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NEW DEAL and other dances: June 2 & 3

05.04.2009

The featured premiere for the Christopher Caines Dance Company's 10th annual New York season is New Deal, set to the music of the British band Radiohead, arranged for solo piano by Christopher O'Riley. In this taut, athletic work, Caines explores the sound world of Radiohead's music as revealed in O'Riley's acclaimed, pathbreaking transcriptions. The evening will also include the premiere of a commissioned duet for company dancers Michelle Vargo and Cornelius Brown, set to the passionately romantic songs of Spanish composer Enrique Granados. Completing the program will be a revival: a suite of solos danced by the choreographer from ARIAS (2000), the evening-length work that Christopher Caines created in the year he founded his company.

Both performances will feature an introduction to his process by the choreographer, assisted by his dancers and musicians, focusing on the development of movement material in New Deal and the relationship of choreographic structure to musical form. Both evenings will conclude with a Q&A session with the audience, Caines, and his collaborators. The 8-member ensemble will be joined for the season by two of the company's most longstanding musical collaborators, pianist Marija Ilic and mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen.

Can't Sleep, Inc. presents the
CHRISTOPHER CAINES DANCE COMPANY in
New Deal and other dances
June 2 & 3, 8 p.m.
New York City Center Studios
130 West 56th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues

To purchase tickets please visit Upcoming Events on this Web site.
For further information: 917.217.3698.