Inclined Dance Project Presents LLMoves In inQUAD at Dixon Place
By: BWW News Desk Aug. 09, 2017
LLMoves is a NYC-based company focused on integrating dance with fashion, film, photography, visual arts, technology, and music in unique collaborations. By combining a variety of artistic mediums in innovative ways, founder Lindsey L. Miller strives to use art as a way to impact audiences' thoughts and emotions through a sensory experience. The choreography focuses on utilizing classically influenced lines with a contemporary aesthetic to showcase the company dancers' athleticism and grace, as well as artistic expression at its finest. This company's mission is to keep dance alive and growing in our society by evolving with the current times. To keep dance a relevant part of our culture, LLMoves strives to expand its presence beyond the traditional performance settings and combining forces with other forms of art to reach a wider audience.
ABOUT INQUAD
inQUAD is Inclined Dance Project's original performance series featuring the work of emerging female choreographers. Loosely inspired by Samuel Beckett's play "Quad" (in which four figures, both seemingly alike and different, utilize unique spatial patterns and individual movement trajectories to explore their stage space), this performance series brings together four artists who share similar creative theories but showcase uniquely different styles. Each choreographer's distinct virtuosity and singular exhibition give way to a dynamic showcase of innovative and contemporary dance.
Inclined Dance Project Presents LLMoves In inQUAD at Dixon Place
AUGUST 18TH AND 19TH, 2017 - 7:30pm
161 CHRYSTIE STREET, NY, NY 10002
Between Rivington and Delancey - Near Subways F/J/Z/6/M/B/D
Tickets: $16 online and $20 at door
http://dixonplace.org/performances/inquad-4/
ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHY
THE TREES ARE FALLING is a new choreographic work on a cast of six dancers by Artistic Director of LLMoves Lindsey L. Miller to be premiered at inQuad. The work is addressing the topic of man versus nature. Through choreography and film projections, we explore the struggle the human race faces of how to live within the planet's natural environment without destroying it. We express how humanity needs nature and a healthy ecosystem in order to survive, but our society has not yet figured out how to do so without also harming Earth in the process.
IMPULSE is a duet choreographed by Lindsey L. Miller dealing with two parts of one individual. The original premise of this duet was the question "Is it persistence or insanity to repeat the same actions over and over again and expect different results?" As a product of the dance world, you grow up practicing the same steps over and over striving for growth, but as a professional artist, you realize that in life sometimes this way of working does not get the results that we want. The comfort and familiarity in repeating tasks can be productive and necessary at times, as long as the compulsive behavior doesn't stop us from looking for new paths towards growth.
THE ARTISTS
· ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF LLMOVES
· CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, AND VIDEO EDITOR
LINDSEY L. MILLER is a professional dancer, choreographer, model, and dance/fitness instructor based in NYC. She graduated with honors at Illinois State University with a degree in dance performance and trained in the professional training program at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. Additional training has come from Joffrey Ballet School NYC, Twyla Tharp Foundation, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, School of Ballet Chicago, Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company, Peridance Capezio Center, Steps on Broadway, and Sheppard Academy of Vocal Arts. Professionally, she has danced with Benoit Swan Pouffer, Desmond Richardson, Abdur-Rahim Jackson, Quixotic Cirque Nouveau, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Beth Soll, Trainor Dance, Antoinette DiPietropolo, Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre, Kari Lindstrom's "Movement Paintings", and Ballet des Amériques. She has been featured in dance film work, such as Maroon 5 and Lorde's tour visuals with director GMD3 and the feature film Asura, filmed in Beijing, China.
· MUSIC
ATONAL HITS - 12:01 minute original score of piano and violin composed by Illya Filshtinskiy Performed by aTonalHits - Illya Filshtinskiy (piano) and Katha Zinn (violin)
· COSTUMES
ZACHARY ALEXANDER - Costumes are being designed by fashion designer Zachary Alexander who is also performing as a dancer in this work. He is utilizing custom made fabrics of his own photography of nature for THE TREES ARE FALLING costumes.
· PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO
COURT WHELAN - Court's background in wildlife and conservation biology led him to pursue a joint PhD in ecotourism and entomology, while simultaneously coordinating and guiding small-group wildlife and nature expeditions around the world. His passion for travel and guiding quickly gave rise to a passion for photography, photographing some of the rarest species and most sensitive ecosystems around our planet. From leading nature safaris to such far-flung places as Papua New Guinea and Madagascar, to locales closer to home such as Costa Rica, Belize and Mexico, Court says his guiding experiences allow him to "help people travel to and learn about extraordinary natural areas that make meaningful lifelong impressions for everyone involved." Court currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, where he is an Expedition Leader and the Director of Sustainability and Conservation Travel at Natural Habitat Adventures and WWF Travel.
WWF FUNDRAISER
In honor of our newest dance/media creation THE TREES ARE FALLING, LLMoves is trying to not only build awareness of conservation needs but also directly contribute by fundraising for World Wildlife Fund.
http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/TR?px=11447919&fr_id=1593&pg=personal
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