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The Geometry of Proximity
A multi-media dance theatre work about transformation
THURSDAY / FRIDAY / SATURDAY • SEPT 27-29 at 8:00 PM
SUNDAY • SEPT 30 at 3:00 PM
ROLLINS THEATRE / THE LONG CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
$12-25 SLIDING SCALE / PURCHASE IN ADVANCE ONLINE HERE
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Directed by Andrea ArielChoreographed and Performed by Andrea Ariel and Steve Ochoa
Music Composed by Graham Reynolds
Light Design by Jason Amato
Video Design by Colin Lowry
Costume Design by Kari Perkins
AUSTIN, TEXAS –The Geometry of Proximity is a multi-media dance theatre work about human transformation and awakening. Andrea Ariel and Steve Ochoa have performed together as individual members and in spectacularly moving and audience favorite featured duets in Ariel Dance Theatre ensemble pieces for 10 years. Now Andrea and Steve will collaborate to create the choreography and perform in an exciting new duet dance concert experience. The earth becomes an additional key performance element with integrated video design from Colin Lowry. An original score by Graham Reynolds for piano, cello and percussion weaves pulsating, rhythmic compositions with tender, beautiful melodies and compositions using water and air.
Audiences will be taken on an engaging journey to explore the universal wisdom of following one’s heart to find our personal and collective destiny. The Geometry of Proximity is about seeking magic, dreams, and treasures outside of ourselves only to find those objects of desire and a lot more has always been and always will be within us. Movement of restless discontent disentangles to become stillness and breath, and new movement with flow, grace and connection to others is born.
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
Performance and Residency History
2011
May 13-21, 2011
The Grand Theory of Everything Between
A Movement Index of Light, Sound, and ALIENS
The Off Center, Austin, TX
AUDIENCE MEMBER REVIEW on Now Playing Austin.com
ARTS REVIEW in Austin Chronicle by Barry Pineo
2009-2010
September 17-19, 2010
SHIFT SWITCH GO
Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, Austin, TX
AUDIENCE MEMBER REVIEW on Now Playing Austin.com
June 25-26, 2010
Ariel Dance Theatre at the Big Range Dance Festival
Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Austin, TX
August 21-29, 2009
FLUSH, The Gyre Part III
Rollins Theatre, Long Center for Performing Arts, Austin, TX
FEATURE STORY ON KXAN by Jim Swift
FEATURE ARTICLE in Austin Chronicle by Robert Faires
KOOP RADIO SHOW with Lisa Schep
2008-2009
Nov. 8 at 8:00, 2008
Cabaret d'Ariel Starring White Ghost Shivers
A Fundraising Event
The Independent at 501 Studios, 501 N. IH 35
Sep. 5 -13 at 8:00pm, 2008
FIVE.TWO.TEN
A concert of short dance works
The Off Center, 2211-A Hidalgo St.
2007-2008
October 8-November 16, 2007March 24-May 2, 2008
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education programs at Metz and Robert E. Lee Elementary Schools in Austin, TX
September 3-December 14, 2007
Company in rehearsal for the final development of GYRE
2006-2007
August 5-August 12, 2007
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
Summer Company Retreat and Development of Spin to be performed Spring, 2008, NYC
July 30-August 4, 2007
Soujourn Theater Summer Institute
Devising Civic Theater: Performance and Dialogue
North American Cultural Laboratory, Highland Lake, NY
July 9-27, 2007
Teaching Residency at Creative Arts Studio, Brooklyn, NY
May 21, 2007
Performance of excerpts of GYRE for the annual Keep Austin Beautiful-Austin Clean-Sweep.
March 27-May 10, 2007
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education programs at Metz and Robert E. Lee Elementary Schools in Austin, TX
March 1-4 and 8-10, 2007
GYRE
The Off Center, Austin, TX
Gyre is a collaboration of dance, theater, and video set to an original score by Peter Stopschinski and Graham Reynolds.
Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, Arts Critic for the Austin American-Statesman wrote:
"'Gyre' spins a complex tale"
"Ariel and company did it with aplomb."
"'Gyre' spun a complex tale that touched on both the personal and the global, and wove it nicely together with a collaboration of creative talents."
