{"id":277,"date":"2010-08-27T08:21:05","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T12:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.irasperipheralvisions.com\/WetPaint\/?p=277"},"modified":"2010-08-27T08:24:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T12:24:46","slug":"dema-dance-company-coming-to-dumbo-dance-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irasperipheralvisions.com\/WetPaint\/dema-dance-company-coming-to-dumbo-dance-festival.htm","title":{"rendered":"DeMa Dance Company Coming to DUMBO Dance Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Poema<\/a>
Victory Chen and Joshua King performing Yesid Lopez's Poema 15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On September 26th the DeMa Dance Company<\/a> will be performing Yesid Lopez’s Poema 15 (I Like For You To Be Still) at the Grand Finale of the DUMBO Dance Festival, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year.\u00a0 The concert will take place\u00a0 at the Empire Fulton Ferry State Park on the DUMBO waterfront, right near the Manhattan Bridge, with a spectacular night time view of the New York City skyline as a backdrop.<\/p>\n

The festival is part of the 2010 DUMBO Arts Festival<\/a> which along with dance will feature “music, performance art, literature, theatre, film, a digital design industry component, kids’ programming and more.”<\/a><\/p>\n

The dance Poema 15 had its World Premiere last July at the White Wave John Ryan Theater.\u00a0 Three couples perform in the dance, one at a time, dramatizing different aspects of love and relationships, to the music of Luis Bacalov and Luis C. Amadori, along with spoken word by Glenn Close.<\/p>\n

“Poema 15 is a manifestation of love.\u00a0 It is a trip that most of us have taken.\u00a0 It is a wake up call to be romantic, to care, to express without boundaries, to live, to laugh, to love.\u00a0 It’s a tribute to Pablo Neruda’s legacy as the most influential love poet in Latin America’s literature.”<\/em> — Yesid Lopez’s program notes from the White Wave program.<\/p>\n

I’m really looking forward to the festival and the performance.\u00a0 Last year at this time, DeMa was just being born and its first dances were being cast.\u00a0 The company mounted a very ambitious schedule in its first year, setting eight brand new pieces on its new dancers and bringing each one to the stage.\u00a0 They enjoyed a successful New York season last May at the Ailey Citigroup Theatre as well as two dates in July at White Wave.\u00a0 Artistic Directors Despina Simegiatos and Matina Simegiatos brought the company a very long way in a short amount of time.<\/p>\n

All photos of\u00a0 Poema 15 by Kimberly Max<\/a>.\u00a0 Costumes by Peggy Casey.\u00a0 Lighting by Jeremy Jones.<\/p>\n

View DeMa’s demo reel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Poema<\/a>
Marissa Frey and Jere Hunt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Poema<\/a>
Kelly McCormick Bangs and Matthew Flatley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Poema<\/a>
Kelly McCormick Bangs and Matthew Flatley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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