NY Times #speakingindance

#SpeakingInDance | “I feel regal,” said the dancer Jordan D. Lloyd, of performing on the marble staircase at the Winter Garden with @meiyamanaka, @ambika.raina and Doug LeCours (@trashimagery). “There’s a power in occupying this closed-off space and knowing that it’s so large and expensive and shiny and bright.” In “Of Granite and Glass,” performed June 15-17 at the @lmcc_nyc River to River Festival 2018, the choreographer @catherinegalasso uses Cesar Pelli's staircase as a singular stage. “I would never do a show in a mall,” Catherine said. “But I had my heart set on playing with depth.” And it works: The setting of @brookfieldplny, with its shops and tourists, has expanded her imagination: “How do we play with these quieter, more intimate moments” when the viewer is “at a distance?” she asked. “And then find movement that can speak to the architecture?” One way is to soften and fold the body into the surface. The work is loosely inspired by Boccaccio’s 14th-century “The Decameron,” in which 10 people retreat to a villa to escape the plague. “How do we deal with the trauma in the world right now?” Catherine said to the @nytimes writer @giadk. “This is our way of commenting on it without commenting on it directly.” @emonhassan made this video for #SpeakingInDance, our weekly series exploring the world of #dance. #R2R18

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Thanks Gia Kourlas and Emon Hassan!
Shout-out to collaborators Dave Cerf for music and Karen Boyer for costumes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/arts/dance/catherine-galasso-speaking-in-dance.html