Selected Choreography for Voices of Sepharad
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A la Una – a light-hearted dance to a children’s counting song.
Captivo – about a captured Spanish Jewess of the Renaissance.
Coplas de Purim – a humorous half-hour retelling of the story of Esther, for several characters.
Dos Amantes – a portrait of young, Turkish Sephardic woman confounded by two lovers.
Doña Gracia Mendes de Naci – a dance about a true Renaissance Sephardic woman, who commanded economic and spiritual leadership in Europe.
Endechas – an elegy to the lost children in the Holocaust, inspired by a visit to Auschwitz.
Hagar’s Midrash – a retelling of the biblical Hagar story, with a contemporary twist.
La Rosa –
a lyrical dance to the classic Sephardic Sabbath song. La Serena
– about a dynamic and maniacal figure from Greek and Turkish Sephardic lore. Minush –
a lovely vision of the Turkish Sephardic woman named Minush. Moroccan Wedding Suite – shows the bride in the traditional black
brocade gown by the river, at the wedding and at the reception. Petenera – about the doomed Sephardic woman from Petener. These Things I Remember
– five poignant and dramatic vignettes showing the saga of Sephardic life
from the Inquisition through Morocco and Turkey to the Nazi period and culminating
in contemporary times. Viva Ordueña – a lively portrait of a Moroccan lass who learns to dance at the sea. |
