Written on the Body in Beloit ~ BrontëBlog

Friday, February 25, 2011

Written on the Body in Beloit

Friday, February 25, 2011 12:04 am by M. in Dance No comments

A new chance to see the Dance COLEctive's production of Written on the Body, the choreography inspired by the Brontës which was premiered in 2005. In Beloit, WI:

Beloit College
Dance COLEctive
February 25th, 2011 to February 26th, 2011.
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Studio 1, Hendricks Center for the Arts

The Dance COLEctive (TDC) is a modern dance company that aspires to challenge assumptions about how dance is presented, through the use of cutting-edge choreography, innovative collaborations, and inspired creative site-specific-works. Now in its 15th year, TDC conducts an annual season which includes residencies with universities, high schools and other dance organizations in two geographic regions of the USA; multiple master classes, workshops and lecture demonstrations in the greater Chicago area; an annual week-long summer intensive of classes; an annual concert and residency in Chicago proper; performances in traditional venues and site-specific choreography. Artistic Director Margi Cole has been recognized with many choreographic awards. TDC uses modern dance as a vehicle to introduce, challenge and engage its audience in a number of topics. Through carefully designed residency activities the viewer has gained the knowledge and the desire to interpret our work in a meaningful way.
While at Beloit TDC will conduct a series of residency activities both at the college and in the community.

Many of those activities will be geared around the companies work Written on the Body. A work for six dancers which uses the lives of the Brontë sisters as a point of departure in its exploration of gender roles and stereotypes. The hidden identities of authors, as well as the hardships they endured throughout their lives in Victorian England, provide the framework. Cole interprets the Brontës' masculine and feminine personae, using movement images of power, strength, vulnerability and intimacy. Music for the piece is by Kevin O'Donnell, costumes are by Atalee Judy and videoscape is by Michael Cole.