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April 3, 2008 at 1:50 am · Filed under dance, gala, dancing, miki orihara, MIKI, martha graham dance company
It was March 12, 2008.I know it was almost a month ago.
My friend’s sister goes to this school and here is the Gala performance that her sister and her friends started to raise fund for DRA last year. Last year they had a dancer from Bill T. Jones and this year was us, MGDC.
from MGDC, Oliver Tobin spoke about DRA, opened the program and MG’s Satyric Festival Song was the opener for this evening.
It was such a fun night.
This performance was formed with students from this school at Friends Seminary, dancers are from 8 years old to senior in High school. Those 8 year old dancers, themselves choreographed short dance! Amazing!
There is a dancer teacher who takes care of all age students. Wow I could not believe how much energy they have. when everydancers are there, waiting to start, well it was vibrating energy…
what they see and what they created was timely intresting. Their movement and try some serious dancing and more. One girl who danced Indian/Ethnic dance mixture who does not study with anybody but came up the idea to dance this, and now she is thinking about attending some classes. A tap dancer who performed improvisation was amazing too. He was proffesional level. It was very toughing that one girl with crathces was dancing with her friends. She danced everything her friends are doing. Lay on the floor, pick up other dancer, and running around. They were all equal. Dancers are having fun and you can tell they are having great time.
When I was dancing Satyric, I heard somebody said, “it is scary…” I don’t know may be the LOOK that I made was that way??? Oh well, but they responded very interestingly well.
Last year they raised $2000 for this gala, and this year they raised $1600! This is great but it does not matter how much they made. It is great that those students( dancers) did something for NY community and they were aware what is in our field and the field that some of them are going in need a lot of support. and they are actually doing something very important.
So I give them BIG 10!!!
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November 11, 2007 at 7:17 am · Filed under dance, tour, miki orihara, MIKI, martha graham dance company
This is Annenberg Center in Philadelphia where we performed past three days.
I always like their tad.
The first part of the show is called Prelude and Revolt:Denishwan to Graham.
Here, Katherine Crockett in Ruth St. Denis’s “Insence”
St Denis’s Exotic beauty
This “Prelude and Revolt” included “Serenata Morisca” by Ted Shawn, “Lamentation” by Marhta Graham(in these pictures,Once again Katherine Crockett)
“Panorama” by Martha Graham, reconstruct by Yuriko in 1992 was danced by dancers from the University of the Arts-School of Dance.
and ended with two sections from “Chronicle”. These are rehearsal pictures from the wing.
After the intermission, “Embattled Garden” by MG danced by
Eve: I (Miki)(Pink), Adam:David Zurak, Lilith:Carrie Ellmore-Tallitch(Yellow), The Stranger:Lloyd Knight
Right before curtain went up. Checking our set and waiting…Set by Isamu Noguchi, Music by Carlos Srinach
David and I, in the first part of the “Embattled Garden” something is going to happen…
Very Spanish…
And the last was “Acts of Light” by MG in 1981. these pictures are from the last section “Ritual to the Sun”
And now we are off to Frostburg, ME tomorrow… 5 hour bus ride…
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November 8, 2007 at 4:20 pm · Filed under dance, tour, art, stage, miki orihara, MIKI, martha graham dance company, noguchi
This is once again the same shot that I took from “Appalachian Spring” photo call run.
This is Jessie Ksanznak, one of our stage manager on this fall. She is wataching “Appalachian Spring” from the stage right.
She is running her cues.
This is a REAL back stage. Cross over is a bit like a old club.
Here Denise Vale, who used to dance in the company and now rehearsal director is giving notes after the run. on the left Jackie Bulnes , on the right Jacquelien Elder with Maurizio Nardi on the rock.
The other moment after the run, David Zurak is feeling the space, and Maurizio and the Followers( Atsuko, Jacqueline and Masha on site) getting notes.
and finally, Jessie could have a stage!!!
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November 6, 2007 at 4:45 am · Filed under backstage, dance, tour, travel, art, miki orihara, MIKI, martha graham dance company, noguchi, wings
I don’t even remember where we were.
“El Penitente” sets by Isamu Noguchi. This is one of my favorite pieces to dance. I started to dance “El Penitente” when I was in the Ensemble. This is one of the pieces that I worked on with Yuriko and Martha, and it was a hard but wonderful experience.
(Here David Zurak as Christ figure changing behind the sail. and death cart on the floor)
(Tadej Brdnik is Penitent)
This is the “Applachian Spring” set viewed from down stage right. Another beautiful Isamu Noguchi set!!!
From the left, David Zurak as Husband Man, Maurizio Nardi as Preature, Four Followers are Jacqueline Elder, Atsuko Tonohata, Jackie Bulnes and Mariya Dashkina Maddux, Katherine Crocket as Pionerring Woman in the last prayer during Bride’s solo.
more to come…
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November 5, 2007 at 3:14 pm · Filed under dance, art, miki orihara, MIKI, martha graham dance company, fall for dance
This is the first year that NY City Center’s project “Fall for Dance” is expanded to California.
MGDC was there.
This is Orange County Performing Art Center. On the right is the theater we performed. on the left is the concert hall and center piece is RIchard Sirra’s ( I know this spelling is not right) “Conecter”.
after the inside performance, there is a airial work on the wall of the OCPAC.
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October 15, 2007 at 2:07 am · Filed under dance, SUSAN, los angeles, mobile, miki orihara, martha graham dance company
from Disneyland. Enjoying the park with Graham dancers Atsuko and Miki (our very own)! B-)
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