THE JOURNEY OF AN ARTIST: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE -- TONIGHT
A Panel Discussion with Marko Kratohvil, George Oswalt and Laura Warriner Thursday, May 30, 6pm

From the email

Left: Marko Kratohvil, Fantasy 13-1-1, steel, 2013 Right: Marko Kratohvil, Behind the Illusion 13-1-1, charcoal, graphite and ink on paper, 2013

Have you ever wondered how artists find inspiration for their work or how they are able to stay true to their creative vision while keeping up with the ever-changing technological landscape of our day and age? Join us for a panel discussion with artists Marko Kratohvil, George Oswalt and Laura Warriner on Thursday, May 30th at 6pm and hear their responses to questions about their own artistic journeys as well as their thoughts on the universal issues that affect most artists.

A selection of sculptures and drawings by Marko Kratohvil are currently on view in Untitled’s east and west galleries, creating the perfect atmosphere for him to discuss how his work has evolved over the years. Because of the major geographic and cultural changes he has experienced moving from Belgrade to London to Oklahoma City, it will be fascinating to hear how his particular artistic journey has been influenced.

Untitled will provide light refreshments and promises an evening of great dialogue while these artists candidly discuss aspects of what it means to be a practicing artist in 2013.

Admission is free and open to the public.

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OKLAHOMA FILM &
MUSIC OFFICE
REPORTS DEFEAT

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program Extension Bill Defeated

Dear Oklahoma film and music industry friends,

It is with deep regret that I inform you that the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted down the extension of the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate Program. The bill was brought up unexpectedly last Thursday night around 8:30 p.m. After a heated debate, the vote came in at 45 Yeas, 44 Nays and 12 excused from voting. Since we were required to have a majority of 51 votes for passage, the bill was held over for a revote Friday morning. Unfortunately, the revote did not go our way, coming in at 38 Yeas, 45 Nays with 18 members excused from voting.

The program's existing sunset date of July 1, 2014 is still in effect. As a result, projects currently prequalified in the rebate queue, and meeting all requirements of the program, will be honored. No new applications will be accepted unless either of the two remaining Fiscal Year 14 projects drop from the queue.

All of us at the Oklahoma Film & Music Office and the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department cannot thank you enough for your efforts in supporting the rebate program. We realize the serious implications of what just occurred. It is a very sad day for our growing film industry and its hard working crew, actors and support services companies.

Please know that both the Oklahoma Film & Music Office and the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department are fully committed to return in February with an even stronger voice next year at the Oklahoma State Capitol.  We intend to stand strong in support of both a competitive film incentives program and you, our valued Oklahoma industry members.  We are confident that with solidarity, we will prevail.

Thank you again for your hard work, your talent and your support.

Best regards,
Jill Simpson - Director
The Oklahoma Film & Music Office
120 N. Robinson, Suite 600
Oklahoma City, OK  73102
405.230.8440
www.oklahomafilm.org

A SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY TO REMEMBER

COMING IN JUNE AND JULY

This will be a Summer at the Library to remember.

Metropolitan Library System’s annual Summer at the Library programs will open June 1 and continue through the end of July. It’s not just for young children.  Teens have a program of their own which is entirely different than the one for young children.

 “This year's Children's Program is called ‘Dig Into Reading’,” said MLS Director of Marketing and Communications Kim Terry, “and children of all ages are invited to sign-up and listen or read.”

Children aged from birth to preschool are invited to play the Summer Reading Game, as are kids from K through sixth grade.  Teens from grades 7-12 have a program of their own, called “Beneath the Surface.”

 “Where else,” Terry added, “could you get free gifts and prizes just for reading books or listening to books being read? Where else can you see free shows presented by Al Bostick, Sugar Free All Stars, OKC Improv, Rhythmically Speaking, Monty Harper, Cimarron Opera, Chasing James, Adam and Kizzie Ledbetter, Alegria Real, and the Reduxion Theatre?

“MLS and the sponsors of Summer at the Library have come up with a variety of incentives and prizes for everyone who signs up for the program. Children will also earn prizes for the reading and listening they do during June and July.”

After completing each goal, children and teens can continue to read and listen to receive more chances to win drawing prizes.  Participants can also join in a variety of programs and activities. 

“Teens can learn something about pathology from the Museum of Osteology,” said Young Adult Services Coordinator Emily Williams, “try their hand at painting, explore the always fascinating world of Steampunk, and just have a blast with our annual Gamefest events.  And, as they say, more!

