Of Love and Shadows explores seduction, sensuality, and the ways couples share and conceal intimate parts of themselves. Jan Bartoszek created the dance with two pairs of lovers, dancers Derek Clifford and Karen Traxler, who alternately perform in front of and behind a scrim, and the drumming couple Shu Shubat and Winston Damon who transform their rhythmic instruments into objects that both transform and cover their bodies.
Choreographer: Jan Bartoszek
Lighting Design: Todd Clark
Costume Design: Joe Novak
Sound Engineer: Richard Woodbury
Stage Manager: Gwynne Godwin
Derek Clifford, Winston Damon (drums), Shu Shubat (drums), Karen Traxler
Oct 30-Dec 10, 1989
Jan Bartoszek and Dancers
MoMing Dance & Arts Center
Chicago
“There’s decidedly an Eastern meditative feel and sound to “Of Love and Shadows,” just as there is an underlying primeval beat.”
-Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Special thanks to:
Jeff Usow, Deb Gordon, Kathrene Wales, Eileen Ryan, Beth Bartoszek, Sharon Thacker, Jean Parisi, Jim Crandell, Susan Waterman, Jean Uzdawinski, Lezlee Crawford, Lydia Charaf, Tastebuds, Cafe Selmarie, The Blue Plate, Choice Cuts, the Blackstone, Peter Tumbelston, Daedalus, Katie West, Daniel Weathersby, and the staff