ACT I

DEAR FREDERIC

 (2007)

Dense, layered, beautiful, witty, mathematical, extreme, and emotional. These contrasts, dynamics, and wide range of colors are the reason for my attraction to the music of Chopin.

My new work, Dear Frederic, is an investigation of freedom within form. In it, I explore my

fascination with the whimsy Chopin creates within a structural framework, which produces

the capricious nature of his music.

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch

Music by: Frederic Chopin

Music Performed by: Henry Wong Doe

Costumes by: Jason Hadley

Performed by: Christina Dooling, Drew Jacoby, Karah Abiog, Christie Partelow, Sabra Perry,

Bryan Arias, William Cannon, Gary W. Jeter II, Juan Rodriguez and Clifford C. Williams.

Intermission

ACT II

GONE

(2000)

Gone is a trio for three men about brotherhood, survival and the struggle to live through conflict

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch

Music by: Vera Hall

Music Performed by: Odetta (The Tradition Masters, Tradition Records)

Costume by: DM Design

Performed by: Cast 1: Gary W. Jeter II, Jeremy Nedd, Bryan Arias

Cast 2: Clifford Williams, Ron Todorowski, William Cannon

GRAVITY

(2007)

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch

Music by: John Mayer

Costume Design: Emilio Sosa

Performed by: Karah Abiog and Juan Rodriguez

LAMENT 

(2000)

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch

Music by: Caroline Worthington and Charles Veal Jr.

Costumes by: Miho Morinoue

Performed by: Desmond Richardson

MOODY BOOTY BLUES 

(2006)

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting Design by: Nate McGaha

Music by: Roy Buchanan “When A Guitar Plays the Blues”

Muddy  Waters “Mannish Boy”

Son House “Grinnin In Your Face”

Steve Ray Vaughan “Love Struck Baby”

costume by: Dwight Rhoden

Performed by: Cast 1: Clifford Willians, Ron Todorowski, William Cannon, Christina Dooling, Christie Partelow

Cast 2: Gary W. Jeter II, Jeremy Nedd, Bryan  Arias, Elysia  Dawn

LUX

(2007)

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting by: Michael Korsch

Music by: Eric Whitacre

Music performed by: Turtle Creek Chorale

Performed by: Kimi Nakaidoh, Sabra Perry, Natia Kezevade

Act III

PRETTY GRITTY SUITE

A tribute to the beauty, range and power of the music of Nina Simone.

(2004)

Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden

Lighting Design by: Michael Korsch

Costumes by: Epperson

Performed by: The Company

Dates

Mon 24.3 (21:00), Tues 25.3 (21:00)