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Nancy Karp + Dancers is delighted collaborate again with Friction Quartet featuring music by composers Samuel Adams and David A. Jaffe with guest musicians Haruka Fujii on percussion and David A. Jaffe on mandolin and mandocello.
Since forming Nancy Karp + Dancers in 1980, Artistic Director Nancy Karp has choreographed more than 80 major works, appearing in venues around the world. Over this time, the company has earned a reputation for striking interdisciplinary collaborations, commissioning numerous composers, visual artists and designers in the creation of new dances. After premiering “fly through the night, and land near dawn last year” at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland, Nancy Karp + Dancers is pleased to return to the Taube Atrium in San Francisco.
The company last performed in this space in 1981 when it was the Rotunda of SFMOMA. Karp recalls that at that time it was filled with Frank Stella paintings. The site-specific work her company presented then was an homage to the Rotunda’s architectural features and its function. Karp’s new work for seven dancers will respond to the Atrium’s classical volumes and voids.
Production and lighting design: Jack Carpenter
Costume design: Sandra Woodall
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Part I: "Eppur si muove", World Premiere set to Sundial by Samuel Adams
Part II: Revival of “fly through the night, and land near dawn” with music by David A. Jaffe
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Friction Quartet
Otis Harriel, violin
Kevin Rogers, violin
Mitso Floor, viola
Doug Machiz, cello
Haruka Fujii, vibraphone, crotales, almglocken
David A. Jaffe, mandolin, mandocello
Rachel Garcia, Sonsherée Giles, Anna Greenberg, Katie Kruger, Amy Lewis, Nol Simonse, Calvin Thomas, and Elizabeth Zepeda, dancers
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