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SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
2007-08
performances and residencies . . .
The
Performing Arts Center is proud to present two professional
ensembles in conjunction with the University's focus
on China for the Fall 2007 semester.
EastRiver
Ensemble
Saturday, October 13 at 8pm
$12/$8 students
This collective of top-notch musicians from north China
draws upon a timeless folk repertoire of the Hebei and
Donbei regions. Playing traditional music with flair,
the ensemble is uniquely led by the yangqin, a Chinese
version of the hammered dulcimer.
Presented by the Performing
Arts Center in association with the Department
of Music. Funding support provided by University
Auxiliary Services Inc.
Nai-Ni
Chen Dance Company
From the flowing lines of Chinese calligraphy to the
thundering motion of martial arts, choreographer Nai-Ni
Chen's quest is to meld the dynamic freedom of American
modern dance with the stoic discipline of the Chinese
classical arts.
Thursday, November 1 at 6pm
Artist Talk with Nai-Ni Chen - Free
Choreographer and Artistic Director Nai-Ni Chen
talks about her background, her work and her insights
on the Chinese American experience.
Friday & Saturday, November 2 & 3 at 8pm
$15/$10 students for each evening or
Buy both nights for $25/$15 students
Friday's program:
An evening of traditional Chinese dance
Saturday's
program:
Dragons on the Wall, a contemporary work which
is collaboration between choreographer Nai-Ni Chen,
poet/author Bei Dao, visual artist Chen Shen and composer
Joan LaBarbara.
Click here
for more details.
Presented by the Performing Arts
Center with funding support provided by the College
of Arts and Sciences, Office
of the Provost, Office
of International Education, Chinese
Community Center of the Capital District, Alumni
Association through the Grandma Moses Fund,
University Auxiliary
Services Inc., Holiday
Inn Express and NYS
DanceForce which receives funding from the New
York State Council on the Arts Dance Program and
Altria Group, Inc.
This residency is also made possible in part through
COMMUNITY ART$GRANTS, a
program funded through the State and Local Partnership
Program of the New York State Council on the Arts and
The Arts Center of the Capital Region.

Dangerous Music
Project
As part of Proctors' exciting new residency project,
these three experimental groups will present free lecture/
demonstrations in the Recital Hall. Since seating is
limited, a ticket will be required for admittance. Admission
tickets will be issued by the Box Office starting Jan.
28.
F'loom
- Friday, February 1 at 7pm
This avant cappella vocal trio showcases its cutting-edge
"language music" -- original pieces that
inhabit the fertile, mysterious realm that lies between
pure language (speech) and pure music (song). Its
original all-vocal compositions seethe with satire,
social commentary, pop diatribe, slap, zap, melody,
poetry and comedy. Click here
for more details.
Learn
the Art of F'looming . . .
Clogs
- Friday, March 7 at 7pm
This Aussie-American alt-classical quartet composes
and improvises using sounds, textures and influences
from across the musical spectrum. From the immediacy
of folk music, through twisted Americana to the complexity
of modernism, their sound marks a new and beautifully
strange stage in the evolution of 21st century acoustic-electronic
music. Click here
for more details.
Meet
Clogs, Make Music . . .
LEMUR
- Friday, April 4 at 7pm
Founded in 2000, the League of Electronic Musical
Urban Robots is a Brooklyn-based group of artists
and technologists who create exotic, sculptural instruments
which integrate robotic technology. Their philosophy
is to build robots that are new types of musical instruments
as opposed to animatronic robots that play existing
instruments. Click here
for more details.
Presented by the Performing Arts
Center in association with Proctors
through support from the
New
York State Music Fund established by the New York
State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy
Advisors.
As a member of Partners in Dance, the
UAlbany Performing Arts Center is proud to be collaborating
on this special performance at Proctors.
From The Horse's
Mouth
Saturday, May 10 at 7pm
Created by Tina Croll and Jamie Cunningham, this celebratory
dance/theatre production has received standing ovations
for its captivating story-telling and exceptional dancing.
The performers - outstanding dancers and choreographers
of all ages and dance traditions from the Capital Region
- tell personal stories from their lives and perform
movement of their own personal style. The stories range
from humorous to poignant and reveal personal moments
of loss, joy, frustration, and triumph. Click here
for more details.
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