Ideas in Progress
Labayen Dance and its Artistic Director, Enrico Labayen – Isadora Duncan Awardee for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography (USA), Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Awardee of The City of Manila for Dance in 2004, and one of the artists named as a Global Filipino by the Filipino Channel (TFC), an ABS-CBN international channel – is holding a concert called “Ideas in Progress” on October 27, 2005 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). The show is co-sponsored by the CCP.
The concert will focus on cutting-edge and courageous dance ideas, and will feature works by international and local choreographers and dancers. One of these is a piece by international choreographer Mahmud Ibrahim from Malaysia called “Citrawarna”, a contemporary treatment of traditional Malaysian dance performed by two Malaysian dance artists and three Philippine artists. Mr. Ibrahim is one of the top choreographers in Kuala Lumpur who is famous for his contemporary versions of Malaysian traditional folk dance, and is also an award-winning choreographer.
“Deer Dance” is a Mexican piece by Jim Paolleli from the USA, a New York native who was the Co-Artistic Director of the international folk dance company of New York which has toured all over the world. His piece is based on a Mexican legend about the deers’ struggle to survive against the hunters. This will be the first time Mr. Paolleli’s work will be seen in the Philippines.
“On The Way”, choreographed by Enrico Labayen, is a new piece about the right and choice of women to bear children. Another new piece by Mr. Labayen is “Trance Planet Suite”.
These pieces are all world premieres, and are only a few of the new, unique and innovative that will be performed during the evening. This performance is the result of a three month long international dance workshop led by Enrico Labayen as well as other international experts in dance, choreography, lighting design, stage management, costume design, and physical therapy for dance.
“Ideas in Progress” will be an exciting venture into what dance will be like in the future, and is a very rare event in this country.