See the full review at:
http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/seeingthings/entries/2007/03/08/gyre_spins_a_complex_tale.html
Check out the great preview articles in the Austin Chronicle and American-Statesman
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A451530
http://www.austin360.com/search/content/arts/stories/xl/2007/03/1arts.html
October 23-December 8, 2006
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education programs at Metz and Robert E. Lee Elementary Schools in Austin, TX
2005-2006
July 14-15, 2006American Value, presented at North American Cultural Laboratory (NaCL) Catskills Festival of New Theatre, directed by Michael Rhod of Sojourn Theatre and created by five ensemble theater companies and community members of Sullivan County, NY.
June 2-18, 2006
Pocketful of Change with Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
The Brecht Forum, NYC
May 4-6 and 11-13, 2006
GYRE
The Blue Theater, Austin, TX
January 9 – 31, 2006 and February 27 –March 31, 2006
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education programs at Metz Elementary and Robert E. Lee Elementary, Austin, TX
November 14 – December 9, 2005
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education programs at Metz Elementary and Robert E. Lee Elementary, Austin, TX
2004-2005
August 8 – 12, 2005In residence with Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble, NYC
August 14 – 21, 2005
In residence with The Walter Thompson Orchestra, NYC
July 5 – 29, 2005
Teaching residence Creative Arts Studio, Brooklyn, NY
January 27 – 30 and February 3 - 5, 2005
DETOUR
Co-created with Leese Walker, Artistic Director of Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble, NYC
The Off Center, Austin, TX
November 29 – December 17, 2004 and January 31 - April 15, 2005
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary and Brooke Elementary
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program
Austin, TX
2003-2004
September 24 – 26, 2004Divine Dogma with singer/songwriter Patrice Pike
The Vortex, Austin, TX
February 2-March 12, 2004
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary and Brooke Elementary ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program Austin, TX
October 27 - December 3, 2003
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary and Brooke Elementary ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program Austin, TX
October 3, 2003
Performance of SPIN with Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble CUNY NYC
2002-2003
August 4 - August 29, 2003Teaching Residency at Creative Arts Studio Brooklyn, NY
August 3, 2003
Soundpainting Performance with The Walter Thompson Orchestra Medicine Show Theatre NYC
July 27 – August 2, 2003
Soundpainting Artistic Residency and Performance with The Walter Thompson Orchestra and Performance of a new solo work Catskills New Theatre Festival Highland Lake, NY
May 1 - 3, 2003
Company Performance of Shoulder to Shoulder Austin Lyric Opera, Ducloux Hall
March 17 - April 11, 2003
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary and Brooke Elementary ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program Austin, TX
January 21 - February 7, 2003
Teaching Residency at Austin Lyric Opera Young Artist's Pre-Professional Program
January 20 - February 13, 2003
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary and Brooke Elementary ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program Austin, TX
October 14 – December 18, 2002
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary and Brooke Elementary
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program
Austin, TX
September 10 – 26, 2002
Teaching Residency at Austin Lyric Opera
Young Artist's Pre-Professional Program
2001-2002
August 4 – August 12, 2002Artistic Residency and Performance of SPIN
with Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
Catskills New Theatre Festival
Highland Lake, NY
June 5 – July 10, 2002
Teaching Residency
University of Texas, Austin
June 15 – 16, 2002
Company On-Site Performance of In These Rooms We Wait
Hyde Park Homes Tour
Austin, TX
May 13 –18, 2002
Teaching Residency
Austin Lyric Opera Chorus
May 19, 2002
Cabaret d'Ariel
Company Fundraising Performance and Party
Austin, TX
April 26, 2002
Performance of SPIN
with Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
St. Clement's Church
NYC
March 25 – April 11, 2002
Teaching Residency at Metz Elementary, Brooke Elementary
and Decker Elementary Schools
ARTSPLUS, arts-in-education program
Austin, TX
March 19 – April 4, 2002
Teaching Residency at Austin Lyric Opera
Young Artist's Pre-Professional Program
March 12 – 17, 2002
Performance of PEXO
with The Walter Thompson Orchestra
at HERE in NYC
February 10 – March 15, 2002
Rehearsals in NYC with The Walter Thompson Orchestra and Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
January 14 – February 8, 2002
Company Rehearsals in Austin, TX
December 6 – 9, 2001
Company Performance, Ariel Dance Theatre in Concert
The Silent Circle and Boxed-In
Austin Lyric Opera, Ducloux Hall
