(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Heidi Latsky's Triptych makes its world premiere at Peak Performances April 16 - 19 with two live works, Somewhere and Solo/Countersolo, and the debut film of Dance for Film on Location at Montclair State University - Soliloquy. The performances on April 16, 17 are at 7:30pm; April 18 at 8:00 pm; April 19 at 3:00pm.
“Why not?” has been choreographer and dancer Heidi Latsky’s battle cry since she began her career with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane in 1987 and her assignment was to negotiate the considerable (and gorgeous) bulk of her dance partner, Lawrence Goldhuber. Now she adds film director to her résumé with the World Premiere of Triptych, comprised of two live dance pieces, Somewhere and Solo/Countersolo and the debut of the short film Soliloquy. Soliloquy represents the first of three innovative pairings of choreographer and cinematographer commissioned by Dance for Film on Location at Montclair State University. View the trailer for Soliloquy.
For Latsky, directing the film provided a new dimension of “why not?” As a leading “physically integrated” company, Heidi Latsky Dance includes performers with Parkinson’s and cerebral palsy, who are deaf, born without legs or whose legs have been amputated. Latsky worked with director of photography Zachary Halberd and editor Marilys Ernst to create the intimate, powerful movement portraits in the film. One of the advantages of working with film, Latsky believes, is the ability to draw attention to unexpected details that cannot otherwise be perceived. With Triptych, Latsky’s dancers continue to present “unexpected bodies in beautiful ways” and collaborate with the eye of the beholder to redefine notions of beauty and virtuosity. Triptych features original music by Chris Brierley and Xi.me.na Borges.
Dance for Film on Location at Montclair State University pairs outstanding choreographers with filmmakers to explore the possibilities generated by dance created especially for film, rather than to document dance performed live. The resulting shorts are filmed on campus at Montclair State and produced by The Office of Arts and Cultural Programming with significant participation by the University’s College of the Arts, the School of Communications and Media, and Creative Research Center. Dance for Film on Location at Montclair State University is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University is located at 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, New Jersey 07043. Tickets are $20, and are available at the box office, www.peakperfs.org, or by calling 973-655-6112.
Charter bus service is provided from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Terminal-arcade on 41st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues- to the Alexander Kasser Theater ($10 per person, round trip) for all Saturday and Sunday performances.
