Dance Theatre Northwest combines ballet, glass in ‘Moments’
If you missed “Moments,” you’ll get another chance Saturday.
Dance Theatre Northwest will perform its signature piece, inspired by recent glass art made at the Museum of Glass, in its spring show at Mount Tahoma High School, “Another Opening.” The show also will include ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap and musical theater dance by students and company members.
Recently premiered at the Museum of Glass, “Moments” was created by Dance Theatre Northwest’s artistic director, Melanie Kirk-Stauffer. The series of dances is based on glass art currently up at the museum, primarily a four-panel leaded glass screen by Dick Weiss. “Moments” explores those “moments of clarity, a kind of purity that is instinctive and that most artists translate into their work, along with those moments of vulnerability and strength that all seem to combine at times,” according to Kirk-Stauffer in a press release.
Her choreography to a Rachmaninoff score was designed to look spontaneous at times.
Another ballet, “Caprice,” playfully interprets David Huchthausen’s abstract sculpture “Triad,” while Lino Tagliapietra’s “Manhattan Sunset” — a 3-D cityscape of glass canes — gets a Broadway jazz dance treatment.
Dancers include Lauren Trodahl, Oceana Thunder, Philandra Eargle, Neil Alexander and Solana Sartain.
Rosemary Ponnekanti: 253-597-8568, @rose_ponnekanti
Another Opening
Who: Dance Theatre Northwest.
When: 4 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Mount Tahoma High School Auditorium, 4634 S. 74th St., Tacoma.
Tickets: $18 adults, $9 seniors and students.
Information: 253-778-6534, dtnw.org.
This story was originally published June 22, 2016 at 9:47 AM with the headline "Dance Theatre Northwest combines ballet, glass in ‘Moments’."