Abrons Arts Center to Present U.S. Premiere of SOLITUDES SOLO

Abrons Arts Center presents the U.S. premiere of Montreal-based choreographer Daniel Léveillé's Solitudes solo. Léveillé's performance is part of Abrons' new dance series, Travelogues, curated by Laurie Uprichard. Performances will take place Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, at 8pm, and Sunday, February 1, at 3pm, in Abrons Arts Center's Experimental Theater.

In Solitudes solo five dancers aim toward unity and beauty through the physical risks of breaking and falling. Created as a series of solos, and set to Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin, the work imposes rigorous and syncopated movement scores on the dancers as a means of accessing emotion and immateriality. Voir magazine described the work, saying, "Léveillé pushes his dancers on paths steeper than ever in a work where aridity and tension eventually bring about joy. A great work of art." Solitudes solo premiered at L'Agora de la danse in Montréal in September 2012.

Solitudes solo is performed by Mathieu Campeau, Esther Gaudette, Justin Gionet, Jason Martin, and Emmanuel Proulx. Lighting design is by Marc Parent.

Three of Léveillé's previous works, Amour, Acide et Noix (2001), La Pudeur des Icebergs (2004), and Crépuscule des Océans (2007), were presented at Danspace Project during Laurie Uprichard's tenure, to audience and critical acclaim.

Laurie Uprichard is currently an independent producer and formerly director of the Dublin Dance Festival in Ireland (2007-2011) and Danspace Project, New York City (1992-2007).Travelogues introduces Abrons' audiences to new dance works by choreographers she has come across in her frequent travels. Four programs will be presented in 2015, including works by Kimberly Bartosik and Dylan Crossman in a shared program May 21-24; the Irish company ponydance, October 15-25, presented in association with the Irish Arts Center; and the Los Angeles-based choreographer Lionel Popkin, October 28-November 1.

Tickets for Daniel Léveillé Danse are $15 and can be purchased through Abrons Arts Center's box office at 212-352-3101, or online at www.abronsartscenter.org. Abrons Arts Center is located at 466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street) in Manhattan.