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  • Morales Dance Rehearsing AMOR BRUTAL

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    Above: dancers Karina Lesko and Leonel Linares, photo by Kokyat. Click on the image to enlarge.

    Monday May 21, 2012 – Choreographer Tony Morales invited Kokyat and me to a rehearsal-in-costume of his latest creation, AMOR BRUTAL which will premiere at performances by Staten Island Ballet on May 26th (8:00 PM) and May 27th (3:00 PM). For tickets call: 718 980 0500.

    In this domestic-drama ballet, a married couple have reached an impasse. The mother tries to sway their three daughters to her side, but the girls prefer their charming father. The mother is left on her own.

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    Karina Lesko and Leonel Linares are the married couple…

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    …MarieLorene Fichaux, Kate Loh and Joanna Prewieziencew are the daughters.

    Here are some of Kokyat’s images from this rehearsal:

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    Karina Lesko

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    MarieLorene Fichaux

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    Kate Loh

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    Joanna Prewieziencew

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    Mother and daughters

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    Father and daughters

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    MarieLorene, Leonel

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    Karina, MarieLorene

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    Karina Lesko

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    Leonel, Karina

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    The ballet will be danced to live music: Mary Ann Stewart (soprano) and Doug Martin (piano) performing four of Manuel de Falla’s Popular Spanish songs. The fifth and final section is danced to an old recording of Tony Morales’ father singing “Amor Brutal” when he was a professional singer in Puerto Rico and the USA in the 1960’s and 70’s.

    AMOR BRUTAL will also be performed on Sept 29th and 30th @ The Theater of The Riverside Church.

    All photography by Kokyat.