Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Chicago
Production/Performance: "Touch."
3 premieres, 2 returning works.
Dates: November 13 and 14, 2009.
Days/Times: Friday and Saturday*, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. Martin Luther King Dr., Chicago.
Ticket Prices: $25, $35, $45 general admission.
Tickets/information: 312-795-9777 or deeplyrootedproductions.org
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT), which performs choreography based in the African-American traditions of storytelling along with universal themes in contemporary modern dance, invites Chicago audiences to "touch community, touch power, touch intimacy, touch joy" in a concert program featuring three premieres and two returning works:
• Touch--world premiere choreographed by Artistic Director Kevin Iega Jeff, music by Nina Simone and Bobby McFerrin.
• 53 Inhale--world premiere choreographed by Associate Artistic Director Gary Abbott, music by Nico Muhly.
• Nine--company premiere by Nicole Clarke-Springer, music by Mickey Hart.
• Ferrotype--2006 work by Jeff and Abbott, music from Gullah Island traditional spirituals and Thomas A. "Georgia Tom" Dorsey to Anton Dvořák, Nikki Giovanni, Ma Rainey, Clarence Williams and Mavis Staples.
• Church of Nations--1991 work by Jeff, music by Ennio Morricone and The Art of Noise.
*Pre-performance benefit reception at 6 p.m.; tickets $145 including performance.
