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Dances that PUSH RIGHT BACK

Presented by The Alt, THE NEW ALT PERFORMANCE GROUP and Buffalo Contemporary Dance

Website: http://www.Alttheatre.com

Amy Taravella presents an evening of gut wrenching solo dances by local choreographers dealing with anti-war and anti-establishment. Joining her will be David Butler and K. Cornelius for poetry and improvisational music/dance jam. Featured highlights of the program include "Come When I Call You" by Leslie Wexler set to music by the Klezmatics with lyrics by Woody Guthrie. Steve Succato wrote about this piece for The Buffalo News, "one of the best antiwar statements in dance I have witnessed in my many years as a dance critic." as "Taravella was spot on in intensity and emotion." Next, "Nolite Te Bartardes Carborundorum" (Don't Let the Bartards Wear You Down)(1990) also by Wexler. The title is taken from Margaret Atwood's futuristic novel in which women are kept as slaves to bear children for their upper-class counterparts and pleasure in sex is forbidden. The main character finds these words of encouragement in a closet. The music is a song entitled "Busload of Faith" by Lou Reed from his New York CD and the lyrics reflect the choreographer's lack of a belief in god. Taravella will also bring back "War and Peace" by Janet Reed to Ryuichi Sakamotos socio-political soul music, asking the question: Is war as old as gravity? Succato described the dance as an ,"unusual mix of torment and sensuality,..giving it an alluring grace."

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