Scheduled Performances:
Zoe performs with expandance (IRL + NYC)
at Oberon January 22 + 23, 2012
Zoé Dance (Boston) & expandance (NYC / IRE)
with Irish dance artist Ailish Claffey
present
"LEFT"
"Cnoic Chlaonta"
"Rock Om"
Sun, January 22nd
Mon, January 23rd
2012 at 8pm
CLUB OBERON
(2 Arrow St., Cambridge / Harvard Square)
Tickets: $25 (table seats)
$20 (general admission)
$18 (students, seniors and BDA members)
www.cluboberon.com
www.zoedance.org
Zoé Dance and expandance Present 3 New Works Comprising 16 Dancers from 2 Continents
With the economy in a rut, it’s nice to know you can find art created to make you think, feel and see the beauty again. Boston’s Zoé Dance, trans-Atlantic contemporary dance theatre company expandance (NYC / Ireland) and Irish dance artist Ailish Claffey come together for a shared evening of ambitious and diverse dance works that will enliven your spirit. This is your chance to experience thought-provoking and physically stunning new contemporary dance - three remarkable pieces, set in OBERON’S exceptional club theatre. Boston, New York, and Irish dance artists come together to treat you to exemplary productions that explore political discord, what happens when rock and roll meets yoga, and unorthodox tales of modern Ireland. You’ll be guaranteed an unforgettable evening and an exhilarating experience that will cure your “I hope this downturn will upturn soon blues” (well, at least for the 2.5 hours that you are in the theatre).
Three dance works will touch your mind, body and soul: “LEFT” choreographed by Callie Chapman from Zoé Dance is a journey into the dreams and realities of Chile at the onset of the dictatorship (1973-1989) from the perspective of a North American choreographer. It challenges the black and white views of who is to blame, who and what constitutes “bad” or “good” and when love is present how those hard lines are blurred. "LEFT" was named in Patriot Ledger's "10 Best Dance Moves of 2011".
“Rock Om”, by Irish award winning choreographer Rachel
Wynne (expandance / NYC) brings together two things expandance loves: rocking out, and being at peace. The piece shows a group of people exploring their own day-time rules, their playfulness, and the most disconnected, isolated facets of their psyches - through a frenzy of fun that tips over into self-destruction, they re-build from the inside out to find the balance between chaos and order.
“Cnoic Chlaonta”, choreographed by Alicia Chistofi-Walshe (expandance / IRL) and Ailish Claffey and generously supported by Culture Ireland and Dance Ireland: This striking work is inspired by Ireland’s rugged beauty, unyielding land, and the harsh realities that face its people. Visually stunning and provocative, the duo use stark imagery and an original sound-score, set and costume design to weave together an unorthodox tale of a modern Ireland.
www.zoedance.org
www.expandance.org
www.cluboberon.com
Past Performances:
Sept. 9, 10 + 11, 2011
"LEFT" at The Dance Complex
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Zoé Dance presents “LEFT,” inspired by the disturbing events that surround the 1973 coup d’état in Chile, Fri-Sun September 9 @ 8pm, 10 @ 8pm,and 11 @ 7pm, 2011 at the Dance Complex (536 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA).
In little under an hour, Choreographer Callie Chapman Korn, intrigued by the not so distant past of a foreign society, creates a visual recollection on movement, emotions, memories, pain and resurrections of the soul with the surreal theatrical performance “LEFT”. Eight dancers/performers, who metaphorically are caterpillars just becoming butterflies, end their journey eaten by the spider. Despite their love and camaraderie for each other, the characters cannot stop the superior material powers which decide their destiny. The historical spider in this case is the coalition of Chilean military powers, right wing Chilean economic groups and the CIA orchestrating a “coup d’état” set in the 1970’s. Ms. Chapman Korn, being an outsider to the society and the time period of the conflict, aims to creates dance movement which portrays the emotions lived by the victims of history.
March 4, 2011
at the Mills Gallery in the Boston Center for the Arts 7pm-9pm FREE
FREE and open to the public
Zoé Dance along with In Noon and Luminarium Dance present their work as part of Movement at the Mills.
June 18 + 19 "High Rise" @ 8:20pm
in Union Sq., Somerville
FREE and open to the public
Zoé Dance presents
High Rise
Choreographed by Callie Chapman Korn
Public performance in Union Square
June 18 and 19 (rain dates: June 20 + 21)
Free and open to the public
Zoe Dance will be performing an evening-length work "High Rise", June 18 + 19 at 8:20pm in the center of Union Square. This performance will be free and open to the public. Choreography by: Callie Chapman. Performers: Ivan Korn, Sarah Turner, Cat Murcek, Joe Burgio, Callie Chapman and others. Music by: Reality Cocktail (Ivan Korn, Leo Marquez and Billy Herron).
“Korn and Chapman are forging a style that is truly integrative. Zoé Dance's intent is mostly poetic, with grand themes centered on passion, the natural world, and physical and spiritual redemption.” – Theodore Bale, The Boston Herald
"High Rise" is a dance theater piece set on two stages. The piece explores the masquerade one lives in their daily life of the public space and how that transforms when they go 'home'. The five main characters live in adjoining apartments, but don't know each other. One has an animal fetish, one has a partner that is seemingly missing, another is helpless without hers (he only appears every now and then), and the last keeps receiving 'gifts' from a secret admirer that borderlines stalker. The performance will start at sundown. Lighting by Paul Marr.
Where Sound and Motion Meet:
Exploring the Link Between Music and Dance
Friday January 22, 2010
Zoe performs with the Gramercy Trio @ the Boston Conservatory (1260 Boylston Street, Boston). $15/$7 student. 7pm Tango lesson with Pracha and Martha Eamranond, 8pm Performance. After you can stay for a milonga! Buy your tickets here!
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Free performance in Union Square
Sat. August 8
3:30pm
Union Square
FREE
4 simultaneous solos
callie chapman korn
ivan korn
sarah turner
catherine murcek
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Reality Cocktail
April and May, 2008
Lily Pad
Cambridge, MA
Sarah Turner, Callie Chapman, Catherine Murcek, Joe Burgio
Along with rock band "Reality Cocktail"
CRISALIDA :: SIN SALIDA
July, 2007
the Dance Complex
Cambridge, MA
Sarah Turner, Callie Chapman, Catherine Murcek, Joe Burgio, Emily Beattie
ABANDON
January, 2007
Santiago, Chile
Jonathan Peck, Tamara Butts-Sullivan, Sarah Turner, Ivan Korn, Callie Chapman
ABANDON
September, 2007
Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
Cambridge, MA
Jonathan Peck, Tamara Butts-Sullivan, Sarah Turner, Ivan Korn, Callie Chapman