 “All of this is free, of course, and the classes are presented by professionals.”
The schedule for June: 

Your MLS libraries will also present Neighborhood Arts, made up of dozens of entertaining programs and events, including the Summer at the Library Game, with prizes and rewards.

As with summers past, the Neighborhood Arts schedule is packed with presentations at all interest levels. Take a look at everything MLS has lined up for June and July:

Schedule A 

June 3-7: Al Bostick

June 10-14: Sugar Free All Stars

June 17-21: OKC Improv

June 24-28: Rhythmically Speaking

July 1-5 (excluding July 4): Monty Harper

July 7-12: Reduxion Theatre

July 15-19: Cimarron Opera

July 22-26: Chasing James

Mondays: Northwest Library, 10:30a.m. ; Capitol Hill Library, 2:00p.m.

Tuesdays: Bethany Library, 9:30a.m., 10:30a.m. ; Belle Isle Library, 7:00p.m.

Wednesdays: Wright Library, 10:30a.m. ; Warr Acres Library, 2:00p.m.

Thursdays: Downtown Library, 9:30 & 10:30a.m. ; Village Library, 2:00p.m.

Fridays: Harrah Library, 10:30a.m.

Schedule B

June 3-7: Sugar Free All Stars

June 10-14: Adam & Kizzie Ledbetter

June 17-21: Rhythmically Speaking

June 24-28: OKC Improv

July 1-5 (excluding July 4): Reduxion Theatre

July 7-12: Alegria Real

July 15-19: Chasing James

July 22-26: Cimarron Opera

Mondays: Southern Oaks Library, 10:30a.m. ; Midwest City Library, 7:00p.m.

Tuesdays: Ralph Ellison Library, 10:30a.m. ; Luther Library, 2:00p.m.

Wednesdays: Del City Library, 10:30a.m. ; Choctaw Library, 2:00p.m.

Thursdays: Edmond Library, 9:30 & 10:30a.m. ; Jones Library, 2:00p.m.

Fridays: Nicoma Park, 10:30a.m.

For more information about Summer at the Library, call any of MLS’ 19 libraries or visit the website at www.metrolibrary.org.

From the press releases

DANCE SCHOOL NEEDS

RECITAL SPACE NEAR

MOORE ON JUNE 1ST

 

 

Frequent adult ballet class student at The Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet Sarah Decker owns a dance studio and a home that is very close to the damaged area of Moore, writes Lynna Schneider from OKC Ballet on Facebook. She had her school's recital scheduled at Hillsdale College but they called her today and said they have canceled all activities for the next 3 months. Her school's recital is June 1st and they need a place to dance. They are in need of a place that sits 400 people and one that has a hard surface floor that they can tap on. Even a gym or cafeteria would work. If anyone has any ideas please post them on The Dance Center of Oklahoma City Ballet's Facebook page.

 

 

PASEO ARTS FESTIVAL
SATURDAY - MONDAY

The 37th Annual Paseo Arts Festival will take place once again this Memorial Day weekend: May 25-27, 2013. More than 80 visual artists will fill the Historic Paseo Arts District, selling original artwork in a wide variety of media, from painting and photography to wood and jewelry. The Festival also hosts dozens of musicians and other live performers on two stages.

The festival hours will be Saturday & Sunday from 10am to 8:00pm, with music until 11pm. On Monday, the Festival hours are from from 10am to 6pm. The Paseo Arts District is located between NW 30th and Dewey and N.W. 28th and Walker.

The North Stage features acoustic acts and singer-songwriters, from folk and country to bluegrass and much more, while the South Stage spotlights dancers, acts that get a little louder, and some of the Festival's most popular returning acts.

The food court at Paseo Drive and 29th will feature thirteen different food vendors, bringing traditional and not-so-traditional festival treats, both savory and sweet. A children's area, offered at no cost, allows future artists to explore the arts and have fun while creating clay sculptures, spin art, and more.

Also for youth, Paper Play Theatre is a hands-on multi arts experience for children of all ages, taking place inside Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan. The studio opens from 12 - 6pm each day of the festival, inviting children to construct puppets from paper, glitz, light and shadows. See StarDanceSwan’s performers dance and sing each child’s puppet story. Paper Play Theatre activities are designed by StarDanceSwan director Lorrie Keller and community arts educators.

Each year, this event draws more than 60,000 people, who come to enjoy the sights, sounds, and tastes of this event. As the Paseo Arts Association's largest annual fundraiser, the Festival helps to support arts events in the Paseo year-round. We hope that you will join us!

In addition to the visiting food vendors and artists, the district's three restaurants and seventeen working galleries will also be open during festival hours. Many galleries will host special exhibits and new artists during the Festival. There is so much to see and do at the Paseo Arts Festival: you won't want to miss it! While you're here, pick up this year's Festival Commemorative T-shirt, featuring artwork by Paseo artist Gayle L. Curry from In Your Eye Studio and Gallery. Curry is one of Oklahoma’s celebrated fine artists and advocate for the arts. Her fine art was commissioned in 2011 for display at Samis Education Center in the OU Complex and has been shown at the State Capitol and other galleries throughout the United States.

Not sure where to park? The Paseo Arts Festival has a shuttle service! Parking will be available to festival visitors at First Christian Church at 36th and Walker. The shuttle will run every 15 minutes on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 9pm and Monday from 10am to 7pm.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
Call the Paseo Arts Association at 405.525.2688 email.

From the press release

RACE DANCE COMPANY AND
LYNNA SCHNEIDER  FROM
OKLAHOMA CITY BALLET REPORT
ALL THAT DANCE STUDIO IN
MOORE NEEDS...

Photo provided

All That Dance Dance Studios', in Moore, recital is less than a month away,
with Nationals soon after. At least 12 families lost everything. Their competition
group needs shoes, tights and leotards, or gift cards. This information comes from
Facebook, which doesn't allow me to copy and paste.

Their website is allthatdancestudios.com. Further contact information is there.

BRIGHTMUSIC FINAL
SHUBERT CONCERT
TONIGHT 7:30 PM
AT ALL SOULS'
AND REVIEW OF
SHIFRIN CONCERT

By Nancy Condit

Concert 4, the final oneThursday evening, 7:30 pm, is at All Souls' Episcopal Church (as originally programmed). The Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert features : (1) Schubert, Rondo for Violin and Piano (Gregory Lee, violin; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Schubert, Selection of Ten Lieder for Tenor and Piano (Andrew Ranson, tenor; Amy Cheng, piano); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Hal Grossman, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).

REVIEW:

SHIFRIN IS OUTSTANDING
IN CONCERT 2

Guest clarinetist David Shifrin and pianist Amy I-Lin Cheng played Carl Maria von Weber's Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano like the virtuoso piece it was billed as. Standing, Shifrin put his body into playing the instrument, as he ran scales, trills and arpeggios up and down the three movements. Cheng was very good, with the same challenging score.

Christopher Theofanidis' contemporary "Quasi una Fantasia," the world premiere of a new work for two clarinets and string quarted, commissioned by Brightmusic Society of Oklahoma and Chamber Music Northwest, Portland, Oregon was an enjoyable piece well played by Shifrin, and nicely matched by clarinetist Chad Barrow. Katrin Stamatis on the violin, Mark Neumann on the viola and Jonathan Ruck on the cello rounded out the musicians well.

The evening finished up with Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K.581. with Shifrin, an excellent Hal Grossman on the violin, with Gregory Lee also on the violin, Mark Neumann on the viola, and Jonathan Ruck on the cello.

HARRY FOUND SAFE

Five year old Harry found safe and sound.
Richie William's photo posted by Desiree Roan on my Facebook.

Desiree Roan writes "They found little Harry safe and sound" at 10:10 p.m., sent from her mobile phone.

PERPETUAL MOTION
SEEKS TO HELP ONE
OF THEIR JUNIOR
COMPANY

From Perpetual Motion Dance/Modern Dance Oklahoma
on Facebook

Hello friends,

A member of our teen company, PM2, lost her family home yesterday. Perpetual Motion company and board members are donating towards a gift card for them and thought we would extend the opportunity to our circle of friends. I am sure many of you are already donating in some way, but if you feel moved to... also contribute to this family, we will collect money or gift cards for them. You can donate on our website, mail check or gift card to P.O. Box 1816, OKC, OK 73101, or ask one of the PM dancers to pick it up. Love always,

Perpetual Motion dancers

OKC BALLET ASKS TO
"HELP LOAD THE TRUCK"



Oklahoma City Ballet office is open as a drop site for supplies to go to Moore. Our address is 7421 North Classen. Thankfully we have heard from all of our staff and they are safe, but we know many are not. What we are being told they need most is baby wipes, paper towels, gallons of water (not just bottles), individually wrapped snack and food items and work gloves. We are open 9am-5pm M-F We will also have a truck outside of the Kirkpatrick Auditorium at our performance Thursday evening at Oklahoma City University from 6pm-9pm. Feel free to come drop off supplies at either location.

