Tuesday May 22, 2012 – Choreographer Jeremy McQueen invited me to a rehearsal of his ensemble work Incandescent Paths today at Battery Dance Studio. The piece will be presented at the Young Choreographer’s Festival, which will be held at Symphony Space on Saturday, June 2nd. Jeremy is one of eleven choreographers whose works will be presented at the festival this year.
Incandescent Paths is set to the Ahn Trio’s recording of ‘Swing Shift: Prelude & Night Flight’, composed by Kenji Bunch. Jeremy will also present this piece (and other works) on Friday, July 27th as part of Jacob’s Pillow‘s Inside/Out series.
As the dancers continued working on Incandescent Paths today, I realized it’s much too fast-paced a dancework for me to capture with my limited photographic skill. Most of my images were lovely blurs of action (above). I did manage to catch a few of the dancers in moments of stillness:
Danielle Schulz
Amanda Mondoro
Tina Jackson
It was really good seeing my dancer/buddies Norbert de la Cruz and Matthew Tiberi again but they were dancing so fast that my camera couldn’t capture them.
The day after I visited Jeremy’s studio, he received some excellent news: he has been commissioned to create a full-length ballet for the 2012 Dance Gallery Festival. ‘What Lies Within‘, an ensemble work for seven male dancers, will receive its world premiere on October 14, 2012 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, as part of the Dance Gallery Festival’s “Level UP” series. Two other choreographers will also be represented, selected along with Jeremy from a field of over 250 applicants.
Oberon's Glade 