Visiting dance duo headline faculty concert
 Artists-in-residence Jim Coleman and Terese Freedman will make their Madison debut with two original works in the Dance Program’s faculty concert, “Epilogue ’99.” Coleman and Freedman specialize in teaching modern technique, improvisation, composition, dance kinesiology, partnering, dance aesthetics and repertory. Photo courtesy Dance Program Details: Performances of “Epilogue ’99” are Dec. 2-4 at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave. Tickets: $12/general public, $8/students and senior citizens, Union Theater Box Office, 800 Langdon St., 262-2201, or at the door. Information: 262-1691. |
Guest artists-in-residence Terese Freedman and Jim Coleman will make their Madison debut with two original works in the Dance Program‘s Faculty Concert, “Epilogue ’99.”
The duo, co-artistic directors of the Freedman/Coleman Dance Company, are professors of dance at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
“We’re very fortunate Terese and Jim are available to participate in our guest artist residency program this fall,” says Jin-Wen Yu, concert coordinator and assistant professor in the dance program. “I have known Terese and Jim over the years and find their choreography to be intricate, dynamic and intellectually stimulating.”
The duo will present “DENT,” which explores issues of intimacy, loss and reconciliation in human relationships. The accompanying music is a sound collage including excerpts from Neil Young’s score for the film “Dead Man” and PJ Harvey’s recording of “I Think I’m a Mother.”
“Roll Over …,” a group work choreographed by Freedman, will be performed by university students. It is set to Beethoven’s 1st Movement, Symphony #8 in F Major, Opus 93, and playfully illustrates and deconstructs the structural puzzles of this joyous music.
The concert also premieres several works by university faculty including:
- “Community Fabric,” a contemporary ballet quintet by Yu;
- “Untitled,” a trio set to traditional Chinese music by Li Chiao-Ping, associate professor of dance; and
- A video piece entitled “Father” by Douglas Rosenberg, assistant professor of dance.
In addition, Yu’s repertory class will perform his group work, “Replay,” and student Lori Dillon will perform “Still Lighting,” a solo also choreographed by Yu and commissioned by the Dance department of Smith College.
In addition to performing and using students in a group work, Freedman and Coleman will teach a variety of classes during their three-week residency.
Freedman and Coleman specialize in teaching modern technique, improvisation, composition, dance kinesiology, partnering, dance aesthetics and repertory.
Their choreographic, performing and teaching endeavors have taken them to more than 30 states as well as Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Austria and the People’s Republic of China.
They have received numerous choreographic commissions from dance companies, and universities.