Armitage Gone! Dance

 

The Elegant Universe

Armitage Gone! Dance
Friday, May 30, 2008, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM, 
Works & Process at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

As part of the Guggenheim Museum's Works & Process series, director/choreographer Karole Armitage presented a new work inspired by physicist Brian Greene's bestselling book, The Elegant Universe. This dynamic performance blended music, dance, text, and projected imagery to create a vibrant portrait of the universe as revealed by cutting-edge physics, incorporating wondrous insights from the realm of string theory.

The performance included a discussion between Armitage, physicist Jim Gates and composer Lukas Ligeti about the rich and challenging process of transforming scientific concepts into aesthetic expression. Lukas Ligeti's score was performed live by the Composer with Marco Cappelli on guitar, and Ha-Yang Kim on cello.

Photo by: Julietta Cervantes
Dancers:  Frances Chiaverini and Megumi Eda of Armitage Gone! Dance

Participants 

Karole Armitage

Karole Armitage is a dancer and choreographer widely known for combining disparate styles and themes with the discipline and techniques of classical ballet. She is the artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance, a company based in New York City.

Jim Gates

Sylvester James (Jim) Gates, Jr. is currently the John S. Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland-College Park. In spring of 2009 he was appointed to serve on President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and the Maryland State Board of Education. read more

Lukas Ligeti

Lukas Ligeti is a composer whose works combine downtown New York experimentalism with contemporary classical music, jazz, electronica, and world music. read more

Venue:

Works & Process at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

This event produced in collaboration with

Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum