OPUS 38 was born from my interest in four diverse pieces of music. I’ve attempted to use the music sections as colors might be used to spark one another. In each section, I assigned myself a specific set of limitations to work within as a guide for arriving at the smaller “dance”, always mindful of the larger one. The device/limitation in section II will be quite obvious while others are not. The title of the dance is the name of a favorite sandwich of mine. My dance and the sandwich are made up of a few tasty parts. -Renee Wadleigh
Choreography: Renee Wadleigh
Music: Peter Sculthorpe, Sineade O’Connor, John Lee Hooker, Aster Piazzolla
Costumes: Jennifer Flitton Adams
Lighting Design: Margaret L. Nelson
Mei-Kuang Chen, Sarah Ebert, Matthew Hollis, Kim Nelson, Joan Pangilinan-Taylor, Peter Sciscoli, Lisa Wymore
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Urbana/Champaign Festival 1999
In the Absence of Restraint: dances of dependence and desire
April 6-7, 2001
Athenaeum Theater
Chicago
New Dances
November 15-16, 2002
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Special thanks to Don Haynes, Robert Morris College, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Janet Freidheim, Atalee Judy, Renee Wadleigh, Helen Cameron, Wampach, the Benefit Committee, lois Weisberg and the staff at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Hedwig Board of Directors, Jeff and Sophia Usow, Sheldon B. Smith, Eileen Ryan & Hugh Spector, Lisa McCarthy, Stamp Graphics, Pegasus Recording Studios, Brook Weiner LLC, Mary-Jo Salzburg, Member Insurance and Zach Brock.