2013 · Dance – stage work
Azimuth
Alonzo King · Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
A large-ensemble work by Alonzo King created for the combined dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet, a meditation on transcendence set to an original score by Ben Juodvalkis interwoven with sacred and choral recordings.
- Premiere
- 2013-02-01
- Venue
- Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley (Cal Performances)
- Where
- Berkeley, CA
- Performances
- Joint Hubbard Street Dance Chicago / Alonzo King LINES Ballet tour, 2013: Harris Theater, Chicago (March 2013); Overture Hall, Madison, WI (March 2013); Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, through June 23, 2013).
- Credits
- Choreography: Alonzo King. Original music: Ben Juodvalkis, combined with recorded works by the Chamber Choir of Versija, Escolania de Montserrat, Richard Kaplan and Mrs. Sidney Carter. Costumes: Robert Rosenwasser. Lighting: Axel Morgenthaler. Visual effects: Jim Doyle. Performed by 28 dancers (16 from Hubbard Street, 12 from LINES), including Courtney Henry, Laura O'Malley, Ricardo Zayas, Kellie Epperheimer, Meredith Webster, Alice Klock, Kevin Shannon, Johnny McMillan, Caroline Rocher, Keelan Whitmore, Michael Montgomery.
Press
“the dancers moved fluidly through the piece in constellations of small groups, trios, duets, and ensembles to original music by composer/musician Ben Juodvalkis”
“largely of a religious or spiritual nature and helps frame the piece as one with higher aspirations beyond the mundane world”
“Collaboration was everywhere; from dancers costumed like sand bodies by constructionists Joan Raymond and Rebecca Shouse to Ben Juodvalkis's original music.”
“The bodies of dancers in nude or near-nude leotards enter the stage to a choral interlude in Ben Juodvalkis's original music.”
“Much of the score for 'Azimuth' depended on liturgical music drawn from Judaic, Christian, and Gospel sources, including original musical collaborations by Ben Juodvalkis.”
“the recently debuted, hit-and-miss Azimuth, King's overlong and rather cluttered set of nine dances to original music by Ben Juodvalkis”
“For 'Azimuth,' King chose some original music by Millennial generation Bay Area composer Ben Juodvalkis, and a lot of Russian liturgical chants.”
Elsewhere
- Hubbard Street Meets LINES — San Francisco Classical Voice, 2013-02-03
- Hubbard Street Dance – Little mortal jump, Azimuth, Too Beaucoup – San Francisco — DanceTabs, 2013-02-12
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago review — Berkeleyside, 2013-02-04
- Review: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet — California Literary Review, 2013
- Scheherazade, Azimuth and One Hip Little Ballet on Hubbard Street/Lines Ballet Program in Los Angeles — Steven Woodruff (blog), 2013-06-30
- Los Angeles Dance Review: Hubbard Street Dance & Alonzo King LINES Ballet — Stage and Cinema, 2013-06-21
- Double Dance Performance Power Comes to Overture Hall — Culture Oyster Wut (blog), 2013-03-05
- Hubbard Street and LINES Ballet — Chicago magazine, 2013-03
More with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- LINES New York tour 2013 2013
- Constellation 2012