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03.07.06

Contact: Sally Corbett, 404.727.6678, Sally.Corbett@emory.edu

Emory Honor Student Presents "Parliamo al Singolare: An Exploration of the Solo Work

Both historical reconstructions and contemporary choreography will be presented at Emory University’s Schwartz Center for Jessica Moore’s “Parliamo al Singolare: An Exploration of the Solo Work,” on March 31 and April 1, 2006 at 8 p.m. in the Dance Studio. This free lecture/demonstration serves as the culmination of an undergraduate honors thesis, which compares and contrasts solo works in both ballet and modern dance.

Variations from Marius Petipa’s ballets “Raymonda” and “Don Quixote” have been reconstructed from the Labanotation score (a score notated to indicate dance movements in relation to musical accompaniment) and are representative of classical ballet variations from the late 1800s. Also to be presented is “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from Helen Tamiris’ Negro Spirituals, originally performed in 1929. This work has also been reconstructed from the Labanotation score through permission of the Dance Notation Bureau in New York.

Armando Luna, a faculty member at the Atlanta Ballet, presents a contemporary ballet piece to the music of Rachmaninoff created especially for this project. Through a blending of classical and contemporary vocabulary, Luna’s piece, “Grey,” uses the solo dancer to present a symbolic recounting of the events surrounding September 11, 2001.

Anna Leo, an Emory dance faculty member, will present “Sun Dial,” a solo to the music of Emory composer and music faculty member Steve Everett. This contemporary work was performed by Leo and by Moore in the fall concerts. “Sun Dial” is an abstract representation of the feelings and emotions associated with various parts of the day and the tasks required to go from morning to night.

This project has been made possible in part by a SIRE grant from Emory University, which has paid for the performance rights for the historical reconstructions. “This thesis project gives me the unique challenge and opportunity to investigate a variety of styles and characters in one single performance,” says Moore. “It is rare that a dancer can explore such a wide array of movement . I have enjoyed being able to test the limits of my versatility.”

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Release written by Jessica Moore

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