Doppelgänger Dance Collective's Myths, Legends & Questions

Doppelgänger Dance Collective's
Myths, Legends, & Questions: New Works for Screen and Stage promotional trailer, 2017
Film direction, production and editing by: Andy Russ

AS220 and Doppelgänger Dance Collective
present
Myths, Legends & Questions: New Works for Screen and Stage
Hosted by Doppelgänger Dance Collective
95 Empire street, Providence, RI

Showtimes:

April 13th at 7:30pm
​April 14th at 7:30pm
April 21st at 7:30pm
April 22nd at 7:30pm
April 23rd, at 2:00pm

Doppelgänger Dance Collective (DDC)
Artistic Directors: Shura Baryshnikov and Danielle Davidson

Myths, Legends & Questions: New Works for Screen and Stage

Works by: Alissa Cardone, Heidi Henderson and Andy Russ
Musicians: Adrienne Taylor and Nate Tucker
Guest Performance: Heidi Henderson
Costumes: Heidi Henderson
Lighting Design: Stephen Petrilli
Stage Manager: Kimberlee Beggs

This concert appears as apart of AS220's Modern Movements Dance Festival happening throughout the month of April in AS220's Black Box Theatre at 95 Empire street, in Providence, RI.

As the anchor performance of their second season, Doppelgänger Dance Collective (DDC) will present new interdisciplinary works at AS220's 95 Empire street Black Box in April 2017 as part of their Community Live Arts Residency. DDC will premiere a dance film, directed by Andy Russ in collaboration with poet Laura Brown Lavoie, and students from the Jacqueline M Walsh School for the Arts, as well as two new works by Rhode Island-based choreographer Heidi Henderson and a piece by Boston-based choreographer Alissa Cardone.

Heidi Henderson, Artistic Director of elephant JANE dance, continues her collaboration with DDC this season, appearing as special guest, performing a newly created solo, as well as with Baryshnikov, Davidson and cellist Adrienne Taylor, in a new work.

Interdisciplinary dance artist Alissa Cardone has crafted a work for DDC that blends Butoh and post-modern/ contemporary dance forms, bringing her unique vocabulary to Providence audiences. Nate Tucker has composed an original score for the work, and will be performing live, as well.

The CLR Residency, however, primarily supports the creation of Andy Russs film. Drawing inspiration from the ancient Roman myth Echo + Narcissus, the film is a surrealist reflection on contemporary issues of self image, social media, and the lure of beauty. The creation process involved the poet Laura Brown Lavoie and DDC working directly with a community partner, local high school students at Jacqueline M Walsh School for the Arts, to develop the content for the final film. Movement and text will be generated and documented in an iterative way, allowing the material to evolve as it is passes back and forth between the collaborators and the students.