Hello dear friends,
I hope that you are well and safe during these winter days.
I'm excited to announce that Megan Williams Dance Projects (MWDP) is presenting the World Premiere of Smile, though your heart is aching in collaboration with composer Eve Beglarian, April 5, 6, and 7, 7:30 P.M., in the Duffy Performance Space at Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Art design: Mel Russo
The evening length work is set to Eve's anthology, Machaut in the Machine Age (1986-2024), a series of responses to the secular songs of 14th century composer/poet Guillaume de Machaut. I am creating an intimate, lush movement landscape that draws on the themes embedded in the music, in which hope, desire, love, possession, consent, perseverance, and loss are in constant dialogue and tension.
The phenomenal dancers and indispensable collaborators joining me on stage are Esmé Julien Boyce, Robert Mark Burke, Réka Echerer, Mary Lyn Graves, Chelsea Enjer Hecht, Justin Lynch, Mykel Marai Nairne, Will Nolan, and Michael Bryan Wang.
Eve has put together a stellar group of new music luminaries: Tristan Kasten-Krause (bass), Margaret Lancaster (flute), Isabelle O’Connell (piano), Caitlin Cawley (percussion), and Leiken (vocals).
I have invited costume designer Claire Fleury, lighting designer Kathy Kaufman, and sound designer Florian Staab to join us on this project.
Tickets are on sale now https://megan-williams-dance-projects.ticketleap.com/smile-though-your-heart-is-aching/
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A Kickstarter crowd sourcing campaign will be coming your way soon!
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All the best,
Megan