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The title of the dance VIBRANT SOULS is a translation of the Yiddish
"lebedike n'shomah". It is a completely new work, with 14 dancers. The
dance and music are inseparable. The riveting, original music is
driving, rhythmic, climatic and filled with the vitality of Eastern
European Jewish dance.
The choreography has its roots in the passion of the Jewish Wedding.
The unifying power of the tribal circle fills the stage with a growing
wild exuberance, becoming a rhythmic ecstatic spell for the greater
good. The power of the community to heal and to celebrate is revealed
through magical dance arguments and resolutions, using rhythm to turn
the grotesque into shattering ecstasy, beauty and tenderness.
The movement pulses with the presence of "old souls", whose spirit
inhabits and takes over the dancers and guides their steps and instills
us all with hopefulness.
Vibrant
Souls was a smash hit with audiences during the "Choreographers Without
Companies" concerts at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati in
June, 2005.
Press Review
Audience Reactions
- Fanchon,
I was in attendance at Saturday evening’s
performance. Your piece was simply in a
class of its own! The visual impact of
the costumes coordinated with the choreography was incredibly striking, and the musical score was
impeccable. I am certainly not a
professional artist - only a fond observer - but I could easily have envisioned
myself watching your performance on Broadway.
Congratulations on a beautiful job well done!
- Fanchon
and Bonia, That was beautiful! Visually stunning, dramatic, intense, joyous,
wonderful.
- I’m
hoping for a video of the performance - maybe I can even show it in Germany. It is so good. Still running through my head
Photos from the Dance John Burgess
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