1999

Clockwise from top left: Peter Sciscioli and Shannon Preto in Shadowed Ground; Hedwig Dances company: Peter Sciscioli, Michelle Blakely, JoAn Panglinan-Taylor and Shannon Preto; guest artist Ping Chong; Dancing By Heart

Photos by: Eileen Ryan Photography

ARTISTIC FEATS  “Dancing By Heart”, Hedwig Dances Spring Concert, touted three world premieres by Jan Bartoszek:  The Story’s Body, To Sleep, To Dream (with an original score by Ralph Covert) and Sweet Baby, Baby Suite (1993). The program for the evening also featured a revival of company member Joan Pangilinan-Taylor’s For Better or For Worse (1998). The Story’s Body was first showcased in “Duets for My Valentine”, also staged at the Athenaeum Theatre.

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