Nancy Karp + Dancers - piano, piano a new full evening work

On piano piano, Karp states, “I absolutely love this concept as a way of making decisions and going about life. It is this counteraction to the fast paced immediate culture of most everything in our contemporary world that will be at the heart of this new work; not only the pace…

Nancy Karp + Dancers embarks this fall on one of our most adventurous new projects, “piano piano” made for the Dresher Ensemble space in West Oakland. The work invites the audience through the buildings hallways, balconies, and central floor space. The dancers relationship to the architecture and the many spaces that appear to be fixed, will inform how the piece emerges.  

“piano piano” is an Italian expression that means:  slowly slowly, gradually, gently, carefully, quietly, take your time / don’t rush – you’ll figure it out. Karp writes: I absolutely love this concept as a way of making decisions and going about life. It is this counteraction to the fast pace immediate culture of most everything in our contemporary world that will be at the heart of this new work; not only the pace and gradual unfolding of the performance, but part of the process in creating the work’s movement vocabulary, music/sound choices, quality of lighting, & the response/treatment of the Dresher industrial space.

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