Premiere of site-specific choreography by Boston Dance Theater
We do regret to inform you that due to concerns around the COVID-19 situation we are canceling this event. We look forward to welcoming you at the Goethe-Institut Boston at a later time. Please stay healthy and safe.
Presented as part of 'Our House is Your House' Opening Weekend.
Boston Dance Theater Co-director/Choreographer Jessie Jeanne Stinnett teams up with Artistic Director of Sound Icon Ensemble Jeffrey Means for a commission initiated by Goethe-Institut Boston to create a site-specific, 45 minute dance work set to musical selections by iconic German composers.
The piece will be performed live by BDT and Sound Icon during the opening weekend of Goethe-Institut’s newly restored Back Bay building. The commission both responds to, and draws the audience’s attention to, the obvious and understated elements of the historical building’s architecture through the techniques of improvisation, Dance Theater, and contemporary choreography.
Choreography: Jessie Jeanne Stinnett with the BDT dancers
Music curated by Jeffrey Means & performed live by Sound Icon
Composers: Hildegard of Bingen, Isabela Mundry, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Michael Praetorius, J.S. Bach, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Costume design & realization: Zane Kealey
Duration: 45 minutes
Performers: Winnie Asakajawanit, Isvel Bello, Olivia Coombs, Sydney Keir, Corinne Lohner, Gabriela Amy-Moreno, Taimy Miranda, Irene Paci, Jen Passios, Henoch Spinola, Liz Walker, Haley Williams
Jessie Jeanne Stinnett is a dance teacher, choreographer, and co-artistic director of Boston Dance Theater with veteran Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili. Most notably Jessie has performed for the Metropolitan Opera, Tate Britain (UK), Prometheus Dance, Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (Vienna), The Boston Baroque Opera, and Bard College’s SummerScape Festival. Her choreographic work has been described by Hannah Chanatry of WBUR as “conceptually driven performance that unpacks the complexities of being female, and pushes the academic boundaries of choreography” and has been sustained in part by grants from The Boston Foundation with support from The Barr Foundation, New England Foundation for the Arts, Assets4Artists at MASS MoCA, and Fidelity Charitable. Some of Jessie’s recent teaching and choreography credits include: Boston Ballet School, Dean College, Keene State University, Providence College, Endicott College, Goethe Institut Boston, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Emmanuel Music. She is the recipient of the 2020 Boston Dancemakers Residency grant award and will be the 2020 Choreographer in Residence at Boston Center for the Arts and Boston Dance Alliance.
Boston Dance Theater Under the co-artistic direction of Jessie Jeanne Stinnett and award winning, Dutch-Israeli, choreographer Itzik Galili, Boston Dance Theater (BDT) launched in February 2018 as Boston’s first contemporary dance repertory company with international ties at the leadership level.
With a commitment to presenting works of socio-political relevance that challenge the edges of current world issues, BDT matches the talents of Boston-based dancers with those of acclaimed global choreographers in a tour de force of performative dynamism, community connection, and trans-national ambassadorship. Within the 2018-19 season, BDT appeared in performances at Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, the Institute of Contemporary Art presented by Global Arts Live (formerly World Music / CRASHarts), Salem State University, Israeli Consulate to New England, Emmanuel Music, New Movement Collaborative at Green Street Studios, Dance for World Community at Jose Mateo Ballet Theater, FOGXFLOW at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Aeronaut Brewery sponsored by WGBH.
Sound Icon is committed to performing the most significant progressive works of the past few decades. As a sinfonietta, Sound Icon offers the color palette of a full orchestra with the precision and flexibility of a chamber ensemble. Through ambitious programming performed to the highest standards, Sound Icon engages audiences in dialogues about what progressive music is and can be: music that redefines rules, experiences, and expectations. Led by conductor and artistic director Jeffrey Means, Sound Icon has quickly become established as a leading artistic force in Boston, performing challenging, cutting-edge contemporary repertoire for sinfonietta that is rarely heard live in Boston and the United States. Founded in spring 2011, Sound Icon has since established relationships with local cultural institutions such as the Boston University Center for New Music, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and Northeastern University, creating cross-institutional collaborations that support truly exciting events. In addition to live concert events, Sound Icon frequently holds workshops with young composers and instrumentalists as part of collaborative academic residencies.
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