Library of Congress presents The (Effortless) Now: Dances of Erick Hawkins & Lucia Dlugoszewski
Free (RSVP required)
- Min-Young Kim, violin
- Matilda Kaul, violin
- Jessica Lynn Thompson, viola
- Thomas Kraines, cello
- Agnese Toniutti, piano
- Erick Hawkins Dance Company
Lucia Dlugoszewski — Cantilever (for solo piano with 4 dancers; choreography by Erick Hawkins)
Lucia Dlugoszewski — Disparate Stairway Radical Other (for string quartet with 5 dancers; with choreography 'Elusive Pierce' by Katherine Duke)
Mieczysław Weinberg — String Quartet No. 8 in C major, Op. 66
The Library is home to the Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski papers, which are full of the artists' spectacular creations. Hawkins was a dancer and choreographer who notably performed in Appalachian Spring at its Library premiere, and after his association with Martha Graham ended he started his own company and worked with composer Lucia Dlugoszewski for the remainder of his career. Dlugoszewski's music has been experiencing a renaissance since researchers and musicians became aware of the Library's holdings, and with this special event we celebrate her music as it was first conceived, in the world of dance. Featuring Katherine Duke and the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, some of Dlugoszewski's most ardent advocates—pianist Agnese Toniutti and the Daedalus String Quartet—come together for a can't-miss exploration of the creative team.
Preconcert Conversation with the Artists, 6:30pm in Whittall Pavilion.
About Jessica Lynn Thompson, viola
Violist Jessica Lynn Thompson is a passionate chamber musician who performs regularly throughout the United States and abroad as a member of the Daedalus Quartet. The quartet, Grand Prize winner of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, is in residence at the University of Pennsylvania. The Daedalus Quartet has premiered works by composers such as Fred Lerdahl, Joan Tower, Richard Wernick, and Lawrence Dillon. In addition to performing with the Daedalus Quartet, Ms. Thompson has toured with Musicians from Marlboro, appears regularly at the Portland (Maine) Chamber Music Festival, and performs often with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Thompson currently teaches at Princeton and Columbia Universities.
https://music.princeton.edu/people/jessica-thompson/About Agnese Toniutti, piano
About Erick Hawkins Dance Company
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company, founded in 1951, has been touring the world since the 1960s. With unwavering integrity and uncompromising working methods, Hawkins choreography is based on a collaboration of music, art, and dance. His dances are performed to live music, often composed especially for each dance, along with commissioned sets by artists and sculptors. Known for a fluid, effortless style of movement, each dance is energetic yet poetic, serene yet harmonious. The company continues today to develop dances based on Hawkins' pioneering movement theory.
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