Miami: June 7 and 8, 2013.
New York: June 11, 2013.
The dynamic program will include the dance/drama, The Virgin Queen. A choreography about romantic betrayal and palace intrigue in the court of Queen Elizabeth, the work is set to an eclectic score of period music mixed with Beatles and the Sex Pistols. The piece takes place in a state-of-the-art graphic environment designed by Kit Monkman and Tom Wexler, which transports both dancers and audience alike to the Queen’s palace in a driving London rain storm; to the palace lawn and gardens; and even into the royal boudoir.
Also to be presented is the Mapping #4, an abstract evocation about cultural dislocation and human connection, set to the music of Shankar/Warren Cuccurullo and Kaki King, and featuring real-time camera projections, which add perspective in time and space.
Laal, originally performed by Phoenix Dance Theater, a powerful and virtuosic solo; Stand and Stare, a duet originally choreographed on the Rambert Dance Company based on the paintings of English painter L.S. Lowry; and the passionate duet, Interlock, created originally for London Contemporary Dance Theater and performed with live sitar accompaniment by renowned sitarist Amitava Chatterjee will round off the presentations.
Darshan Singh Bhuller: As dancer, rehearsal director, choreographer and teacher, his career with London Contemporary Dance Theatre spanned from 1979 to 1994. He became Assistant Director to Richard Alston Dance Company from 1994 to 1996. He was also a member of the Siobhan Davies Dance Company. Darshan has created and directed works for international companies including CeDeCe and for Companhia de Bailado Contemporaneo (Portugal), Scottish Dance Theatre, CandoCo Dance Company, Nordic Dance Theatre (Norway), London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Collaborations with other artists, choreographers, musicians and filmmakers include Graham Dean, Robert Cohan, Barry Guy, Barrington Pheloung, John Martyn and Jocelyn Pook. Darshan worked alongside Director Micha Bergese to choreograph and direct the Opening Ceremony for the Millennium Dome and as Assistant Director and Choreographer Shaolin Wheel of Life, an international production with the Shaolin Monks of China. Darshan was appointed Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance Theatre in 2002. Over the five years in the post, he revitalized the reputation of the company on the national and international stage earning Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire (Modern) in the 2006Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards. After a successful US tour in 2006, he stepped down as Artistic Director, returning to freelance teaching and directing. He also has directed and choreographed numerous dance theatre productions & short films through his own company Singh Productions since 1990 to the present day. He was awarded an Arts Council of England project grant to tour his full-length work, Caravaggio: Exile and Death, in 2011. His recent films, Jayne Lee’s Dance Down River and a documentary on works by British choreographer, Richard Alston were launched in 2009 and 2010.
Miami Performances
Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th, 7:30 p.m.
New World Dance Theater
25 NE 2nd Street, Miami, FL 33132
General admission is $12 / Students and seniors $5. Tickets are available online
New York City Performance
Tuesday, June 11th, 8:00 p.m.
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
405 West 55th Street
New York City, New York 10019
General admission is $20 / Students and seniors $15. Tickets are available online
New World School of the Arts
305.237.3341
nwsa.mdc.edu
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