AMERICAN STORIES

At the center of American Stories, which features two distinctively original dance works about the American experience - small town life, and war - is the world premiere of Donald Byrd's Interrupted Narratives/War. Thought-provoking and evocative, Interrupted Narratives/War. asks us to consider how we grieve, memorialize and remember those we have lost as a result of war. It explores the mental impact and emotional devastation of death caused by armed conflict and how lives are interrupted and disrupted by wars. Performed with the inimitable fire of the dancers of SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER to the music of iconoclasts Muslimgauze and Tin Hat.

American Stories opens with KORESH DANCE COMPANY of Philadelphia performing Living in East Podunk (2003), a favorite Byrd satirical piece that dares to "expose" the hidden drama, seductions and domestic/sexual delights of ordinary small town life.

DATES & TIME

October 5 & 6, 2007

LOCATION

At The Moore Theatre
1932 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98107 -
206.467.5510
Directions: click here

REVIEWS

From an audience member , after attending Interrupted Narratives/WAR:
"I was too stunned, and too respectful, to clap much after the performance on Saturday night. So please consider this loud and prolonged applause for the entire show, and especially for Interrupted Narratives/War. I'm still asking myself questions after seeing this piece, and continue to see the dancers writing in the sand. It's a provocative and evocative piece, powerfully conceived and danced, and I'm so glad I finally got it together to go see a Spectrum Dance performance."

SEATTLE PI (October 3, 2007 - By KARY WAYSON)
If you think of a phrase of movement as a figure of physical speech, then what does Donald Byrd's new dance say? I recently had the great luck to sit in on a rehearsal of Spectrum Dance Theater's production of Byrd's "Interrupted Narratives/War," which will have its world premiere at the Moore Theatre Friday and Saturday night... [READ MORE (PDF doc. 56KB)]

VIDEO BLOG USER COMMENT (October 7, 2007)
Saturday I was able to catch Spectrum Dance Theater’s American Stories. A program that contained Artistic Director Donald Byrd’s Living in East Podunk and Interrupted Narratives/WAR. The unifying theme being the examination of facets of contemporary American life...[READ MORE (PDF doc. 56KB)]

MORE INFO ABOUT TIN HAT

http://www.tinhattrio.com/cont_frm.html

MORE INFO ABOUT KORESH DANCE

http://www.koreshdance.org/

For questions, call 206-325 4161
or email us at staff@spectrumdance.org.