Louder Than Words Dancetheatre - Dependence Upon Initial Conditions June 4, 2010

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre

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dependence upon initial conditions

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre knows that art can be fun, smart, sexy, entertaining and edifying all at once as they take center stage with dependence upon initial conditions, at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, June 4 - 12 in the Byron Theatre in DU’s Newman Center, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver. Tickets are $22 General Admission; $17 Student\seniors and available at the Newman Center Box Office Mon - Fri 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by calling 303-871-7720, on line at Ticketmaster.com or by contacting info@louderthanwordsdance.com..

With dependence upon initial conditions, the LTW Design Team led by Artistic Director and Choreographer Chris Harris puts color, music and fabric front and center in three acts.

In Act I, “The Forest of Sight/Island of Understanding,”the dancers utilize a 1300 sq. ft fabric set piece as both set and costume while the other half the stage is peopled by dancers moving more and less freely through the space.

Act II, “The Soundkeeper,” brings in Music and Music Theory including the beautifully languid Legato, a polyrhythmic piece inspired by Steve Reich’s clapping music; and an original composition performed live by Matthew E. Morgan.

Act III, “Chroma,” delves into an exploration of additive and subtractive color theory with an interactive collaboration between lighting and costumes. As dancers move in and out of light, the audience gets to experience traditional color wheels in new and fascinating ways. The Design Team specifically uses the lighting in the way an artist mixes paints, challenging the way our eyes deal with the spectrum of light using the dancers’ costumes as the pallet and the space itself as the canvas.

dependence upon initial conditions is a modern and jazz based dance production inspired by allowing elements of design to become their own characters within in the dance while maintaining high levels of technique and artistic relevance.



As in their June, 2009 show Tensigrity, this show is presented in the round with all three levels of the Byron Theatre open for seating. The audience is encouraged to change seats between acts and to view the dance from different heights and visual perspectives.

Chris Harris, Artistic Director and Choreographer, was born in Denver and has a BFA in Dance from the University of Colorado and a second degree in Architecture. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Denver School of the Arts; and on the faculty of Dance Kaleidoscope and A Living Arts Centre. She has choreographed for local theaters; been a guest lecturer at The Arts Institute of Colorado and CSU; designed many websites; and is a co-director of the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, the Assistant Artistic Director of Interweave Dancetheatre and the Artistic Director/Choreographer Colorado Youth Dance Theatre in Denver.

Rounding out the LTW Design Team are Whit Ryan, Co-founder and Executive Director, who holds a BA in Technical Theatre from CU Boulder; Lighting Designer Lacey Erb, currently a Technical Director at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder and a Guest Artist at the Denver School of the Arts, Matthew Morgan, Technical Director, Sound Designer and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver and newest addition, Costume Designer studio and textile artist Rebecca Peebles .

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre - Dependence Upon Initial Conditions - June 4 -12 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8 p.m. Byron Theatre located in DU’s Newman Center, 2344 East Iliff Avenue. Tickets: $22 General Admission; $17 Student\seniors. 303-871-7720, info@louderthanwordsdancetheatre.com, on line at or at Ticketmaster.com - Newman Center Box Office Mon - Fri 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information at www.louderthanwordsdance.com, or 720-949-4480