Parsons Dance: Remember Me
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Jan 6, 2009
Closed Jan 18, 2009
Visit the Parsons Dance: Remember Me website:
http://www.joyce.org
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Parsons Dance presents the World Premiere of Remember Me, an all-new collaboration with the lead vocalists of East Village Opera Company (EVOC), featuring the music of the acclaimed rock opera band>.
Program A premieres the new evening-length work with EVOC's two lead vocalists live onstage with Parsons Dance.
Program B will feature Parsons Dance favorites, including Caught and Nascimento.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Do not miss this
"Remember Me" is one of the best modern dance pieces Ive seen in the last few years. Everything works together beautifully -- the terrific choreography, the "rocked up" versions of operatic arias and the effective video projections. This is 75 minutes of pure pleasure that left the audience exhilarated and ecstatic. Ignore some of those other mixed reviews especially the NY Times; the Theatermania reviewer got it right -- this is sensational.
Reviewed by CharlieSig
on Thursday, Jan 15th, 2009
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Remember Me, the highly theatrical collaboration between Parsons Dance and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC) now at the Joyce Theater, definitely lives up to its title, as it's sure to linger in the minds of its viewers for some time. Equally, if not more important, the 75-minute piece is likely to bring plenty of new fans to both companies.
Perhaps the lesser-known of the two, EVOC resets some of opera's most famous tunes into dynamic 21st-century arrangements that borrow from pop, rock, and even new age music. Remember Me uses 15 of the group's selections -- performed to a combination of recorded music and live vocals by Tyley Ross and AnnMarie Milazzo -- as the soundtrack for a loo[...]