HOURGLASS is a continuous one-hour performance by the Robin Cox Ensemble inviting participation of dance improvisers. Guidance for dance improvisation provided by Stephanie Nugent. Participate as a mover, listener, or observer!
The Robin Cox Ensemble has held over 150 performances, released three critically acclaimed CDs, and broadcast on over eighty radio stations since 1999. Along with Cox’s own music, this “post-classical” sextet performs music by composers as diverse as John Luther Adams, Michael Gordon, Steve Reich, and Evan Ziporyn, incorporating amplification, electronic sound, and video to create unique concerts. Recent commissions and concerts have included performers and composers such as Todd Reynolds, Andrew Russo, Bill Ryan, Sarah Cahill, Eve Beglarian, Common Sense Composers Collective, Pamela Z, Amy X Neuburg, Brad Dutz, Art Jarvinen, Scott Deal, Carolyn Bremer, Alan Terricciano, Leslie Hogan, and Ryan Brown.
RCE also frequently performs in non-traditional venues, bringing to stage more than thirty works involving video artists, dance companies, and playwrights. Collaborators have included Loretta Livingston, Stephanie Nugent, Catey Ott, Eun Jung Choi, Jerry Pearson, Judy Bauerlein, and Kwame Braun. Honors include a 2003 nomination by the LA Weekly as “Outstanding Classical Ensemble/Artist" and 2002, 2003 Lester Horton Awards for Outstanding Music for Modern Dance.
The LA Times wrote "impressive...a refreshingly diverse new musical encounter" and the Santa Barbara Independent has remarked “the music is smart, but also warm to the ears”. Members have a history of dedication to contemporary music, with affiliations including the California Ear Unit, Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, the Eclipse Quartet, and the Los Angeles Percussion Collective. For more information about The Robin Cox Ensemble, visit www.robincoxensemble.
HOURGLASS was composed by Robin Cox May/June 2010
The Robin Cox Ensemble features:
Robin Cox - violin/composer
Matthew Cook - percussion
Danny Holt - piano
Erik Leckrone - percussion
Derek Stein - cello
Marty Walker - bass clarinet
Nic Chaffee and David Goyette - audio engineering
Don't forget to mark your calendar for our upcoming dance events.
Commuter Dance Festival, Thursday Oct 7 and Friday Oct 8, 8 p.m.
Open House Concert, Thursday Oct 21 and Friday Oct 22, 8 p.m.
BFA 2 Solo Concert, Thursday Nov 11 and Friday Nov 12, 8 p.m.
Noon(ish) Concert, Tuesday Nov 23, 12:30 p.m.
Winter Dance Concert at the Walt Disney Modular Theater Thursday Dec 9, Friday Dec 10 and Sat Dec 11, 8 p.m.
Winter Dance Concert at REDCAT Friday Dec 17 and Saturday Dec 18, 8:30 p.m.
All performances take place in the Sharon Disney Lund Theater unless otherwise noted
For more information about the CalArts Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, visit www.dance.calarts.edu
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Posted by: Jane | November 04, 2011 at 01:06 AM