recently staged Lotte Goslar's Clapping on Comité Departmental Meuse Danse in Paris, France.

(A great line from Lotte Goslar's NYTimes obituary: "A short, roly-poly woman with a round, expressive face, Miss Goslar as a performer brought bugs, flowers and mushrooms vividly to life.")

Read about Staging Folksay, Hear about Staging Folksay

The D.C. based CityDance Ensemble is currently staging Sophie Maslow's Folksay, and they have two great blog postings about the staging process.

If you'd rather read about it, read the Reflections on Reconstructing a 60 Year Old Dance post.

If you'd rather hear about it, watch the video of Greg Halloran talking about it.

I did both -- and recommend both!

Stagings Past and Future

Here are some stagings from past months, as well as two stagings for future months. Even though most of these performances are over, I think it's worthwhile to list them all, to see which choreographers and choreographies people are interested in:

• February 18: Repertory Dance Theatre of Salt Lake City, UT performed "Chair Pillow Dance" and "Couples" from Yvonne Rainer's Continuous Project - Altered Daily. The performance was staged by Lisa Moran.


• Also on February 18, 2008: Repertory Dance Theatre of Salt Lake City danced Negro Spirituals, choreographed by Helen Tamiris.


• March 5-9: the University of Oklahoma School of Dance danced Jean Erdman's Daughters of the Lonesome Isle. Read a bit more about the production, which was coached by DNB Director of Programs Nancy Allison.


• March 6-9: Utah Valley State College performed Helen Tamiris' Dance for Walt Whitman, which was staged by Linda C. Smith. (More about the performance here.)


• March 7-9: the University of New Mexico performed Hanya Holm's Rota. Donald Redlich served as artistic coach. Here's an article about it.


• March 8: ARKE (a dance company in Turin, Italy) performed Doris Humphrey's Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor. Leslie Mains was the stager.


• March 22: the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT performed Antony Tudor's Little Improvisations, staged by Amanda McKerrow (a little bit about her here).


• April 3: In Bern, Switzerland, Hermesdance will perform Anna Sokolow's Steps of Silence. The piece will be staged by Karin Hermes.


• May 8: The Dance Center of Columbia College will present Doris Humphrey's The Shakers, staged by Gail Corbin.

This February, Three Stagings

This February, three Thursdays, three stagings, three states -- any near you?

1. February 7, 2008: Antony Tudor’s Continuo will be performed at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. The stager will be Amanda McKerrow.
   
   
2. February 14, 2008: A Gift of Wings, a dance by Rosalind Pierson, will be performed by Saint Mary’s College of Notre Dame, IL. The stagers will be Laurie Lowry and Jacyln Thompson.
   
   
3. February 21, 2008: Antony Tudor’s Little Improvisations and Continuo will be staged by Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner for the Brigham Young University Theatre Ballet in Provo, UT.

Great News for Dance Companies: Dunham Dances Available for Staging!

Barrelhouse Blues and Choros I, choreographed by Katherine Dunham, are now available to be staged from Labanotation score. Cleo Parker Robinson will serve as the mandated artistic coach for all productions of these American modern dance masterworks. The scores, created by notator Sandra Aberkalns, are now available for educational and research use. For more information about staging please contact nancyallison [at] dancenotation.org

Stagings This November

Later this month, several stagings will be performed. If you're in Atlanta or Paris, go!

• November 15, 2007 - Paris, France: Noëlle Simonet is staging six dances for her Compagnie Labkine, which will perform at The Centre National de la Danse, in Paris, France. The dances are Charles Weidman’s Traditions, Valerie Bettis’ The Desperate Heart and three solos from Helen Tamiris’ Negro Spirituals.
  
  
• November 15, 2007 - Paris, France: The Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris is performing Charles Weidman’s Lynchtown from Atavisms. The stager is Jean-Marc Piquemal.
  
  
• November 30, 2007 - Atlanta, GA: Agnes Scott College is performing Helen Tamiris’ Negro Spirituals in Atlanta, GA. Bridget Roosa is the stager for this production.