Love Alone Anthology Project – Apr 10-13
By Keith A. Thompson & danceTactics performance group
World Premiere
“…Mr. Thompson proved equally
adept at overt drama and comedy…nuanced, well-plotted…”
– Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
ABOUT
danceTactics performance group is proud to present the world-premiere of the Love Alone Anthology Project, choreographed by Keith A. Thompson and inspired by the writings of AIDS activist Paul Monette (1945-95). Galvanized by his powerful 1988 volume of poetry “Love Alone: 18 Elegies for Rog”, written while his gay lover was dying from HIV, this multidisciplinary performance interprets and embodies these stream-of-conscious monologues into a suite of powerful episodes performed by men of multiple generations, backgrounds, and sexual identities.
The Love Alone Anthology Project features performances by Clarence Brooks, Shawn Brush, Aidan Feldman, and Brendan McCall, visual art by Robert Flynt, lighting by Joe Levasseur, video art by David Fishel, and original music by Albert Mathias, Maesa Pullman and Dalal Bruckmann.
CREDITS
Choreography & direction by Keith A. Thompson
Inspired by the writings of Paul Monette
Performed by Clarence Brooks, Shawn Brush, Aidan Feldman, and Brendan
McCall
Lighting Design by Joe Levasseur
Video Projection Design by David Fishel
Original Music by Albert Mathias, Dalal Bruchmann, and Maesa Pullman
Original Photography by Robert Flynt
Stage Management by Lacee Garcia
Company Management by Brendan McCall
Social Media/Communications Management by Sarah White
BIOS
Keith A. Thompson is a multifaceted contemporary dance artist currently serving as Assistant Director of the Dance program and Associate Professor within the School for Music, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University, as well as an inaugural faculty fellow at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. He danced internationally for the Trisha Brown Company (1992-2001), and is a frequent collaborator with Liz Lerman. He received his MFA Research Fellowship in Dance from Bennington College in 2003. Founded in 2006, his company danceTactics performance group is a contemporary dance and physical theater company based in both Arizona and New York that embraces diversity, belonging, and humanity, striving to embody all of these principles throughout every facet of its creative work.
La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival
20th Anniversary
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La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue.
