Hedwig Dances to Celebrate 30th Anniversary in May

By: Apr. 03, 2015
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Hedwig Dances celebrates its 30-year legacy with One Grand Dance, a retrospective of and reflection on 30 years of creating dances under its company banner and 40 years of work by Founder and Artistic Director Jan Bartoszek. Performances are Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave., Chicago.


One Grand Dance refers to the idea that one's body of work is related to and reflects the ideas, concerns, idiosyncrasies, style and voice of its author. "Throughout my career, I have been engaged by the intersection of movement and objects," Bartoszek said. "Movement transforms objects, animating the inanimate, and objects lend poetic imagery to movement." One Grand Dance is the title of the evening and the means of deconstructing, reimagining and linking selected works from Bartoszek's repertoire. For a look back at Hedwig's rich history, visit hedwigdances.com/30movingyears/

Also on the program, company member and choreographer Edson Cabrera premieres Bangweulu. The word "Bangweulu" is of African origin and means literally where the water meets the sky, or the infinite horizon or timelessness. The dance is structured as three duets based on the theme of relationships between friends, family members and lovers.

Lighting design for both works is by Ken Bowen. Maggie Dianovsky is designing costumes for Bangweulu and updating costumes for One Grand Dance.

The evening also includes a 30-year video retrospective edited by filmmaker Nadia Oussenko. And in conjunction with the celebration, Hedwig Dances re-releases Bartoszek's dance-for-the-camera film Arch of Repose with a new music score by Richard Woodbury (date/site TBD).

Hedwig Dances presents One Grand Dance Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave., Chicago. Tickets are $30-40, seniors $20 and students/children $15 and are available at the Athenaeum Box Office or at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/9981796. For more information, visit hedwigdances.com.



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