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A Touch of America : Music and Dance |
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25 juillet 2007 U.S. Embassy Present Cultures in Harmony Music Ensemble & The University of South Florida Modern Dance Troupe In concert
Second Prelude (arr. Heifetz) George Gershwin 4’ (1898-1937) Sarah Crocker, violin Kimball Gallagher, piano Suite for Violin and Piano William Grant Still 13’30” (1895-1978) African Dancer Mother and Child Gamin
William Harvey, violin Kimball Gallagher, piano King of the Sun Stephen Hartke 20’ (1952- ) Personages in the night guided by the phosphorescent tracks of snails Dutch interior Dancer listening to the organ in a Gothic cathedral Interlude The flames of the sun make the desert flower hysterical Personages and birds rejoicing at the arrival of night Francesca Anderegg, violin Lilian Belknap, viola Robin Ryczek, cello Kimball Gallagher, piano Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet Lowell Liebermann 17’30” (1961- ) William Harvey, Sarah Crocker, and Francesca Anderegg, violins Lilian Belknap, viola Robin Ryczek, cello Kimball Gallagher, piano DANCE FUZION University of South Florida Dance Professor, Jeanne Travers, has created an exciting evening of choreography titled DANCE FUZION which will be performed by the University of South Florida Dance Troupe and will be presented in festivals and concerts in Tunisia during July and August 2008. DANCE FUZION will feature choreographic works created by Ms. Travers. The new works reflect multicultural themes, images and world music including a new choreography titled, Memories of the Stone with an original music score by Mohammed Charri. Memories of the Stone was inspired by images of the ruins of Carthage and the contrast between the ancient and modern worlds. Drawing upon the rhythms of Cuba, Ms Travers will also present Ritmo Del Corazon, a lively, upbeat salsa dance which fuses traditional contemporary dance with salsa. Ceremony derived it’s imagery from the grasslands of Africa. Performed to traditional music of Burundi, it is an energetic solo which fuses traditional African Dance styles with Contemporary Modern Dance. Hip Hop Boogie was created to an exciting, up-beat music score by Mohamed Charri which fuses traditional Tunisian melodies with driving hip hop rhythms. The USF dancers perform their non-stop dance rhythms which combine Hip Hop, Contemporary Modern Dance and Capoeira Dance styles of Brazil. Recuerdos Del Camino is a passionate and dramatic solo reflecting the life and struggle of the Gypsies. It is performed to an original violin sound score by Sebastian Birch. Moon Over Bou Kornine is an excerpt from the choreography Between Desert and Sea, which was originally presented in Tunisia in 1997 when Tunis was named the Cultural Capital of the Mediterranean by UNESCO. This choreography draws it’s imagery from the beauty and landscape of Tunisia and is performed to an original sound score by Ahmed Ben Dhiab. Caprice is a light hearted, playful duet performed to the music of Franz Schubert. The evening of choreography ranges from dramatic and passionate to lighthearted and up-beat. The concert will feature seven exceptionally talented USF dancers who will travel for the first time to Tunisia |
