This entry is kind of a reminder note: remember the name of Osmany Tellez, a Cuban-born choreographer I saw last night at Dance Theater Workshop in a work titled "Descending Matter (Illusion Course)." I noticed in his biography that he has performed with Circus Amok!
He and three women dancers -- Astrud Angarita, Sigal Bergman, and Rebecca Serrell -- danced the piece to music by Guy Yarden with beautiful costumes by Astrud Angarita and lighting by Chloe Z. Brown.
I know even less about describing dance than I do about visual art, so I'll just say it was a beautiful mix of sexy, smart, original movement. I heard him talking to someone afterward about how creates works as collaborations with the dancers, and acts as choreographer and a kind of director/facilitator for improvisatory performers. Watch for him.
"command/shift/delete" by Ori Flomin on the same program was a very smart piece as well, with an interesting mix of intimacy and distance between the all-male cast. Very appropriate for a work inspired by our technology-soaked world.
There was another work on the program, by Nia Love. Let's agree not to talk about it.
