Three World Premieres, Falla and Flamenco Highlight Peridance's Spring Season 2014, 3/15-23

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC) has announced its upcoming New York Spring Season, spanning two weekends: March 15th & 16th and March 22nd & 23rd, 2014. The Company's highly anticipated season will take place at Peridance's resident venue, the Salvatore Capezio Theater.

During the first weekend of performances, the Company will unveil an exciting new repertory with three world premieres by Artistic Director Igal Perry, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Robyn Mineko Williams and Nederlands Dans Theater's Alumnus, Bryan Arias. The March 15th performance will also include a special performance by the Peridance Youth Ensemble, in support of the Company's outreach programs.

For the second weekend, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company has been selected to perform in the 2014 NY Flamenco Festival with El Amor Brujo, a masterwork featuring renowned Spanish cantaora Roci?o Baza?n accompanied by the Perspectives Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil- Ordo?n?ez, in an evening of "Falla and Flameco."

PCDC's repertory expands this season with Artistic Director Igal Perry's elegant choreography, often in collaboration with contemporary composers, which have been described as "craftsmanship and admirable choreography" (Jack Anderson, NYTimes), and being "blessedly inventive" (Jennifer Dunning, NYTimes).

Robyn Mineko Williams is a 2013 Princess Grace Choreography Award recipient and a Hubbard Street Dance Chicago alumna. In her new creation for the company Ms. Williams uses personal experience to explore how notions of and alterations in gender affect artistic representations of human interaction and intimate relationships.

A native of Puerto Rico, Choreographer Bryan Arias is a former dancer with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theater, and most recently, Crystal Pite's Kidd Pivot. Mr. Arias is currently a freelance artist in New York City, exploring the lengths of his artistry through choreographing, collaborating, and educating.

The NY Flamenco Festival is dedicated to the promotion of flamenco artists outside of Spain, and has become an international annual event showcasing the leading flamenco names of today.

This season, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company will perform a fully staged production of Manuel de Falla's flamenco masterpiece El Amor Brujo featuring the famous Spanish flamenco cantaora Rocio Baza?n accompanied by Perspectives Ensemble conducted by Angil Gil- Ordo?n?ez. Performance includes Rocio Baza?n singing a flamenco set with guitarist Dani de Moro?n, and songs by Falla and Federico Garci?a Lorca.

Flamenco Cantora, Roci?o Baza?n, was born in Estepona, Ma?laga (Spain) in 1977. As young flamenco singer (cantaora), she is considered as one of the big realities in current Flamenco. She grew up singing in flamenco festivals and soon the recognition came receiving her firsts singing awards just like "Jo?venes Cantaores" award in "Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas de La Unio?n" and "Giraldillo Jo?venes Inte?rpretes" award in the "Bienal de Arte Flamenco de Sevilla" as an extensive records flamenco singer.

Former Associate Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Spain, PostClassical Productions Music Director Angel Gil-Ordo?n?ez has conducted symphonic music, opera and ballet throughout Europe, the United States and Latin America.In the U.S., he has appeared with the American Composers Orchestra, Opera Colorado, the Pacific Symphony, the

Hartford Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and the National Gallery Orchestra in Washington. Abroad, he has been heard with the Munich Philharmonic, the Solistes de Berne, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and at the Bellas Artes National Theatre in Mexico City.

Perspectives Ensemble was founded by Artistic Director, Sato Moughalian in 1993 as the resident ensemble for the series Perspectives in Music and Art at Columbia University. The ensemble has presented thematic concerts as well as programs on subjects that bridge the visual, musical, and literary arts, consistently receiving the highest critical accolades. Perspectives Ensemble collaborates with some of the most dynamic and visionary conductors today, including Angel Gil-Ordonez.

Weekend I
3 World Premieres
Igal Perry - Robyn Mineko Williams - Bryan Arias
March 15th | 7:30pm (with a special performance by Peridance Youth Ensemble)
March 16th | 2:30pm & 6:30pm

Weekend II
Falla and Flamenco with the NY Flamenco Festival
March 22nd | 8:00pm
March 23rd | 4:00pm & 7:00pm
Flamenco Singer Rocio Bazan
Perspectives Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordonez
Choreography by Igal Perry

Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance 126 E. 13th Street, New York, NY, 10003. NYC Tickets: $20.00-$30.00 Available for purchase at the Salvatore Capezio Theater box office or online.