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photos of Carl & Anna at: Clear Away in Photos
& Music
Assembly
presentation:
1] Opening:
Fight, Fisherman's Vow, Childhood I and Pas de Deux from "Clear Away".Music
by Jeffry Steele, choreographed by Carl & danced with Anna 2]
Moving to a Song (I): "I see with my Hands" (K-4) or "If I had a Hammer" (5-12)
Carl teaches literal gestures to audience while Jeffry teaches lyrics and melody.
Moving to a Song (II): Carl dances
to same song, in a more interpretive style, while audience sings it with Jeffry.
3] Student movement group: A class
of students that has met with Carl and Jeffry in a workshop prior to this presentation
-- or a class that has simply been recruited ahead of time -- comes up on stage
and models movements depicting the different phases of the Water Cycle (raindrops,
puddles, stream, river, ocean, evaporation, thunderstorm). Evoking distinct textures
for each movement, Jeffry accompanies them on guitar. This may also involve (particularly
if a workshop is held with them beforehand) some students underscoring the music
with hand percussion instruments.
4]
Movement Machine: Teachers are then invited up to the stage to become
part of a repetitive movement "assembly line", which begins with one person, then
adds another every few measures -- each participant feeding off the preceding
one until there is a large accumulation spanning the stage. Jeffry provides musical
accompaniment with his synthesizer-guitar piece, "Jacob's Dream" -- which employs
a mechanical-sounding ostinato and a one-second echo. Carl then dances through
the audience -- leading students in a medley of movements seen earlier in the
program -- until the music concludes.
5]
Reprise of Pas de Deux or Question/Answer Period