IVESIAN ARTS presents

MICHELE BRANGWEN DANCE & MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Friday September 8, 2023 at 7:30 P.M.

JAMES & MARTHA DUFFY PERFORMANCE SPACE
MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER

3 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11217

ADVANCE PURCHASE OF TICKETS REQUIRED:

https://michele-brangwen-dance-ensemble.square.site/

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THE JAZZ LOFT presents

MICHELE BRANGWEN DANCE & MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Saturday September 9, 2023 at 7:00 P.M.

THE JAZZ LOFT

275 Christian Avenue

Stony Brook, NY  11790  

TICKETS: https://www.thejazzloft.org/tickets

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MICHELE BRANGWEN DANCE & MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Friday, Saturday & Sunday March 8,9 & 10, 2024

MATCHBOX 2, Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston

3400 Main Street

Houston TX 77002

Please check back for ticket link!

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We are pleased to announce that we will be premiering a new dance & music work in Fall of 2023 entitled FACES OF SUN AND WIND.

 

FACES OF SUN AND WIND inspires us to think on the power of one person linking their energy to another, as in a microgrid set up to deliver renewable energy to a community that has united to generate it. The mircrogrid is also a perfect metaphor for how activism can start with just one person and grow to the power of the many working for meaningful change. FACES OF SUN AND WIND features choreography & costumes by Michele Brangwen and music by Jon Irabagon, with sections of movement & music created in the moment by all performers. The performance is co-presented by Ivesian Arts.

 

Michele Brangwen writes: “When the Amazon labor union leader Chris Smalls was asked “what is the single most important component of activism,” he replied: “to start from a place of love.” When you think about it, that quote is quite powerful. We have a lot of work to do to combat the climate crisis. I don't think we are going to mobilize in the ways in which we need to if we approach it from a place of shame or anger, but instead I think the progress will come from a place of love: love for each other and love for the earth. In creating FACES OF SUN AND WIND I wanted to create a work that would surround the audience with a feeling of welcome.”

 

The program will also include UNENDING, a work inspired by the music of John Coltrane, with choreography and costumes by Michele Brangwen, music by Grammy-nominated composer & trumpeter Tim Hagans, and movement and music created in the moment by all performers. UNENDING follows the form of a traditional jazz tune, with set choreography and music to the head and bridge, and then improvised duets for dancers and musicians during the choruses.

 

Performers: MEREDITH FAGES, CRISTIAN LAVERDE KOENIG, LINDSEY McGILL & MICHELE BRANGWEN, dancers; TIM HAGANS, trumpet; JON IRABAGON, saxophone; THOMAS HELTON, double bass; SAM KNIGHT, drums.

 

We are excited to announce that we will be performing FACES OF SUN AND WIND in three different cities this Fall: Houston, New York & Stony Brook.

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Tickets On Sale Now!

Friday September 8, 2023 at 7:30 P.M.

JAMES & MARTHA DUFFY PERFORMANCE SPACE
MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER

3 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11217

ADVANCE PURCHASE OF TICKETS REQUIRED:

https://michele-brangwen-dance-ensemble.square.site/

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FACES OF SUN AND WIND is made possible in part by funding from the Mayor's Office Of Cultural Affairs/City Of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Puffin Foundation and New Music USA.

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