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JOURNEY - a concert by Repertory Dance Theatre focusing on the 120 year history of Modern Dance designed especially for students in grades 4-12.

This artistic voyage includes works from RDT's prestigious historic library linked with narration and multi-media to give audiences a greater understanding and appreciation of the development of American Modern Dance.  The concert provides information which links the social and cultural history influencing the creation of masterful work by America's leading choreographers.  RDT's JOURNEY spotlights Duncan and Denishawn, the Founders, The Avant Garde, Post-Modern, and the Contemporary Dance of the 21st Century.  Learning history through the arts can be both entertaining and inspiring.

 

 

For more about JOURNEY, visit the study guide.

 

 

Valse A la Loie (Scarf Dance) (1918)

Choreography: Ruth St. Denis

Music: Chopin

 

Prelude (1905)

Choreography: Isadora Duncan

Music: Chopin

 

Scriaben Prelude #6, Warrior (1927)

Choreography: Michio Ito

Music: Alexander Scriaben

 

Pizzicati Shadow Dance (1916)

Choreography: Michio Ito

Music: Leo Delibes, from Sylvia Ballet

 

Scarf Exercises (from the Denishawn School) (1900s)

Choreography: Ruth St. Denis

Music: Schumann

Cutting the Sugar Cane (1933)

Choreography: Ted Shawn

Music: Ernesto Lecuona

 

Martha Graham (Movement Phrase)

 

Doris Humphrey (Movement Phrase)

 

The Mazurkas, (Excerpt)(1958)

Choreography: José Limón

Music: Frederic Chopin

 

Lindy Hop (2019)

Choreography: Elaine Grenko

Music: Glenn Miller

Steppin' (2004)

Choreography: Natosha Washington

 

Opus Jazz Loves Bach (excerpt) (1973)

Choreography: Matt Mattox

Music: Bach

 

Exercise (2016)

Choreography: Nicholas Cendese

Music: Pointer Sisters

 

Hallelujah Junction (excerpt) (2022)

Choreography: Ishan Rustem

Music: John Adams

 

Brandenburg (2019)

Choreography: Marilyn Berrett

Music: Bach

 

 

 

 

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