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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago April 12 & 13, 2019 • 7:30 pm Royal Theatre Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes (inclusive of one intermission) The Royal Theatre is located on the traditional lands of the Lekwungen peoples, also known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live, create, and perform on this territory.
About the Works A Picture of You Falling (18 mins) Choreography: Crystal Pite Music: Owen Belton Voice: Kate Strong Lighting Design: Robert Sondergaard Costume Design: Linda Chow Staging: Peter Chu Dancers: Jacqueline Burnett, Elliot Hammans Hubbard Street’s debut in choreography by acclaimed artist Crystal Pite, A Picture of You Falling, exists in two versions, both of which premiered in 2008: a duet for dancers Peter Chu and Anne Plamondon, and this solo, first performed by Pite herself for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award Gala in Ottawa. “I am fascinated by the shared narratives that live in our bodies — the familiar, repetitive storylines that move across cultures and generations — and the body’s role as their illustrator,” says Pite. “I’m curious about the ways in which the body can convey profound meaning through the simplest of gestures, and how distortion, iteration and analysis of familiar human action provide opportunities to recognize and re-frame ourselves in one another.” Created and first performed by choreographer Crystal Pite at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 2008. Duet version further adapted for and premiered by Kidd Pivot as part of The You Show, premiered at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany, November 4, 2010. Solo version first
performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago March 12, 2015 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL. Original music by Owen Belton. A Picture of You Falling is sponsored by Choreographer’s Circle Member Sara Albrecht. Special thanks to Jim French, Nederlands Dans Theater and NDT alumnus Jiří Pokorný, and Peter Chu.
The Other You (20 mins) Choreography: Crystal Pite Music: Ludwig van Beethoven Sound Design: Owen Belton Staging: Eric Beauchesne Lighting Design: Robert Sondergaard Costume Design: Linda Chow Dancers: Michael Gross, Andrew Murdock Created and first performed by Kidd Pivot at the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt, Germany on November 4, 2010 as part of The You Show. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, recorded by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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