Description
Slow and sensual, insistent and intertwined, athletic and aware, Leichter's dance pieces are filled with provocative pairings. Whether exploring race and gender, the relationship between dancers, or between street and traditional dance styles, the movement evokes a cultivated culture clash.
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Nicholas Leichter Biography
Nicholas Leichter (Artistic Director) received a BA in Dance
from Connecticut College where he studied with Jacylnn Villamil
and Martha Myers. He was a member of Ralph Lemon Company from
1993-1995, has performed with the companies of Jennifer Muller,
Ronald K. Brown, and Gus Solomons jr, and regularly appears
in the work of Clare Byrne.
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Repertory>full
repertory info
The RIte of Spring (33 minutes)
Coming soon.
Sweetwash (30 minutes)
Marking Nicholas Leichter’s first
collaboration with African American composer, writer, and
performer Eisa Davis, Sweetwash honors
the work and ideas of African American civil rights activists
and literary figures.
Carmina Burana (full-evening opera, 65 minutes choreograhy)
Set to medieval poetry, Nicholas Leichter’s
choreography forges a fresh interpretation of composer Carl
Orff’s exploration into hedonistic pagan ritual. Distancing
Carmina Burana from the Third Reich’s appropriation
of the work during the second World War, Leichter’s
signature choreographic style, fusing a modern dance vernacular
with urban street dance, transforms this magnetic, crowd-pleasing
work, often over-used in our popular culture, into a full-out
celebration of contemporary cultural diversity.
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