FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MIRO MAGLOIRE'S NEW CHAMBER BALLET IN THE WORLD PREMIERE OF TWO BALLETS:
"SILENT SHADOWS" - music by Giacinto Scelsi, and
'AEOLIA' - music by Georg Philipp Telemann
Friday, January 18th & Saturday, January 19th at 8:30pm
City Center Studio 5, 130 West 56 Street, 5th floor
Tickets: $20; $10 for students & seniors
Reservations: Smarttix 212/868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
Dancers: Elizabeth Brown, Christin Hanna, Denise Small, Emily Vonne SoRelle, and Lauren Toole
Musician: Erik carlson, violin, and Melody Fader, piano
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will appear in four Magloire ballets, including the premieres of Silent Shadows, set to music by Giacinto Scelsi, and Aeolia, music by Georg Philipp Telemann, along with repertory works to music by Schubert and Magloire, January 18 & 19 at 8:30 PM in Studio 5 of City Center, 130 West 56 Street.
Silent Shadows, a women's trio, has music by the Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988). Scelsi, a reclusive nobleman (Count of Alaya Valva), was infatuated with eastern spirituality and wrote music often consisting of minute, continuous transitions, concentrating on only one or two notes. For his new work, Magloire has chosen Xnoybis for solo violin, a 13-minute work revolving around just a few notes, each played simultaneously on different strings, slowly changing color and dynamics in a long, uninterrupted, and constantly changing line.
The evening's second World Premiere is Aeolia, set to Georg Philipp Telemann's Fantaisies for solo violin No. 1, 3, 9. Telemann's Fantaisies also provided the inspiration for Magloire's piano score for the solo "Reflection." The choreographer is widely recognized for his exceptional musicality. As noted by Claudia La Rocco: "Mr. Magloire, who studied classical composition at the Cologne Conservatory of Music in Germany, has great musical sensitivity." (The New York Times, September 24, 2007) Magloire himself noted: "With my new ballet Reflection, I have gingerly embarked on the path of writing music for my own choreography, a fascinating experience that I am eager to repeat soon."
The program will be completed by Mostly Soft, described in Pointe Magazine as "a lighthearted treatment of Schubert's Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major. Magloire used both traditional ballet vocabulary and inventive steps, often mirroring the music phrasing." (Elizabeth McPherson, July/August 2007)