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Heidi Henderson’s elephant JANE dance untitled sad piece: A Post Modern Dance Work
November 7, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Heidi Henderson’s
elephant JANE dance
untitled sad piece |
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Thursday, November 7, 2024, 7pm
United Skates of America, Rumford, RI |
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A post-modern dance work, performed in a roller skating rink, set to songs by the 1970s super duo The Carpenters. Examining the sensation of a sinking heart, featuring quiet solos, touching duets, and a wild burst of galumphing, dancers respond to the deep sadness in the grain of Karen Carpenter’s voice, initiate from the dancers’ hearts, and find tenderness. 1970s attire encouraged—and stay after the show to skate! |
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I make dances that are humanist and minimalist, visceral and thoughtful, emotional and highly structured. I am interested in these as contradictions, as opposing ideas that meet and negotiate. I work at the place where the neatness of abstract art meets the messiness of life. These dances are meant to be seen close, the performers touch, sweat, see into each other’s eyes. These dances are real, messy, single minded, fluid, quiet, virtuosic. —Heidi Henderson |
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