Final Performances of Juilliard Dance Division’s 50th Anniversary Season Feature Four Free Nights, Wednesday, May 15th - Monday, May 20th, of Young Choreographers and Graduating Dancers With Works by Igal Perry, Faculty, Students, and Others
Young Choreographers Performances begin Wednesday, May 15th, Continues Thursday, May 16th, and Saturday, May 18th. Senior Graduation Performance will conclude the 50th anniversary celebrations On Monday May 20th.
All at the Juilliard Theater at 8 PM
Juilliard’s Dance Division will present its final dance performances of the 2001-2002 season with three nights featuring student choreographers on Wednesday, May 15th; Thursday, May 16th; and Saturday, May 18th; and one night featuring graduating dancers performing world premiere pieces by guest artists Igal Perry and Troy Powell, recent alumni Charlotte Griffin and Jessica Lang, as well as faculty members Michell Hageman, Aya Sumika Koenig, among others on Monday, May 20th. All performances are in the Juilliard Theater at 8 PM, and all performances are FREE, no tickets required. For more information, please contact the Juilliard Box Office at (212) 769-7406, or visit them between Monday and Friday, 11AM-6PM. The Juilliard Theater is located on 155 West 66th Street.
This year’s Senior Graduation Performance presents a night of diverse choreography that showcases individual talent of senior class dancers performing solos and duets by graduating dancers, alumni, and faculty, as well as choreography from major repertoire. Highlights of the evening will include world premiere pieces by guest artists Igal Perry and Troy Powell, recent alumni Charlotte Griffin and Jessica Lang, as well as faculty members Michell Hageman and Aya Sumika Koenig. Other choreographers include alumni Robert Battle, Lar Lubovitch, and Paul Taylor, former faculty member José Limón, graduating dancers Anthony Bougiouris, Peter Chu, and Laura Halm, as well as choreographers from around the world: David Parsons, Ulysses Dove, Hans van Manen, and Dwight Rhoden.
This season, the Juilliard Dance Division celebrates its 50th anniversary as a groundbreaking conservatory dance-training program whose faculty and alumni have changed the face of dance in America and around the world. These performances commemorate the artistic director of the Juilliard Dance Division, Benjamin Harkarvy, who passed away last month.
Program for the Senior Graduation Performance - Monday, May 20, 2002 at 8 PM
Parsons Etude, chor. David Parsons Excerpt from Exalte Jubilate, chor. Lar Lubovitch "It’s All Right With Me" except from So In Love, chor. Lar Lubovitch Excerpt from "Equinox", chor. Paul Taylor Prelude No.22, chor. Anthony Bougiouris ***Untitled Piece, chor. Sue Bernhard Sometimes Light, chor. Peter Chu Epurazione, chor. Laura Halm Excerpt from Vespers, chor. Ulysses Dove ***Untitled Piece, chor. Jessica Lang "A Time for Silence" and "A Time to Speak" excerpts from There is a Time (1956), chor. José Limón Five Tangos (1977), chor. Hans van Manen "Yearning" from Intimate Voices, chor. Igal Perry ***Corner, chor. Charlotte Griffin ***Lo Que Vendr, chor. Hector Zaraspe ***Lit, chor. Troy Powell ***Farewell, chor. Igal Perry "Niobe" excerpt from Dances for Isadora, chor. José Limón Solo, chor. Dwight Rhoden Jewel Lost, chor. Robert Battle The Hunt, chor. Robert Battle
