MUSIC IN MOTION

TAKE MY HAND
Choreography: Niels Plotard
Dancers and creative collaborators: Corinna Abela, Concetta Cariello, Ilaria Lagna, Pinelopi Mousga, Cassandra Straub, Anthea Zammit
Music: Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)
1957-Award Montage, Blood Oath, Mishima / Closing

LISTEN, THAT YOU MAY LIVE
Choreography: Francesca Abela Tranter
Dancers: Ilaria Lagna, Pinelopi Mousga, Anthea Zammit
Music: John Adams – John’s Book of Alleged Dances
Alligator Escalator, Judah to the Ocean, Rag the Bone, Dogjam

CANUCK / / Daddy’s Little Match Girl
Choreography: Marie Keiser-Nielsen
Dancers: Corinna Abela, Concetta Cariello, Cassandra Straub
Music: Norma Beecroft – Amplified String Quartet with Tape

SORRY I’M NOT SORRY
Choreography: Emmalena Fredriksson in collaboration with the dancers
Dancers: Corinna Abela, Concetta Cariello, Ilaria Lagna, Pinelopi Mousga, Cassandra Straub, Anthea Zammit
Music: Alfred Schnittke – String Quartet No. 3
mov I Andante, mov II Agitato

ZENE QUARTET
Klara Nazaj & Vincenzo Picone: violins
Ayako Omoto: viola
Akos Kertesz: cello

MUSIC IN MOTION is organised in collaboration with the Department of Dance Studies of the University of Malta. Connecting contemporary dance with the live recital of string quartets by Philip Glass, Alfred Schnittke, John Adams and Norma Beecroft. MUSIC IN MOTION includes a cast of seven students reading for a Bachelor in Dance Studies at the University of Malta’s School of Performing Arts. The choreographers selected for this project are Maltese dance artist Francesca Tranter, French choreographer Niels Plotard, Danish actress and director Marie Keiser-Nielsen, and Vancouver-based Swedish dance artist Emmalena Fredriksson.