Urban Ballet Theater
Urban Ballet Theater celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006 @ 3 PM
Orange Hall Theater
Admission: $10 adults; $8 non-SUNY Orange students; $9 senior citizens, group rates; free all SUNY Orange students
Artistic Director Daniel Catanach has developed the dances performed by the Urban Ballet Theater from a storyteller's prospective. The dances are influenced by his Hispanic heritage as well as the Native American cultures of the Southwest. During his career, Catanach came to believe that ballet is viewed as an elite form of expression, limited in its exposure to audiences outside of privileged social classes. Because of this, he decided to take this classical art form and use it to express modern societal issues with a new voice.
The performance will consist of three dances, two works in the first half and one long piece after intermission. “Of Dust and Bone,” based on the poetry of award-winning New Mexican poet Levi Romero and presented in English and Spanish, threads six poems together while telling the story of a young man’s hunger for life. “Tangoed” is a ballet set dealing with the world of men, the world of women, and the relationship developed between a man and a woman. The interweaving of the worlds is demonstrated through complicated dance steps and a complex musical score. “Mambo” is Urban Ballet Theater’s signature work. The piece celebrates the diverse culture of Latino communities as it explores its heritage. This ballet demonstrates the colliding of cultures within Latino communities – Chicano, Caribbean, and the Americas – and the resolution and acceptance of one’s own identity.
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Dorothy Szefc
Coordinator of Cultural Affairs (Middletown)
(845) 341-4891
cultural@sunyorange.edu
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Coordinator of Cultural Affairs (Newburgh)
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