 

From my Facebook page

BRIGHTMUSIC'S
RESCHEDULED
PERFORMANCES --
SHIFRIN TONIGHT

"This will be our reply to violence:  To make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."  Leonard Bernstein

The revised schedule for Concerts 2, 3 and 4 of Brightmusic's "Schubert & Friends" Festival will be as follows:

Tuesday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church:  (1) Weber, Grand Duo Concertant (David Shifrin, clarinet; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Theofanidis, "Quasi un Fantasia," world premiere (David Shifrin and Chad Burrow, clarinet; Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; Jonathan Ruck, cello); and (3) Mozart, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (David Shifrin, clarinet; Hal Grossman and Gregory Lee, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; and Jonathan Ruck, cello). Guest artist David Shifrin
will appear this evening only, because of his schedule.

Wednesday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church:  (1) Schubert, "Arpeggione" Sonata (Mark Neumann, viola; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Crusell, Quartet for Clarinet and Strings (Chad Burrow, clarinet; Katrin Stamatis, violin; Mark Neumann, viola; Jonathan Ruck, cello); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 1 in Bb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Gregory Lee, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).

Thursday evening, 7:30 pm, All Souls' Episcopal Church (as originally programmed) (Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert): (1) Schubert, Rondo for Violin and Piano (Gregory Lee, violin; Amy Cheng, piano); (2) Schubert, Selection of Ten Lieder for Tenor and Piano (Andrew Ranson, tenor; Amy Cheng, piano); and (3) Schubert, Piano Trio No. 2 in Eb Major (Amy Cheng, piano; Hal Grossman, violin; Jonathan Ruck, cello).
From press release

WE NEED YOUR HELP
FINDING 5 YEAR OLD
HARRY

Desiree Roan writes on Facebook:

This is Harry, he is 5yo. He was at the Step Above Learning Center at 149th & Western. PLEASE SHARE THIS PIC ON YOUR PAGE -- Facebook and Twitter. We need your help in finding him.

Please call emergency numbers to let them know that he has been found.

BRIGHTMUSIC 2 CONCERT
RESCHEDULED FOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT

As of Monday, 5/20 at 3:00 pm CST: Brightmusic regrets that it must postpone, once again, the performance of Concert 2 that we had re-set for 7:30 pm tonight.  Concert 2 was originally scheduled for yesterday afternoon at 4:00.  In light of Saturday's 48-hour weather forecast, we postponed Concert 2 until this evening.  Unfortunately, today's weather seems to be giving a repeat performance of what it did yesterday -- with variations, to be sure -- but still posing significant weather risks.  While it is possible that the OKC metro will be relatively clear by concert time tonight, we just don't feel comfortable requiring our musicians, and inviting our audiences, to take the risks of attending a 7:30 performance of Concert 2 tonight. 

We may be able to perform Concert 2 on Wednesday evening.  (Unfortunately, we can't split up Concert 2, adding part of it to Concert 3 and part of it to Concert 4.)  We will let you know just as soon as we can about the performing Concert 2 on Wednesday evening.  In the meantime, Concert 3 remains scheduled for 7:30 pm on Tuesday night at All Souls' Episcopal Church, and Concert 4 for 7:30 pm on Thursday night, also at All Souls'.  The weather demons must not like Schubert as much as all of us do. 

From Brightmusic

BRIGHTMUSIC'S FIRST
CONCERT NICE   --
SECOND CONCERT WITH
DAVID SHIFRIN
DECISION AFTER NOON

By Nancy Condit

A decision about whether to hold Concert 2 tonight because of the weather will be made by noon.

Please go to www.brightmusic.org or call (405) 216-5595 after noon. Updates will also be
broadcast on KCSC fm after noon.

Review
Concert 1 of Schubert and Friends Saturday night at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral was a nice combination of Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, op. 120, D.664, played by Amy I-Lin Cheng, and the almost symphonic work Octet in F Major for Strings and Winds, op. 166, D.803, played by Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis, violin: Mark Neumann, viola: Jonathan Ruck, cello; George Speed, double bass; Chad Burrow, clarinet; Carl Rath, bassoon; and Kate Pritchett, (French) horn.

Cheng, who is also co-artistic director, introduced the sonata as "delightful" and the octet as "noble and symphonic." She praised the second work for it's simplicity. Shubert wrote over 600 pieces in his lifetime.

Cheng played the Allegro moderato section of the sonata with good nuances. She played with her body reflecting the music, bending over the quietest section of the Andante section as though protecting or to get closer to it. The Allegro section varied between delicate and forceful with Cheng's wonderful playing of Schubert's rapid runs interspersed with powerful chords.

