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Come A Long Way
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Come A Long Way
Theatre Workshop’s seventh production. Presented
in December, 1998. |
With this
production, subtitled "an experiment in movement",
TW attempts something quite different. Our goal this time
is to create a show which uses music, dance and very little
dialogue to show how all humans are on their own personal
journeys. Journeys determined by movement and expression.
It is this concept of movement that can tell the story of
who we are and where we are going. For this production, the
class decides to bring the audience back close to watch, sitting
on platform sin the orchestra pit. Later we realize that because
the program is now so large, we will never again be able to
present something as intimate. The standing room audiences,
and those turned away at the door, probably agree with that
decision. Off-track practices become mandatory for those in
the advanced section of TW. Highlights from this show include:
"The Ribbon Dance" — an intricate weaving and
flowing of ribbons creating tableaus and patterns of startling
creativity accompanied by Middle Eastern music, choreographed
with the help of Jose Vences, a well-known folklorico instructor;
the evocative use of rolling platforms, scaffolds, and a bicycle;
"Rosa Parks" — our most intricate and advanced
technically hip hop dance yet; "Paranoid Android"
— an emotional and harrowing movement piece that puts
22 people (including 8 brave teachers) in a room and shows
them negotiating their escape; and "Birth"- an interesting
look at the process of birth, in this case dancers emerging
from an enormous blob of stretchy material.
For the
third year in a row, a half hour version of the show is entered
in the annual University of LaVerne high school theater competition,
winning two major awards — "Outstanding Production"
and "Outstanding Ensemble".
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