On Sunday April 10th 2011, I was honored to be asked by Kirstie Simson to participate as a musician in a performance that included contact improvisation and ballroom dancing in the atrium of the beautiful new Business Instructional Facility on the campus of the University of Illinois.
The dancers included two fantastic ballroom dancers Alex Tecza and Katja Lindholm, and improvisational dancers Tim O’Donnell and Kirstie Simson. They presented work along with musicians Dorothy Martirano (violin), Armand Beaudoin (cello) and Andy Miller (percussion). Along with me, Erik Lund, Liliana Carrizo, Ming-Ching Chiu and Drew Whiting, all founding members of Colab were invited to participate.
This was a particularly memorable experience because the Trisha Brown Dance Company (one of my favorite choreographers/companies) was touring at the Krannert Center. Company dancers Dai Jian, Elena Demyanenko, Leah Morrison and Laurel Tentindo joined the performance and we became quick friends during their visit at Illinois!
Enjoy the video by Bogdan Heretoiu below:
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