MorDance presents its Spring 2023 Season with groundbreaking new ballets centering themes of activism and humanity from April 28-29, 2023 at Gerald W. Lynch Theater, 524 W 59th St., NYC. Tickets are $30 for adults, and $20 for students and seniors. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://mordance.ticketleap.com/mordance/.

Celebrating the company's tenth anniversary performance season, the program's collaborations are committed to dancemaking that embodies artistic excellence while promoting civic engagement and social awareness. Choreographer Morgan McEwen will be joined by composer Polina Nazaykinskaya to create a new work inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem They Shut Me Up In Prose with live accompaniment by Konstantin Soukhovetski and Jesus Rodolfo. An additional partnership with composer Josh Knowles is influenced by visual artist Chris Jordan's film Albatross. The much-anticipated revival of McEwen's 2018 ballet Stabat Mater will round out this triple bill. 

Program

Work 1: The first ballet will take flight from Chris Jordan's critically acclaimed documentary, Albatross, which powerfully depicts a vulnerable albatross population incurring the impact of mass consumption, global industry, and human unconsciousness. "I look to articulate this challenging narrative through horeography of avian movement and breathtaking wingspans," said choreographer Morgan McEwen. "I collaborated with composer and experimental violinist Josh Knowles on a spacious arrangement that expresses both soaring heights and the ominous weight of dire circumstances. Josh composed and recorded this piece on a single violin looped and layered through multiple distortion pedals."   Work 2: Inspired by Emily Dickinson's transcendent and radically outspoken poem of the same title, the second ballet They Shut Me Up In Prose will likewise evoke a young woman overcoming sexism in an overwhelmingly patriarchal society. The choreography will blend a classical ballet vernacular with contemporary movement. Appropriately, Polina Nazaykinskaya will create a contemporary score to be played on classical instruments. Polina's unique experience as an internationally renowned composer and a woman will bring extraordinary artistry and meaningful perspective to the themes portrayed.

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