NEXTMOVE Dance Presents - Sean Curran Dance
Check out this great Suzi Nash interview of Tisch Dance Chair Seán Curran with his company in Philly ...
NEXTMOVE Dance Presents - Sean Curran Dance
The world-traveled Seán Curran Company makes a rare Philadelphia appearance with two works by founder/choreographer Seán Curran. These Philadelphia premieres, Social Discourse, and Left Exit: Faith, Doubt, and Reason, will be on the NextMove Dance series at The Prince Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, April 6-10, 2016.
Set to a rousing score by Thom Yorke & Radiohead, Social Discourse (2007) is a movement — driven response to the music. It features six dancers in colorful costumes tearing through space at rapid speeds, accented by robust full-bodied partnering. Curran’s choreographic approach reflects his roots as a lead performer with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in its architectural formalistic use of space and keeping the space fluid.
Left Exit: Faith, Doubt, and Reason (2010) asks questions as to how religion unites and divides us and what it means to be human. It explores secular reasoning, spiritual humanism, and organized religion, illuminating the desire to search for life’s significance and purpose. Curran refers to it as his “mid-life existential crisis.” Set to a commissioned score by Jerome Begin which includes recorded texts from “The Atheism Tapes” and the film “Examined Life,” this 50-minute work features nine dancers who interact, react, enter and exit frequently, followed by full ensemble sections. The New York Times states “Much of the choreography has a monumental quality that recalls the mythic works of Martha Graham. Tense tableaus are composed like the paintings of old masters.”