REVIVAL 5: Hybrid!
In-Person Performances
June 12: Queensbridge Park; June 19: Grant’s Memorial Tomb
HIGHLIGHTS FROM IN-PERSON PERFORMANCES
1. HOW I LEARNED TO DANCE
Created by: Ellen Graff, Marnie Thomas Wood & Rebecca Hite
Music: "Unsquare Dance" by Dave Brubach, Jon Lord arrangement. Special Thanks to Ed Renninger and Harry Kimball
2. MYSTERIUM
Our fragilities as humans; we are as delicate as fall leaves and as strong as trees that ground us.
Created by: Naomi Goldberg Haas
Music: “Gnossienne No 1” by Erik Satie, performed by Joseph Jordan
3. PARA TINA RAMIREZ
Para Tina Ramirez draws inspiration from the power of castanets, with their rich, exhilarating sounds that convey the human need to be heard. The second part recalls the repertory of the Tina Ramirez School of Spanish Dance, which was a cornerstone of the formation of Ballet Hispanico.
Created by: Sandra Rivera
Music: Isaac Albéniz
4. CARE LOVE HEAL CHANGE
As Human Beings we have the capacity to connect to each other, to Care, to Love, to Heal. The power to Change the world is within each of us, Individually and Collectively. What if we actually ALL did just that . . .
Created by: Audrey Madison & Gierre Godley
Music: Ty Stevens
5. WE ARE ALL IN THING THIS TOGETHER
Created by: Shirley Black-Brown-Coward
Music: Written by Scott Wilkie, performed byScott Wilkie and Debbie Blackwell Cook
6. WATCH ME, I GOT IT
My movements are inspired by The late James Brown and his phenomenal foot work. I must also give credit to my Hip-hop dancing days, growing up in The Boogie Down Bronx!
Created by: Myna Majors
Music: “Give it Up or Turn it Loose” by James Brown
Finale at Queensbridge Park: 6/12/21
Finale at Grant’s Memorial Tomb: 6/19/21
7. FINALE
Created by: Naomi Goldberg Haas with Guest Artists
Music: Sheku Kenneh-Mason, arranged by Perkins
We remember with love those we have lost, honoring their goodness.
Music Transitions recorded from DVP’s MOVEMENT SPEAKS® telephone conference class, with additional composition by Ezra Bloom
Online Performances
Choreographer: Naomi Goldberg Haas
Assistant: Bryanna Dean
Music: “It Helped Me to Speak” by Ezra Bloom
Dancers: Sandra Frasier, Jackie Bernard, Harriet Bograd, Rosemary Clough, Mary Doty, Sherry Gorelick, Reann Bessellieu, Deborah Perry, Jeana Musacchio, Mark Woodcock, Lynda Kenney, Beatrice Ross, Rosemarie Clough, Lorraine Owens, Etta Hines, Sarie Teichman, Judy Rogers, Dynell Weinthal, Ellen Maddow, Elspeth Macdonald and Bryanna Dean.
Inspiration for this dance is taken from our MOVEMENT SPEAKS® program held daily through COVID 19 from recordings of the telephone conference class with additional composition by Ezra Bloom.
Choreographer: Myna Majors
Assistant: Theo Gilbert
Music: “To The Beat Y’all” by Lady B
Dancers: Richard Barone, Elspeth MacDonald, Margaret Whitfield, Shirley Manning, Gail Lerner, Alberta Bush, Raeann Bessellieu, Patricia McKenzie, Dynell Weinthal, Cheryl Smith, Shirley Manning, Brenda Jones, Jackie Bernard, Bettie Mcrae, Naomi Whaley, Sandra Frasier, Luvenia Madison, Etta Hines, Sarie Teichman, Naomi Whaley, Gertlane Lane, Harriet Bograd, Rita Carrington, Kim Wilkins and Theo Gilbert.
Choreographer: Sandra Rivera
Assistant: Marisol Morales
Music: “Entre Dos Aguas” by Paco de Lucia
Dancers: Etta Hines, Harriet Bograd, Jill Rosenbloom, Gail Lerner, Margaret Whitfield, Jeana Musacchio, Raeann Bessellieu, Shelagh Krueger, Carolyn Molotchev, Marisol Morales, and Sandra Rivera.
Choreographer: Ellen Graff and Marni Wood
Assistant: Rebecca Hite
Music: “The Plow that Broke the Plains ” Virgil Thomson
Dancers: Harriet Bograd, Lorraine Owens, Irit Schwager, Antonia Daly, Joyce Steinglass, Jane Rubinsky, Ellis Wood, Kathryn Chapin, Jill Rosenbloom, Jeana Musacchio, Marni Wood, and Ellen Graff.
Choreographed by: Teaching Artists and DVP Staff
Music: “What I’m Doing Right” by Nat Osborn
Dancers: Bryanna Dean, Rebecca Hite, Gierre Godley, Marisol Morales, Charles Macdonald, Theodora Gilbert, Sophie Visscher-lubinizki, Madi O'Halloran, Rachael Su, Ellen Sackoff, and Pamela Knowles.
Full Ensemble Finale
Choreographed by: Naomi Goldberg Haas and dancers
Music: Ezra Bloom
Through this time , we have learned how important it is to take care of our world, ourselves, each other. We have learned to handle all delicately and with open hearts.
