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Tag: Lydia Johnson Dance

  • Checking In with John-Mark Owen

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    Friday April 29, 2011 – Down to SoHo this morning to watch choreographer John-Mark Owen putting the finishing touches on a new solo performed by Jesse Marks, a soloist with Colorado Ballet. Kokyat and I met Jesse last year when he appeared with Lydia Johnson Dance here in New York City.

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    The solo, entitled Sonatae, is set to music of Heinrich Ingaz Franz Biber. It begins with the dancer in a contemplative Narcissus-like pose and then flows into space-covering movement. John-Mark, a choreographer after my own heart for our shared love of Baroque music, shows Jesse off to beaufitul advantage. I really enjoyed seeing Jesse again.

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    Sonatae will premiere at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in performances on May 6th and 7th when John-Mark’s work shares a triple bill with Island Moving Co (from Newport, RI) and Cherylyn Lavagnino. Details here.

    Both Jesse Marks and John-Mark Owen will be appearing in Dances Patrelle‘s GILBERT & SULLIVAN: A Ballet! at Dicapo Opera Theatre May 12th – 15th. Information here. Read about it here.

  • Lydia Johnson Dance: BACH/Gallery I

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    This is the first of two galleries of photographs that Kokyat took at the Peridance presentation by Lydia Johnson Dance of an as-yet-untitled work to music of J. S. Bach. Read about the evening here. Pictured above are dancers Robert Robinson and Lisa Iannacito McBride.

    These images are from a pre-performance run-thru:

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    Laura Di Orio & James Hernandez

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    Or Sagi & Lisa Iannacito McBride

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    Robert Robinson & Jessica Sand

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    Or and Lisa in the foreground

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    Ensemble

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    Eric Vlach and Shannon Maynor

    A second gallery of pictures from this evening will be found here.

    Lydia has classes running at Peridance this week; you can drop in for a single class ($20) on Thursday or Friday at 11:30 AM.  On Sunday from 1:00 PM til 4:00 the Company will hold auditions at Peridance for upcoming projects.