Lighting Design by Maggie Zhao
Bellow (World Premiere)
Choreography: Evalina Carbonell
Costume Design: Evalina Carbonell and Ariel Isakowitz
Music: Mura/Ballu Turturinu by Ernest Reijseger
Sound Design: Ariel Isakowitz
Performers: Keila Pérez-Vega, Sophie Malin, Ariel Isakowitz and Jamaal Bowman
The Bleat, the Bark, Bellow & Roar
Are Waves that Beat on Heaven’s Shore
- William Blake (from Auguries of Innocence)
Lydia (2021, Excerpt & Preview)
Choreography and Costume: Kun-Yang Lin
Original Music: Lydia’s Giving by Cynthia Folio
Performer: Grace Stern
This work centers on the spiritual searcher and merchant of purple cloth, Lydia, who is considered the first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe. A solo performed by dance artist, Grace Stern, the work emphasizes openness, seeking truth and divine intervention.
*** See Lydia’s World Premiere: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @2:00pm at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli, featuring a live orchestra and choir, commissioned by the Women’s Sacred Music Project. More information: WomensSacredMusicProject.org
Spring101 (2019, Excerpt)
Choreography: Kun-Yang Lin
Costume Design: Jill Peterson
Music: Purcel, Haendel
Performers: Duet: Sophie Malin and Jamaal Bowman
Trio: Evalina Carbonell, Grace Stern and Ariel Isakowitz
Premiere: April 12, 2019, Penn Live Arts (formerly the Annenberg Center), Philadelphia
The Wind (2021, Re-envisioned)
Choreography: Kun-Yang Lin
Costume: Evalina Carbonell
Music: Gustav Mahler (Composer); Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen-- I am lost to the world, Friedrich Rückert (poem); Dame Janet Baker & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Performer: Weiwei Ma
Lin developed this solo during the pandemic as a reflection of his artistic journey, which premiered at Penn Live Arts (formerly the Annenberg Center) in April 2021, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. This version takes on new meaning through interpretation and performance by senior dance artist Weiwei Ma.
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