Schubert followed Beethoven in composing his smaller octet to prepare for a grand symphony, which became his Symphony No. 9 (program notes). With two violins, a viola, a cello, a double bass, a clarinet, a bassoon and a (French) horn, the piece had the feel and depth of a symphony.

With the "fine tuning" as president David Johnson called it, of the amplification system, both the sonata and  the octet could be heard well.

Concert II with guest clarinetist David Shifrin

Guest artist David Shifrin
Photo provided

This concert is currently scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday night, May 20, at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral. Please check www.brightmusic.org, or call 216-5595 after noon for a final decision.

Appearing at this concert will be guest artist David Shifrin of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest and the Yale University School of Music.  The concert will begin with violist Mark Neumann and pianist Amy Cheng performing Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D.821.  Next, Mr. Shifrin and Amy Cheng will perform Carl Maria von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, op. 48 – a virtuosic work for both instruments.  After intermission, violinist Gregory Lee, cellist Jonathan Ruck and pianist Amy Cheng will play Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, op. 99, D.898, a “blissfully happy work, rich in cheerful melody."
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

Concert 3, also with guest artist David Shifrin will be Tuesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls' Episcopal Church.

Concert 4, the Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert, is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. at All Souls' Episcopal Church.

Complete information can be found at www.brightmusic.org, or by calling  (405) 216-5595 or
(301) 807-4763.

CORRECTION:

PERPETUAL MOTION MODERN
DANCE'S "WATER WON'T WAIT"
AT 2 PM SUNDAY, NOT 4 PM AS
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED

SHOWTIME IS 2 PM SUNDAY FOR
"WATER WON'T WAIT"

BRIGHTMUSIC CONCERT II
CHANGE TO 7:30 MONDAY

SPECIAL NOTICE

DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, BRIGHTMUSIC WILL PERFORM FESTIVAL CONCERT 2 ON MONDAY EVENING – NOT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Due to the possibility of severe weather on Sunday afternoon and evening, Brightmusic’s “Schubert & Friends” Festival Concert 2 – originally scheduled for 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, May 19 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral downtown – has been postponed by one day.  The rescheduled concert will be performed at 7:30 pm on Monday evening, May 20 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral downtown.

The program for Concert 2 remains unchanged.  Guest artist David Shifrin will appear with Brightmusic musicians Gregory Lee, Mark Neumann, Jonathan Ruck and Amy I-Lin Cheng to perform: (1)  Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D.821; (2) Carl Maria von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, op. 48; and (3) Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, op. 99, D.898.

Festival Concert 1 will be performed, as originally scheduled, on Saturday evening, May 18 at 7:30 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral at 7^th & Robinson downtown.  We appreciate the help of Dean Justin Lindstrom and his staff of St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral in making this last-minute change in our performance schedule.

If you require further information, please call (405) 216-5595 or (301) 807-4763.

PERPETUAL MOTION
FILLS THE HOUSE
TO A STANDING O

By Nancy Condit

Perpetual Motion Dance's "Water Won't Wait" played to a full house Friday evening, justly ending with a standing ovation. Special guests were the fresNO Dance COllective from California. The performance at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly the City Arts Center. Performances continue Saturday, May 18th at 8 pm and Sunday, May 19th at 4 pm. Tickets from $18 for adults, to $10 for students/seniors and $8 for children can be purchased at the door or at  www.perpetualmotiondance.org.

Perpetual Motion also collaborated with film maker K. Edward Van Osdol in the jaw droppingly terrifying  Aqueous II , as four dancers hung from and performed on top of two horizontally hung ladders, trying to hold on, grasping, catching with a leg, until they couldn't hold on any longer. The film was shown upside down, with the dancers' hair streaming up. One by one they fell down into the clouds that billowed around them.

fresNo Dance COllective, founded in 2010 by director Amy Querin, performed a very lyrical work Soft as Animal, choreographed by Querin, with contributions by Dana Budd, Hannah Cavallaro, Alyssa Garvin and Spencer Ruell. Taking place in a forest, with an opening film projected on the backdrop, the dancers performed on the stage and two sets of white silks, with their work on silks most eye catching. Alejandra Arguello, a bird in a black leotard with a short white skirt of feathers, many of which were left on the stage, was very impressive on the silks, at one point turning herself inside out on one silk. Music was by Evpatoria Report, Polmo Polpo, Sigur Ros, Jonsi, and Explosions in the Sky. Spoken words and the poetry were by Ryan O'Neal, which ended with "We will find new ways to settle, Tipping scales from the killer to its prey. I can feel the weight around us, Climbing every rib inside us, A sanctuary in a lion's mouth."

