CLOSENESS

The program will feature the premiere of “Closeness” with choreography by Michele Brangwen, music by Charlie Haden & Alice Coltrane as arranged by Tim Hagans, and featuring sections of movement and music created in the moment.

CLOSENESS takes its title from the album “Closeness” made by legendary bassist & composer Charlie Haden in 1976. The recording featured “For Turiya,” a composition by Charlie Haden written for pianist and composer Alice Coltrane to perform with him on harp for that recording. Tim Hagans has arranged both the stunningly beautiful melody of “For Turyia” by Haden, as well as melodic lines improvised by Alice Coltrane on the harp, for voice, bass, trumpet & saxophone. The four musicians are joined by the dancers in a work that continually shifts focus between different pairs of performers, while also exploring the ways in which the ensemble is interconnected in performance.

The program will also include “Rain Girl,” a feature for dancer Robin Gilbert Campos & trumpeter Tim Hagans that tributes the resilience of the human spirit, and an excerpt from “What Will You Do When You Feel Their Absence?” with choreography & text by Michele Brangwen and music by bassist and composer Thomas Helton.

Set in an intimate bar/café that could be in any city, “What Will You Do When You Feel Their Absence?” invites the audience to watch as stories unfold about how we are all connected to each other. Brangwen writes: “The “Friends” section of the work which we will be performing on this program focuses on the closeness of friends, and also the power of people coming together. It fit with the overall theme of the evening, and is quite relevant as we currently have an immigration policy that is an affront to our collective humanity.”

In addition to live performance works, the evening will also feature the premiere of two shorts by filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti on the subject of closeness.

*Sliding Scale Tickets: We have added two new ticket levels to our performance at the MATCH. We feel that art should be made available to everyone, regardless of their budget. So in addition to our $20 General Admission, and $15 Student & Senior Admission prices, we have made available 25 tickets at the “Art For All” rate of $5. Audience members can also purchase $35 patron tickets that include credit as donors in upcoming programs. We invite the audience to choose the level that is right for them.