MIRO MAGLOIRE'S NEW CHAMBER BALLET in "The Distance Between Bones" and the World Premiere of "Vox"
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MIRO MAGLOIRE | NEW CHAMBER BALLET
MIRO MAGLOIRE'S NEW CHAMBER BALLET
in "The Distance Between Bones" and the World Premiere of "Vox"
Fri Feb 14 and Sat Feb 15, 7:30pm
James and Martha Duffy Performance Space
at the Mark Morris Dance Center
3, Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Tickets: $38
Ticket link: https://ncb-vox2025.eventbrite.com
Dancers: Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Nicole McGinnis, Amber Neff, Rachele Perla, Kayla Schmitt
Musicians: Madeline Hocking, violin; Melody Fader, piano
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet returns to the Mark Morris Dance Center to present the World Premiere of two Magloire works: the duet "Vox" and "The Distance Between Bones," which premiered last year at the Manhattan School of Music, February 14 and 15 at 7:30 PM.
The Distance Between Bones is a short, partnered duet for Amber Neff and Kayla Schmitt, in which the dancers are connected in interlocking, gravity-defying lifts. Music is by Ms. Ya-Lan Chan.
Vox is the result of a multi-year collaboration with composer Elizabeth Gartman, following a 2021 duet called Deep Breath, which critic Leigh Witchel called "bracing, daring, and calmly radical". The score for piano and violin is inspired by the mechanics of vocal music. Incorporating interviews with the dancers about their (real and metaphorical) voices, the dance is as much a portrait of the artists as a reflection on the emotional parallels between singing and dancing.
Composer bios:
YA-LAN CHAN
Based in New York, Taiwanese composer Ya-Lan Chan is interested in the creative process of music-making, exploring the relationship between technology and humans, and how these two shaped each other. She also collaborated with various artistic mediums with animation, poetry, dancing, and lighting design. Recently awarded the winner of the Impulse New Music Festival 2024 New Voices competition, Ya-Lan has also been awarded the 2022 Manhattan Prize for her string quartet Sand aSH, a finalist for the Mivos Kanter String Quartet Composition Prize, as well as commissions from the Percussion Ensemble at the Manhattan School of music, New Chamber Ballet. Ya-Lan has been active in attending music festivals and workshops, such as the Nong Project in Seoul, the Etchings Festival, Darmstadt Music Festival, Yarn/Wire institute, Unheard-of ensemble workshop, and Lorreto project with Longleash. She also participated in masterclasses with Beat Furrer, Frank Bedrossian, François Sarhann, Milica Djordjevic, Jason Eckardt, Zosha di Castri and Wang Lu.
Ya-Lan holds a D.M.A. in composition from the Manhattan School of Music where she was awarded the Saul Braverman Award in Music Theory as well as degrees from Taipei National University of the Arts (B.A.) Previously, she was appointed coordinator of the theory tutoring program at the Manhattan School of Music, where she served as a teaching fellow in the College theory department. She studied with Reiko Füting and Susan Botti during her graduate studies in the United States and with Tsung-Hsien Yang and Wan-Jen Huang in Taiwan. Her study has been supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
ELIZABETH GARTMAN
ELIZABETH GARTMAN is a NYC-based composer/soprano. Her compositions explore vocalism, process in performance, and active listening and response. Her music has been commissioned by the Washington National Opera, New Chamber Ballet, Beth Morrison Projects, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, InfraSound Ensemble, Ensemble Chemie, Pax Duo, NYC Virtuoso Singers, The Why Collective, and others. Recent accolades include selection as a composer fellow with the American Opera Initiative (2023), Honorable Mention for the Darmstadt Ferienkurse Kranichsteiner Musikpreis (2023), the William Schuman Prize for Most Outstanding Score with BMI Student Composer Awards (2021), and Runner Up of Beth Morrison Projects Next Generation (2022). Elizabeth holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music (M.M. Composition 2021) and the University of Illinois (B.M.Vocal Performance, B.M. Composition 2019).
This performance is supported by the Amphion Foundation and the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. The music for Vox was commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Foundation.
New Chamber Ballet partners for this performance with the Composers Now Festival, which celebrates living composers, the diversity of their voices, and the significance of their musical contributions to our society. During the month of February, the Festival brings together myriad performances ranging in genre from jazz to indie, classical to post-classical, experimental to folk, and beyond. For more information about the Festival please visit https://www.composersnow.org/cn/?
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