Clockwise from top left: Night Blooming Jasmine; dancers Jennnifer Meek and Maray Gutierrez; Bill Young and Colleen Thomas’ Rein, Bellow; dancers Eric Eatherly and Maray Gutierrez; Rein, Bellow woman’s trio with Maray Gutierrez, Kirsty Mackellar and Mei-Kuang Chen
Photos by: Eileen Ryan Photography, William Frederking
2007
Clockwise from top left: Night Blooming Jasmine; dancers Jennnifer Meek and Maray Gutierrez; Bill Young and Colleen Thomas’ Rein, Bellow; dancers Eric Eatherly and Maray Gutierrez; Rein, Bellow woman’s trio with Maray Gutierrez, Kirsty Mackellar and Mei-Kuang Chen
Photos by: Eileen Ryan Photography, William Frederking
ARTISTIC FEATS Sellout audiences were spellbound at the world premiere of Jan Bartoszek’s Night Blooming Jasmine and the company debut of Rein, Bellow by NYC-based guest choreographers Bill Young and Colleen Thomas at The Ruth Page Center for the Arts in Chicago. A richly layered original score by vocalist Carol Genetti with costumes by Tetyana Martyanova and lighting by Margaret Nelson enhanced the fusion of dance and music in Night Blooming Jasmine. “… a meditative journey through the sensual corridors of nightfall.” Lucia Mauro,Chicago Tribune. Philip Hamilton created an original score for Rein, Bellow, “a fractured series of honed, variegated vignettes” performed by Hedwig Dances’ Victor Alexander, Mei-Kuang Chen, Justin Deschamps, Eric Eatherly, Maray Gutierrez and Kirsty Mackellar.
The Artsiders documentary, with interviews with Jan and Eric and clips of unique performances, can still be viewed on Netflix.
www.theartsiders.com
Rein, Bellow
Clockwise from top left: Night Blooming Jasmine; dancers Jennnifer Meek and Maray Gutierrez; Bill Young and Colleen Thomas’ Rein, Bellow; dancers Eric Eatherly and Maray Gutierrez; Rein, Bellow woman’s trio with Maray Gutierrez, Kirsty Mackellar and Mei-Kuang Chen
Photos by: Eileen Ryan Photography, William Frederking