The Washington, D.C.
Chamber Dance Project

presents

The World Premiere Dance Film Collaboration

NEW WORKS 2020 (& BEYOND)

September 26, 2020

https://chamberdance.org/beyond/

Reaching beyond the stage and into the virtual world, CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT has thrown its energy and innovation into creating new works and new ways to present them. The results transport the viewer into a world of struggle, peace, and beauty.

EXIT WOUNDS is a gripping duet. On the bare, dark stage, two men entangle and embrace, one always physically supporting the other, keeping him safe, keeping him close. ANAILE NDLOVU and LUIS R. TORRES exude power and grace in this dance created specifically for them by DIANE COBURN BRUNING.

Next, a dreamy pas-de-deux to Godard’s “Berceuse” from “Jocelyn”. Performing in the glowing white atrium of the Milwaukee Museum of Art, LUZ SAN MIGUEL and DAVIT HOVHANNISYAN, dressed in black, are ethereal. Again, choreography by DIANE COBURN BRUNING.

The film A SINGLE LIGHT begins in black and white. Soon a split screen reveals colors indoors and outside, dancers clawing up stairs, sliding down stairs, hopping, on a journey. Cut to girls in bobby socks rocking to the sounds in their big old-fashioned headphones. Smiles and giggles. Suddenly the camera is overhead, dancers rolling on tables, posing, stretching. Then we are back on the stairs, struggling. Certainly a metaphor for today.

An enlightening and energetic talkback with the artists tops off this wonderful production. Vive la danse!

-Karen D’Onofrio-