Ruth Leon recommends…Black Grace – Jacob’s Pillow Digital Stream
Ruth Leon recommendsBlack Grace – Jacob’s Pillow Digital Stream
Purchase of this stream allows for an unlimited number of viewing sessions through March 19
Black Grace was filmed live during Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2022.
Dedicated to the rich storytelling traditions of the South Pacific, New Zealand-based Black Grace masterfully blends contemporary and Samoan dance genres, expressing them with “phenomenal strength, stamina and spirit” (The New Zealand Herald). Founded by Neil Ieremia in 1995, the company masterfully blends contemporary and indigenous Samoan dance genres with a body of work “that crosses geographic and social boundaries, often with innovative flair and theatricality” (The Boston Globe).
This program includes O Le Olaga 0 Life, a tribute to Ieremia’s parents and a celebration of life set to Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, as well as Fatu, a new work inspired by the work of Samoan painter and sculptor Fatu Akelei Feu’u and set to an original soundtrack both live and recorded. The company also reprises Minoi, a high-energy virtuosic work featured in their first Pillow performance.
I hope that in March Ruth Leon will take the time to hear the new Yeol Eum Son’s Mozart box and to recommands it. She deserves that. There so few pianist who Play well Mozart today.