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Ache of the Arc (2002)

Description

A physical response to the events of September 11th.

Production

Concept, Design & Choreography: Jan Bartoszek
Movement Development: Jan Bartoszek & Dancers
Music: Sequentia, Cesaria Evora
Lighting: Daedalus D’ Alamut
Costumes: Alison Heryer

Cast

Mei-Kuang Chen, Matthew Hollis, Peter Sciscioli & Denise Zdenek

Performance(s)

Ache of the Arc
April 18-20, 2002
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago

Dance Chicago 2003
November 16, 2003
Athenaeum Theatre
Chicago

Madison-Chicago
February 13-14, 2004
Margaret H’Doubler Performing Space
Madison, WI

Set against the backdrop of walls and ladders, it visually contrasts the human capacity for extraordinary kindness and profound cruelty through ascending and descending movements.

— Lucia Mauro, Chicago Tribune

… emotionally moving… metaphorical, exploring the polarities of the sacred and profane as well as those of ascension and descent.

— Chicago Tribune

Special Thanks

Special thanks to our Board of Directors, Erin Hecht and the Chicago Children’s Choir, Links Hall, Janet Carl Smith, Alex de la Cruz, Claire Geall, Jeff Hammond, Ruth Jones, Kristina Stoll, Melissa Strzelinski & Cliff Questel / Quantum Advertising and Design.