Group Acorde
gasp
November 14, 15 and 16 @ | MATCH
Inperson
​“We have pushed ourselves more and more into solitude and away from intimacy. We use technology to communicate behind a screen but what about a human touch? A pair of eyes that confirm our existence.”
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Choreography and costumes by Anat Grigorio
Music by Thomas Helton and James Murphy
Performed by Roberta Paixao Cortes, Lindsey McGill, Thomas Helton(bass) and James Murphy(saxophone)
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GASP
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Music by Andrew Lienhard
Choreography by Roberta Paixao Cortes, Dawn Dippel and Lindsey McGill
Costumes by Allison Miller
Performed by Roberta Paixao Cortes, Dawn Dippel, Thomas Helton(bass), Lindsey McGill, James Murphy(saxophone) and Pelayo Parlade(piano)
Voice over by the performers
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Set made out of some instruments recovered during Hurricane Harvey
Produced and Directed by Roberta Paixao Cortes and Lindsey McGill
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Musical Director: Thomas Helton
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Production manager: Natasha Manley
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Lighting designer: Tiffany Schrepferman
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Stagehand: Sophie Madden
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​This performance is approximately 60min long with no intermission.
Please join the artists on a Q & A session immediately following the performance.
This project is funded in part by a grant from Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
This is Group Acorde’s seventh full evening production featuring collaborations between live music and contemporary dance.
Group Acorde is funded in part by Dance Source Houston’s GroundWork Grant program.
Thank you
Andre Amaral, Sean Helton, Jane Greenberg, Firat Ozsoy, Hunter Dance Center
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