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Saarinen started creating his own choreographies, and began receiving invitations to appear in productions outside of the National Ballet. [18] He was a visiting soloist with the Helsinki City Theatre's dance group in 1989-1991. [1] Saarinen's first choreography was a Japan-inspired solo choreography Ondekoza (1989).
While all the music is Shaker song performed in a largely traditional manner, the dance intermingles only certain elements of Shaker practice and belief with Saarinen's original choreographic ideas, and with distinctive costumes and lighting.
Two CDs of Shaker song (Simple Gifts and The Golden Harvest) commemorate these collaborations, which continued for several seasons from 1992 onward. In 2004 Cohen and the Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen created a dance piece, "Borrowed Light," using live Shaker music. This production has toured extensively in France, Germany, England ...
The Alexander Theatre in Helsinki has been the company's home since 1999. Tero Saarinen Company has been the Alexander Theatre's official resident company since 2005. In addition to regular performances, the theatre houses the group's office and rehearsal space – the same studio where Tero Saarinen started his professional career in 1982, when the building was still the home of the Finnish ...
Ballet Pixelle (previously known as Second Life Ballet) is a ballet company founded in 2006 by choreographer Inarra Saarinen. Saarinen still serves as artistic director and choreographer. Ballet Pixelle is the first dance company to perform completely in virtual reality. Its goal is to explore and extend physical and virtual dance and movement ...
What started as a dance group transformed into an organization impacting the lives of thousands of young girls. South Florida group mentors young women to help them succeed in life Skip to main ...
John P. Zdechlik used "Simple Gifts" in "Chorale ′and Shaker Dance", a 1972 composition for concert band. In 2004, Robert Steadman arranged the tune for orchestra featuring an off-stage trumpet and a thumping, dance-music influenced finale. Frank Ticheli composed a variation of "Simple Gifts", presented in Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs. [15]
The strains of "New York, New York" won't be heard over the loudspeakers this season after a Yankees loss as club moves to rotation of other tunes.