CINCINNATI, OHIO — Cincinnati’s Modern Dance company MamLuft&Co. Dance performs its first-ever mixed repertory concert to take place on an Aronoff Center stage. The Company offers that this event — taking place January 9 & 10, 2015 at the downtown arts center — will be a refreshing change from the holiday season that immediately precedes it.
The dance company was recently named “Best Dance Company Pushing the Envelope” (2012) and described as “intrepid” and “impressive” by CityBeat. MamLuft&Co. Dance normally focuses on producing original, evening-length works. As such, a concert at the Aronoff consisting of only previously-premiered mixed-repertory from prior seasons has been unprecedented for the Company, now in its eighth season.
Having just completed a successful fall touring season (during which the Company of eight dancers performed in Chicago and Roanoke, Virginia), MamLuft&Co. Dance embarks on a home season at the Aronoff Center, first with MamLuft&Co. Dance in Concert, January 9 and 10, and then, the premiere of Memoriam (In Memory of Memory), May 22 and 23.
In MamLuft&Co. Dance in Concert, the Modern Dance troupe will perform the following recent favorites, in short-form adaptations from their original full-length versions:
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| Latitude (2012) is a dance-for-camera film created in five sites in Cincinnati on ML&Co.’s fifth anniversary. WATCH A VIDEO PREVIEW INCLUDED IN THIS CLIP HERE |
Maps (2013) is an award-winning multi-media work about way-finding and getting lost in order to be found. WATCH A VIDEO PREVIEW INCLUDED IN THIS CLIP HERE |
The Tragedy of Time (2014) is an emotional work inspired by expressionist prints around World War I. The piece highlights the love and loss of two main characters. WATCH A VIDEO PREVIEW |
/SHIFT/ (2014) follows a community’s after a time-changing event, which converges on two rising leaders at odds. WATCH A VIDEO PREVIEW |
Director and lead choreographer, Jeanne Mam-Luft, says of the performance line-up, “It’s been such a journey these last seven years, here in Cincinnati. Seeing four of our works from the past three seasons, right next to each other, is very illuminating, even for those of us involved. I think audiences will not only see our signature style, but they’ll also see our range. The technique and skills of the dancers amaze me every day, and it is quite a full show of work — very physical, very real. We’re grateful to be revisiting these works and hope Cincinnati will take the opportunity to either see them again in a different form or catch them after missing them the first time around.”
Tickets will be available at (513) 621-ARTS (2787) via the Cincinnati Arts Association box office at the Aronoff Center for the Arts (650 Walnut St., Cincinnati) or cincinnatiarts.org. Single tickets are available for $26 ($15 student and $19 senior tickets) or $40 for special, limited-availability VIP Package which include a pre-show backstage tour and gift bag with refreshments and ML&Co. photo notecards. Two-show Season Passes for MamLuft&Co. Dance’s Aronoff season are available for a savings ($72 VIP, $47 adults, $34 seniors, and $27 students).
MamLuft&Co. Dance gratefully acknowledges the operating support of the Ohio Arts Council, which helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. MamLuft&Co. Dance is a resident company of the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Clifton Cultural Arts Center, where it is sponsored by Mark McKillip.
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