Company members also included Jackie Aldern, Hannah Cavallaro, Amy Querin and Britney Reyes.

 Fresno Dance Collective (NOCO) is  a non-profit organization founded to help produce Fresno dance artists and companies, develop emerging dance talent, and enrich the arts in the Fresno metropolitan area by fostering collaboration and embracing diversity.

Michelle Moeller, director of Perpetual Motion wrote of Water Won't Wait, "We are working from a metaphor of time and change. Going with a current versus resisting a current."

Perpetual Motion performed seven dances, all of them polished pieces that dealt with qualities of water and its continued passing once it started flowing. One of the most arresting images was in Aqueous I, with film and score by Van Osdol, as one of the two dancers in long black dresses fell over in her back. The other dancer bent over the unresponsive one and took handfuls of water from her midsection. Then positions reversed, and the other dancer drank from her. Both got up and left refreshed.

Where Time Stands Still, choreographed by Kim Kieffer, music by Jody Redhange, had two dancers on the same silks, first one, then the other climbed up, working mostly in splits, while the other two dancers worked the stage, flat on it and standing. The dance ended as the stage dancers took silks of their own and swung around the center two. Kim Kieffer, areial arts director, built all of the metal apparatus.

The final piece, Clockwise, choreographed by Moeller and Kieffer to music by Jody Redhange, featured an aerial pyramid with a wooden wedge letting sand run out of it while the company performed on the stage below it, ending with one dancer upside down with legs split to receive the sand, but it had run out.

Kim Kieffer, aerial arts director, built all of the metal apparatus.

Company members also included Maria Krey, Alana Murray, Amy Nevius and Leah Watson.

Fault Line, choreographed by Amy Nevius with music by Mount Kimbie was an angular piece nicely done by PM2 junior company members Lauren Carter, Ali Lane, Erin Melton, Bailee Ryan and Brett Ward.

               PERPETUAL MOTION/
          MODERN DANCE OKLAHOMA
          TO PERFORM THIS
          WEEKEND

Perpetual Motion/Modern Dance Oklahoma says, Check out this amazing promotional video for Water Won't Wait by K Edward Van Osdol! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcj0fZXezSY&feature=youtu.be WATER WONT WAIT Water Won't Wait, with guests FresNO Dance COllective, will be debued by Perpetual Motion/Modern Dance Oklahoma May 17th and 18th, 8:00pm May 19th, 2:00pm at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly City Arts Center, at its annual spring performance. The touring Fresno Dance Collective will present a selection from their own full length concert. The programs are May 17 at 8 p.m. until May 19 at 4 p.m. at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly City Arts Center. Tickets are $18 -- $15 in advance -- for adults, $10 for students/seniors, and $8 for children under 12. They can be purchased at www.perpetualmotiondance.org or at the door one hour before the show.

BRIGHTMUSIC
SCHUBERT & FRIENDS
FESTIVAL STARTS
NEXT WEEKEND

Eleven Brightmusic musicians –  some of Oklahoma’s finest classical music teachers and performers – and guest artist David Shifrin will present four concerts at the Brightmusic four-concert Spring Festival "Schubert & Friends" on May 18, 19, 21 and 23, focused on the music of Franz Schubert, plus three Classical- and Romantic-era composers and one of America’s best-known contemporary composers.

Concerts 1 and 2 will be given at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral downtown at 7:30 pm on Saturday evening, May 18 and 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, May 19.  Concerts 3 and 4 will be presented at All Souls’ Episcopal Church in northwest OKC at 7:30 pm on Tuesday evening, May 21 and Thursday evening, May 23.

Individual concert admission is $10 per person for each concert.  Season Membership Pass holders will be admitted to all Festival concerts without charge, as will students with ID.  If you’re not a Season Membership Pass holder, you can save money by purchasing a four-concert Festival Pass for $30 per person.  You can do that online (visit www.brightmusic.org and follow the instructions on the right-hand side of the Home page or the Concerts page).  You can purchase a Festival Pass by mailing a $30/person check to Brightmusic at P.O. Box 20254, OKC 73156 (please include your mail and email addresses).  Or you can purchase a Festival Pass at the door to the first Festival concert on May 18.

