Saturday March 6, 2010 - We were at the City Center studio today watching Sydney Skybetter and his dancers in preparation for their upcoming performances at Joyce SoHo. After lunch outdoors and seeing the first robin of Spring in Central Park, Kokyat and I arrived at the studio as the dancers were nearing the end of a break and were about to run their SoHo programme straight thru. Sydney told us this was the first time they would be trying a complete run-thru.
All photos by Kokyat. Most of the images here will enlarge if clicked on.
Entitled THE LAWS OF FALLING BODIES, the Joyce SoHo programme features the dancers of skybetter and associates: Kristen Arnold, Cat de Angelis, Jennifer Jones, Dana Thomas, Bergen Wheeler, Elliott Reiland, Gary Schaufeld and Sydney Skybetter. Earlier this year we watched Skybetter's creative process at a rehearsal of his Joyce SoHo residency creation: FUGUE STATE, set to music of Shostakovich. One of the key elements which makes Skybetter's work stand out is his choice of music: Dvorak, Gorecki, Schubert and Schumann will figure in the programme along with a really interesting work by Jonny Greenwood.
When I received the images from Kokyat from today's rehearsal I had a hard time selecting which ones to feature on my blog. There are about thirty I would like to display, but Kokyat always admonishes me to be selective. Here are a few, and I will post a gallery with more later today. Above: Jennifer, Gary, Sky, Kristen and Cat.
Sydney carrying Kristen.
Elliott, Kristen and Sydney.
Sky, Elliott & Kristen.
Cat en attitude, center.
Lowering Kristen. The question arose: should her hair touch the floor? I vote "yes"!
Kristen and Sydney.
Dana, Gary & Cat.
Bergen Wheeler and Jennifer Jones
Dana & Jennifer.
Finding an interesting perspective across the highly-polished top of a grand piano parked in a corner of the studio, Kokyat photographed the dancers in solo moments (above and below).
More photos from this rehearsal will be found here.
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