Groundhog Festival of New Music and Dance

Thursday, 31 January through Sunday, 2 February 2002, 8 PM

Link's Hall, 3435 N. Sheffield, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL


performances by and/or including:

Jim Baker
Nathaniel Braddock
Kyle Bruckman
Jerome Bryerton
Todd Carter (TV Pow)
Asimina Chremos
Brent Gutzeit (TV Pow)
Michael Hartman (TV Pow)
Gustavo Ramirez
Lauri Stallings
Mario Zambrano


Thursday 31 January
Mamet
Inspired by the playwright David Mamet, that it is not in words, but in silence, that human emotion is conveyed, Lauri Stallings explores the still in the moving, and the void within the text. With fellow Hubbard St. dancer Geoff Meyers, the watcher will be transported form screen to still life, moving life, amidst this journey called "Mamet".


3-0-4
3-0-4 is a composite piece for three improvising musicians, juxtaposing open improvisation with portable pre-written cells. The piece was conceived for electronics, ten-string table guitar and any one friend. This performance by Braddock-Baker-Bruckman.


Friday 1 February
Three Dance Monologues to Gavin Bryars "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet", choreographed by Gustavo Ramirez. Performed by Chremos, Stallings, and Zambrano.

Mamet
Inspired by the playwright David Mamet, that it is not in words, but in silence, that human emotion is conveyed, Lauri Stallings explores the still in the moving, and the void within the text. With fellow Hubbard St. dancer Geoff Meyers, the watcher will be transported form screen to still ife, moving life, amidst this journey called "Mamet"


Saturday 2 February
3-0-4
3-0-4 is a composite piece for three improvising musicians, juxtaposing open improvisation with portable pre-written cells. The piece was conceived for electronics, ten-string table guitar and any one friend. This performance by Braddock-Baker-Bruckman.


Quartets for Six
score by Michael Hartman, Choreography by Asimina Chremos
Quartets for Six combines all of the possible combinations of four from six performers. The quartets last for 3 minutes and are played successively in a randomly determined order. With at least one member changing and one member remaining the same in each quartet, the piece creates a sonic and visual weave of sound and/or motion. Performed by TV Pow, Chremos, Stallings, and Zambrano.


Sunday 3 February
Quartets for Six
score by Michael Hartman, Choreography by Asimina Chremos
Quartets for Six combines all of the possible combinations of four from six performers. The quartets last for 3 minutes and are played successively in a randomly determined order. With at least one member changing and one member remaining the same in each quartet, the piece creates a sonic and visual weave of sound and/or motion. Performed by TV Pow, Chremos, Stallings, and Zambrano.


Three Dance Monologues to Gavin Bryars "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet", choreographed by Gustavo Ramirez. Performed by Chremos, Stallings, and Zambrano.