A complete program listing for each concert is available on our website.  Here’s an overview:

Concert 1 – Saturday, May 18 – St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral – 7:30 pm

Pianist Amy I-Lin Cheng will kick off the Festival with Schubert’s Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, op. 120, D.664 – a work never publicly performed or published during Schubert’s all-too-short lifetime.  After intermission, eight of the Brightmusic musicians will perform the symphonic Schubert Octet in F Major for Strings and Winds, op. 166, D.803.  The musicians appearing will be Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis (violin), Mark Neumann (viola), Jonathan Ruck (cello), George Speed (double bass), Chad Burrow (clarinet), Carl Rath (bassoon) and Kate Pritchett (horn).

Concert 2 – Sunday, May 19 – St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral – 4:00 pm

Appearing at this concert will be guest artist David Shifrin of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest and the Yale University School of Music.  The concert will begin with violist Mark Neumann and pianist Amy Cheng performing Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata in A Minor for Viola and Piano, D.821.  Next, Mr. Shifrin and Amy Cheng will perform Carl Maria von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, op. 48 – a virtuosic work for both instruments.  After intermission, violinist Gregory Lee, cellist Jonathan Ruck and pianist Amy Cheng will play Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1 in B-Flat Major, op. 99, D.898, a “blissfully happy work, rich in cheerful melody."

Concert 3 – Tuesday, May 21 – All Souls’ Episcopal Church – 7:30 pm

David Shifrin will also appear as Brightmusic’s guest artist at this concert.  It will begin with the Quartet for Clarinet and Strings in E-Flat Major, op. 2, no. 1 by Swedish-Finnish composer Bernard Henrik Crusell.  Chad Burrow (clarinet), Katrin Stamatis (violin), Mark Neumann (viola) and Jonathan Ruck (cello) will perform this work.  There will follow the world premiere of a new chamber music work by contemporary American composer Christopher Theofanidis entitled “Quasi una Fantasia.”  This work is written for two clarinets (played by Chad Burrow and Mr. Shifrin) and string quartet (comprised of violinists Gregory Lee and Katrin Stamatis, violist Mark Neumann and cellist Jonathan Ruck).  This work was jointly commissioned by Brightmusic and Chamber Music Northwest of Portland, Oregon, of which Mr. Shifrin is the long-time Artistic Director.  The West Coast premiere of this work will be on July 13-14 at the summer music festival of Chamber Music Northwest, and the East Coast premiere will be played on November 19 in New York City by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.  Following intermission, violinists Hal Grossman and Gregory Lee, violist Mark Neumann and cellist Jonathan Ruck will join Mr. Shifrin in performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, K.581.

Concert 4 – Thursday, May 23 – All Souls’ Episcopal Church – 7:30 pm

The Festival will finish with an all-Schubert program, this season’s Mae Ruth Swanson Memorial Concert.  It will begin with Schubert’s Rondo (“Rondeau Brillant”) in B Minor for Violin and Piano, op. 70, D.895 with violinist Gregory Lee and pianist Amy Cheng.  This was one of the three chamber music works that was actually published in Schubert’s lifetime.  Next, tenor Andrew Ranson, accompanied by pianist Amy Cheng, will perform ten of Schubert’s Lieder (Songs):  “Der Neugierige,” “Ungeduld,” “Des Müllers Blumen,” “Tränenregen,” “Trokne Blumen,” “ Heidenröslein,” “Romanze aus Rosamunde,” “Du bist die Ruh,” “An di Laute” and “An die Musik.”  Following intermission, the Festival will conclude with Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, op. 100, D.929, performed by violinist Hal Grossman, cellist Jonathan Ruck and pianist Amy Cheng.

Brightmusic’s “Schubert & Friends” Festival will be Oklahoma’s contribution to National Chamber Music Month, a nationwide effort to showcase classical, jazz and contemporary chamber music led by Chamber Music America, a national service organization for ensemble music professionals.

Major funding for “Schubert & Friends” has been provided by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, the Ad Astra Foundation, Chesapeake Energy Corporation and The Kerr Foundation, Inc.

Complete information about the Festival programs, venues and musicians can be found at www.brightmusic.org.

Join us for all four concerts of this second annual event – bringing the finest chamber music in the classical and modern repertoire to the people of central Oklahoma.

From the email 

PERPETUAL MOTION TO
PERFORM
WATER WON'T WAIT

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Water Won't Wait is an all new and original production featuring Perpetual Motion's signature blend of stunning visuals and technical ingenuity as it delves into the fear, despair, and courage inspired by the unalterable current of time.  The Oklahoma City company's most challenging piece in its eleven-year history debuts at its annual spring performance and will be joined by the touring Fresno Dance Collective presenting a selection from their own full length concert. The programs are May 17 at 8 p.m. until May 19 at 4 p.m. at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, formerly City Arts Center.

