Author (#16)November 2006 Archives

Here are two videos from last week's on-going rehearsals of Funny Uncles:

Watch first rehearsal video from last week (Windows Media format)

Watch second rehearsal video from last week (Windows Media format)

Just a reminder. "Gumdrops and the Funny Uncle" will be performed Saturday, December 2nd at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage at 6:00 PM. Performance is free!! View Millennium Stage upcoming performance schedule.

During Funny Uncles rehearsals the weekend before Thanksgiving, I interviewed dancer Ashley Searles.

Click this link to listen to audio podcast (MP3 format)

Ashley discusses her involvement in Funny Uncles, the last couple days of rehearsals and her background as a dancer.

Here are some pictures I took of Funny Uncles rehearsals this past Saturday afternoon.

There are two additional video clips that you can watch below from Funny Uncles rehearsals. They are both titled "Chris and Ben Duet of Cassie and Chris Movement." In the first video clip you can watch this section of the rehearsals with music. Then, in the second clip, you can listen to commentary by Peter DiMuro as you watch the movement once again.

Watch "Chris and Ben Duet" with music (Windows Media format)

Watch "Chris and Ben Duet" with audio commentary (Windows Media format)

You can listen to an audio podcast in which Peter DiMuro discusses the overall approach to this movement generation phase of the rehearsals.

There are two additional video clips that you can watch below from Funny Uncles rehearsals. They are both titled "Cassie and Chris Overlap." In the first video clip you can watch this section of the rehearsals with music. Then, in the second clip, you can listen to commentary by Peter DiMuro as you watch the movement once again.

Watch "Cassie and Chris Overlap" with music (Windows Media format)

Watch "Cassie and Chris Overlap" with audio commentary (Windows Media format)

You can listen to an audio podcast in which Peter DiMuro discusses the overall approach to this movement generation phase of the rehearsals.

There will be a performance of "Gumdrops and the Funny Uncle" at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson in Baltimore, MD on December 15 and 16, 2006. The performance starts at 7:00 PM and an optional workshop starts at 5:45 PM. Tickets are now available for purchase.

"Gumdrops and the Funny Uncle" is a kid-friendly performance about celebrating our families - chosen, alternative, gay, straight, adoptive, emerging - in the true spirit of the holidays.

Welcome to the Funny Uncles Blog!

Today is our official launch. We invite you to learn about Liz Lerman Dance Exchange's upcoming performances of "Funny Uncles" through our recent blogs posts.

You'll find pictures and videos as well as audio interviews from recent rehearsals and we'll soon be adding more multimedia content from Artistic Director Peter DiMuro and participating dancers.

In my Great Dance blog today I wrote an extended post about the launch of this Funny Uncles blog.

We invite you to share your thoughts and feedback.

With this post, we're beginning to upload video clips from Funny Uncles rehearsals. To learn more about this generative phase where the movement vocabulary is developed for this piece, you can listen to an audio podcast in which Artistic Director Peter DiMuro discusses this topic and provides a framework for understanding these videos.

There are two video clips that you can watch below. They are both titled "Trio Duet Overlay." In the first video clip you can watch this section of the rehearsals with music. Then, in the second clip, you can listen to commentary by Peter as you watch the movement once again.

Watch "Trio Duet Overlay" with music (Windows Media format)

Watch "Trio Duet Overlay" with audio commentary (Windows Media format)