Hello Louisiana Panorama Dancers,
I hope this finds you and your families safe and sound after Hurricane Gustav pounded through Baton Rouge. It must have been a frightening experience. The power is most likely still out, but when you get this message I have an assignment for you.
In relating art to life and vice versa – [...]
By janet | August 14, 2008
TO THE BATON ROUGE CAST OF MARTHA GRAHAM’S PANORAMA
Welcome to the world of Martha Graham! This is Janet Eilber – Blakeley tells me that you are doing a great job and have already mapped out all of Panorama! We thought you might like to visit this site and learn more about another production [...]
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During the first week of classes, students were split into groups to learn sections of Clytemnestra as taught to them by members from the company. I had the fortunate experience to learn Electra’s name-calling, taught by principal dancer Blakeley White-McGuire. We learned about the character and how she was short-changed by her mother, instigating her [...]
Today’s Panorama rehearsal was intense. After many days and millions of counts, we have finished the eleven minute Panorama piece. The hard work is just beginning as we continue to rehearse and clean up the piece in preparation for the SPAC performance.
Elyse says, “I’m amazed at how we’ve become an ensemble in just a few [...]
Here is a short clip of the floor pattern in Panorama. The video was shot in the rehearsal studio. Personally, I’m pretty impressed everyone is learning the piece so quickly given it’s only Day 2 of the residency.
To see photos of the work in progress, visit our flickr page.
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