November Dance: Six Degrees of Separation

Anyone can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries. For dancers, the degrees of separation are much less; the heritage and lineage of most dance forms link and spread like tethers throughout the artistic community. Curated by Endalyn Taylor, November Dance will celebrate and expand upon the likely and unlikely connections of the faculty and guest artists. Guest artist Michelle Gibson, who hails from New Orleans, blends a mixture of African diasporas in her work, as does faculty member Abigail Zbikowski. As a principal for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, faculty artist Endalyn Taylor's work will reveal her roots and journey as an African American ballet dancer. Renée Wadleigh will present excerpts from the 2009 piece Getting There—a humorous call to art lovers of all kinds and a celebration of life with a bittersweet center. And faculty artist Sara Hook's rich history as a dancer with Alwin Nikolais will drive her choreographic explorations of dance history. These new works will pay homage to their early influences by building on, teasing out, and pushing forward the aesthetics from which their works emerged.

This performance may contain adult content.
This performance will run approximately one hour and 45 minutes, and includes a 20-minute intermission.