Rutgers In New York 2004
Rutgers Dance at The Kaye
Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
This year's Rutgers In New York performance will feature the school's Department of Dance and will include dances choreographed by faculty John Evans, Randy James, and Julia Ritter, along with distinguished alumnae Lisa Race and Cleo Mack, and guest choreographer David Parson's "The Envelope." Tickets are now on sale at The Kaye Playhouse Box Office Additional information may be obtained through the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center at 732/932-7511.
Choreographers -
Dancers
 Program
“Unsound Elegance”
Student Choreographer: Michele Silk
Music: Chopin
"Heaven’s Dust"
Choreographer: Randy James
Music: Tigger Benford
A highly physical duet that uses disjointed movement and broken phrases to tell a story. Unique in its exploration of the way a piece is created and the way a story can be told, the dance challenges the audience to question what they perceive as the plot unfolds.
 "Bathtub Trio for Three Women"
Guest Choreographer: Cleo Mack
Music: Beethoven
Delicate gestures and aggressive physicality confronts the voyeuristic tendencies of American culture.
"Lower/Higher"
Guest Choreographer: Lisa Race
Music: Chris Peck
A group of dancers attempt to find a physical language that distinguishes them from their flat oppressive environment.
 “and the sea shall give up its dead”
Choreographer: John Evans
Music: Fog Tropes/ Composer: Ingram Marshall
Costume Design: Rachel Evans
Inspired by Evans’ childhood living by the Pacific Ocean. Images of rolling waves insistent, brutal, and never ending give the piece its structure. Floating, gasping, drowning, mans fight to survive a rough sea give the piece a dramatic context. A supportive community builds out of the struggles the dancers endure, and lends a softness and subtle energy to the dance.
"Sentinel"
Choreographer: Julia Ritter
Music: Dan Martin
Vocals: Julia Ritter
Costume Design: Ingrid Mauer
Helmet: Angela Kloeck
Set Design: Geza Mika
A solo figure traverses the distance from hypersensitivity to surrender, merging the dynamics of watching and waiting with an original vocal score.
 "The Envelope"
Guest Choreographer David Parsons
Music: Gioacchino Rossini
A farcical and hysterical romp where the dancers are pitted against a renegade piece of stationery.
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