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ArchiTexture DANCE COMPANY
Site-specific dance in Orange County
What do the
Mission San Juan Capistrano, the tallship Brig Pilgrim, the Saddleback
College Library, and the Calit2 building on the UC Irvine campus
have in common? They have each served as performance locations
for ArchiTexture Dance Company, a new site-specific company that
creates choreography in unusual places, inspired by both architecture
and environment.
Deidre Cavazzi,
the company's artistic director and choreographer, speaks passionately
about her creations. "I really enjoy working corroboratively with
the community, and bringing dance into new spaces. It is thrilling
to have the dance to choreograph in historic places like the Great
Stone Church or aboard the Brig Pilgrim; audiences typically associate
contemporary dance with the stage, and it is exciting to challenge
expectations and invite viewers to take a second look at a space."
Cavazzi works
closely with the twenty dancers in her company, rehearsing on
location whenever possible. In September the dancers premiered
their new work at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, entitled Garden
Suite. The audience was invited to follow the dancers as they
performed in nine locations around the Mission during the hour-long
event.
To learn more
about the company and its next performances, please visit:
www.architexturedance.org
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