An Evening of Three Choreographers

Cedar Lake presents An Evening of Three Choreographers, the first in what will be a regular series of events by guest choreographers. It features works by choreographers Edwaard Liang and Jodie Gates, as well as Cedar Lake’s new artistic director, Benoit-Swan Pouffer.

The performances are set to both live and recorded music, video projections, as well as music mixed by an onstage DJ. Each part, as well as the intermission, is blended seamlessly into the next.

Guest choreographer Edwaard Liang’s piece mirrors the duality between the past and the future. Running approximately twenty-five minutes, the work features eight dancers and is set to the music of This Mortal Coil and Tan Dun, as well as Vivaldi.

Guest choreographer Jodie Gates’s structured improvisational dance is a “reflection of the present.” Her piece will include both choreographed sections and moments during which the dancers improvise, drawing from Gates’s, Liang’s, and Benoit-Swan’s choreography.

The final section, created by artistic director Benoit-Swan, ties the performances together. His piece, titled “Seed,” is a narrative of the cycle of growth. It begins with the “imagery of a hospital…just as someone is born, someone is dying.”

Schedule: October 24-25 at 7pm, October 27-29 at 8pm, November 3-5 and 10-12 at 8pm, with additional 2pm matinees on October 29, November 5, and November 12.