The third contributor is Providence-based dancer/choreographer Nikki Carrara, who is creating a dance titled Hive, along with visual artist Katie Wynne and accordionist Paul Dube. The quarry at Ballard Park suggested several structural themes, including breaking stones into smaller pieces; building something large, like a hive, from something small; large hollow tubes; and little saucers with gems in them.
“The dance will evolve from the dancers’ responses to the movement issues I give them,” noted Carrara, “and it will most likely involve picking up objects and re-distributing them.”
Dube, meanwhile, has been working on traditional waltzes to create a sound that fills the circular space.
“The waltzes give a communal feeling that everything’s okay,” Carrara said, “kind of like bees, who are happiest when they’re the busiest.”
In addition to the three aforementioned sites, Anne Zuerner will lead a small cadre of dancers in spontaneous “Phantom Limb” performances in downtown Newport. On Saturday at 6 pm, there will be a Sunset Salsa dance open to anyone on Bowen’s Wharf. So go explore Newport and contemporary dance, all in one fell swoop.
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- Dance in fall
This fall’s offerings of dance performances have an international flavor, as well as featuring the talents of Rhody-grown dance groups.
- Moving minds
Despite its name, the three-year-old company called the Theatre Expansion is as much dance-oriented as theatre-focused.
- Mood swings
“All Feet Left” includes dance, theater, live music, and visual art, and the centerpiece of it all is DoubleShift Dance Theatre’s presentation of Walk Away.
- He's their rock
The pantheon of Where Are They Nows is populated with fallen and faded demigods, yes, but could've-beens, almost-weres, and also-rans crowd the wings.
- Crossing fingers
When Red Sox World Series trophies need buffing, third-generation Downtown Crossing silversmith Mike Davis gets the phone call.
- Body work
The fifth “Dancestravaganza” is Rubel’s Berenger’s Body , featuring dancers Leslie Vazquez and Katie Zarling.
- Must-see moves
Two of this fall's dance performances will tell Halloween-style stories — a reprise of Viktor Plotnikov's THE WIDOW'S BROOM , by Festival Ballet Providence, and a premiere of Miki Ohlsen's DRACULA , by Island Moving Co.
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