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Nicole Pierce and EgoArt, Inc. present….

Deny Nothing: A Dance Concert

January 25th & 26th @8pm

Nicole Pierce and Dancers; EgoArt, Inc. : All images from Ego Show IV - the Anti-Depression Project

In what is quickly becoming an annual tradition, Nicole Pierce and EgoArt, Inc are presenting an evening of dances only. Deny Nothing: A Dance Concert premiers 4 dance works, a new video and revisits the dance, “Aeros,” from 2003.

In response to a busy, over-worked, over-scheduled culture, choreographer Nicole Pierce is presenting 4 premieres that explore the psychology that develops from a frenetic world. The dances are complex and tightly structured and they investigate texture, nuances and the spatial landscape while simultaneously presenting dancers as real human beings. Two trios, Worry Trio (performed by Andrea Blesso, Susan Brown and Emily Estes) and Go Don’t Go (performed by Kate Cross, Maggie Husak and Julie Pike Edmond) confront these themes from two different sources. “Worry Trio” is from an internal place – a subconscious environment where themes of fear, paranoia and neurosis work their way into the movement vocabulary underscored by provocative music and text by William Burroughs. “Go Don’t Go” maneuvers relationships between dancers from an external place and experiments metaphorically through the juxtaposition of movement ideas between dancers to convey the various ways people interact. Bunny is a new solo for Artistic Director Nicole Pierce. The title refers to an old nickname and investigates an often secreted, softer, vulnerable side of herself that seeks to find a place in the world. Lastly, The Multitudes (performed by Andrea Blesso, Susan Brown, Emily Estes and Nicole Pierce) is a busy and celebratory quartet set to “Metro Chabacano” by Mexican composer Javier Alvarez. This work takes the most optimistic path, presenting movement and bustling activity in an uplifting, quick and exciting spectacle where beauty is permitted and the dance is for dancing sake.

Because Nicole Pierce is hard-pressed to do anything without a nod to comedy, she is including a video work, Bathing Beauties for comic relief. The work is an eclectic array of Esther Williams-esque water folly (performed by EgoArt, Inc dancers) mixed with the dramatic camera angles of Leni Reifenstahl’s Olympic divers.

Finally, Aeros is an exotic dance for six set to original music by local composer Nikola Radan. “Aeros” first premiered in 2003 as part of “Ego Show V: Internacionale!” and will feature appearances by Jimena Bermejo and Jody Weber (original members) as they join the core cast.

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