CENTRAL PARK
SUMMERSTAGE 2007
SCHEDULE OF
CONFIRMED EVENTS
All artists, dates
and times subject to change
Log on to
www.SummerStge.org for updates
and for complete artist descriptions, photographs and sound clips.
Friday, July
6 8:00 PM
Dance
Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
Full Circle Soul Productions
Ronald K. Brown/
Evidence will be presenting several works from their repertoire,
including "High Life" featuring live accompaniment by Wunmi
Olaiya
Full Circle's
urban theater fusion celebrates the power of creativity to triumph
over everyday life in the ‘hood.
Friday, July 27 8:00 PM
Dance
David
Parsons Dance
Cedar Lake
Contemporary Ballet
Cedar Lake
Contemporary Ballet will present Ohad Naharins clever and
humorous full-company piece “Decadence,” which distorts the reality
between audience & performer. Choosing from a repertoire of over 70
works, David Parsons brings to us contemporary dance that is both
engaging and uplifting.
Thursday, August
2 7:30 PM
Word
Amiri
Baraka
Sonia
Sanchez
Iconoclastic literary
legend Amiri Baraka reads from his recently published collection of
short fiction spanning the early 1970s to the twenty-first century,
Tales of the Out & the Gone (Akashic Books). Renowned poet and
Black Arts Movement pioneer Sonia Sanchez joins him on the program.
Friday, August 3 8:00 PM
Dance
Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco)
Camille A
Brown & Dancers
Philadanco,
Philadelphia’s preeminant dance company, brings its fresh and
innovative works to Central Park, while Canille A. Brown & Dancers
will present several works, including “ The Evolution Of A Secured
Feminine,” a solo work that creates a witty and humorous portrayal of
a character in the midst of a journey vacillating between uncertainty
and carefree expression.
Friday, August 10 8:00 PM
Dance
Complexions
Contemporary Ballet
TAKE Dance
Company
Dwight Rhoden
and Desmond Richardson present an electrifying program where
heart and soul are articulated through the finely tuned physicality
and magic that is uniquely Complexions.
TAKE Dance Company presents “Orange” and “One,” the former celebrating
joyous and abandoned movement and the latter exploring the passage of
time, choreographed by Takehiro Ueyama.
