sjDANCEco presents "Encores and Celebration" a program of two revivals and performances of four World Premieres. The new works are by choreographers Fred Mathews, Maria Basile, Hsiang Hsiu Lin, Gary Masters and the dancers of sjDANCEco.
Presented in collaboration with San José Chamber Orchestra.
The Program:
Earth Song (Revival from 1988)
Choreography: Fred Mathews
Music: Untitled. Unknown composer. Electronic/synthesized sounds.
Yield (World Premiere)
Choreography: Maria Basile
Music: Nastasya Khruscheva (“Koub” Final movement from "The Book of Sadness and Joy") and Mark Kohn (Hymn for Strings Orchestra)
Rising (World Premiere)
Choreography: Hsiang Hsiu Lin
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (Aria da Capo from the Goldberg Variations) and Claude Debussy (Clair de Lune)
Hymn to a New Dawn (World Premiere)
Choreography: Gary Masters with major contributions from Fred Mathews and the Dancers
Part 1 – “Looking Back”
Music: Michael Touchi (Nocturn 1997)
*Part 2 – “Seeing Forward”
Music: Gabriel Faure (Cantique de Jean Racine)
"Flying Colors" (Revival from 2018)
Choreography: Fred Mathews
Music: J.S. Bach Violin Concerto #2
"The Mitten" (World Premiere)
Chorography: a collaboration by the Dancers of sjDANCEco set to the fairytale "The Mitten."
Music: Mona Reese Hassing. (San Jose composer who often creates for the San Jose Chamber Orchestra)
Story: Marie Olofsdotter
Pricing: $39 - $45. General Admission.
$80 - $100. VIP Package.
VIP packages include VIP seating and a Saturday evening reception with the Dancers and Choreographers, Guest Artists, Artistic Directors, Musical Director, Board of Trustees, and Guest Artists.