The title, Water Won't Wait, emerged from conversations between Artistic Director, Michelle Moeller and Aerial Arts Director, Kimberly Kieffer, who both recently experienced major life changes. "The choreographers are using the classical elements water, earth, and air to delve into the theme of change.  More time has also been afforded to exploration during the rehearsal process than previous years due to the addition of ambitious new elements like two suspended iron bridges and a rotating cube that drips sand as the dancers interact with it," Michelle Dexter, artistic director of Perpetual Motion, wrote in an email.

Sneak preview:
http://youtu.be/HzeZ8Q54rxE

The FresNO Dance COllective is Central California’s resident professional modern dance company. 

Fresno Dance Collective (NOCO) is a is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 to help produce Fresno dance artists and companies, develop emerging dance talent, and enrich the arts in the Fresno metropolitan area by fostering collaboration and embracing diversity.

In addition to the stage choreography, Perpetual Motion is collaborating with local filmmaker K Edward Van Osdol to create a series of dance films to be interwoven throughout the concert.

Tickets are $18 -- $15 in advance -- for adults, $10 for students/seniors, and $8 for children under 12. They can be purchased at www.perpetualmotiondance.org or at the door one hour before the show.

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BRIGHTMUSIC PERFORMS
"SCHUBERT & FRIENDS" ON
MAY 18, 19, 21 & 23


Four-concert passes are now available for Brightmusic’s second annual Spring Festival – “Schubert & Friends” – to be performed on May 18, 19, 21 and 23.

Festival Concerts 1 and 2 will be given at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral downtown at 7:30 pm on Saturday evening, May 18 and 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, May 19.  Concerts 3 and 4 will be presented at All Souls’ Episcopal Church in northwest OKC at 7:30 pm on Tuesday evening, May 21 and Thursday evening, May 23.

The Festival will feature the return appearance of guest artist David Shifrin.  David is the Artistic Director of Chamber Music Northwest of Portland, Oregon; a member and former long-time Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and the Professor of Chamber Music at Yale University.  David has made guest appearances many times at the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, and was the featured guest artist on Brightmusic’s September 2010 concert, “Clarinet Serenade.”  David will perform at Brightmusic Festival Concerts 2 and 3.

Festival Concert 3 will also feature the world premiere of a new chamber music work by contemporary American composer Christopher Theofanidis, which Brightmusic and Chamber Music Northwest jointly commissioned.  After its world premiere at Brightmusic's Festival on May 21, Mr. Theofanidis' new work – “Quasi una Fantasia” for two clarinets and string quartet -- will receive its West Coast premiere on July 13-14 at the Summer Festival of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, and its East Coast premiere on November 19 at Alice Tully Hall by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.  Mr. Shifrin and Brightmusic Co-Artistic Director Chad Burrow will be the featured clarinetists in all three premiere performances.  You can hear the world premiere performance right here in OKC!

Tickets are $10 per concert at the door.  We are offering a four-concert Festival Pass for $30.  It can be purchased on our website, www.brightmusic.org; by mailing a check to Brightmusic at PO Box 20254, OKC 73156; or at the door to the first Festival concert on May 18.  Students with ID are admitted free at all of our concerts, including the Festival concerts.
From the email

AUDITION ANNOUNCED FOR
NEWLY FORMING DANCE COMPANY --
DANCE THEATRE OKC

 Newly forming dance company, Dance Theatre OKC, will hold an audition Saturday, May 11 at 2:00 PM, at the Bruce Owen Theatre at Oklahoma City Community College, located at 7777 S. May Ave.

Male and female dancers with training in ballet, modern dance and/or jazz are urged to attend.  Company members and apprentices will be selected.  Apprentices will work with the company and have performance opportunities as they progress.  Dancers must be no younger than fourteen years of age.  No certain type or size of dancer is required, according to artistic director Elizabeth Hobi.  “I am looking for individuals, performers with heart, who project and connect with the audience.”

For the audition, dancers should bring either ballet or jazz shoes, or dance paws.   Registration will begin at 2:00 PM, and will be followed by a warm-up and audition in the format of a dance class.  Dancers will not be allowed into the theatre until 2:00 PM.  The audition is closed to the public and only audition participants will be allowed entrance.

Company members and apprentices will have class and rehearsal Mondays and Wednesdays 6:30-8:00 or 8:30 PM, and, beginning in the fall, rehearsal will also be held on Saturdays 3:00-5:00 PM, as needed.

For more information regarding the audition or dance classes at Oklahoma City Community College, contact Elizabeth Hobi at elizabeth.a.hobi@occc.edu.

From the press release