Est. 1987
Syntropy Disrupted
presented by
EXIT Dance Theatre
May 6, 2023 at 8pm and May 7, 2023 at 4pm
[there will be brief pauses in between pieces]
BEAUTIFUL SLEEP
Music: Maria Mazzotta & Pulcinella; Rita Botto; Rosa Balistreri; Redi Hasa & Maria Mazzotta
Choreography: Fontaine Dollas Dubus in collaboration with dancers
Dancers: Fontaine Dubus, Julie Pike Edmond, Erin Staffiere, Jen Steeves, Kayla Waldron, Anna Wallack
F.D. wishes to thank Greg Coles and Marianne Leone for inspiring movement and music.
UNTITLED
Music: Arvo Pärt
Performed and Choreographed by: Julie Pike Edmond, Sarah George, Edward Speck, Erin Staffiere
THE GARRET
Choreography: Stephen Haley in collaboration with the dancers
Performers: Fontaine Dubus, Wendy Durham, Julie Pike Edmond, Nicole Duquette, Sarah George, Karl Granoth, Edward Speck, Erin Staffiere, Jen Steeves, Kayla Waldron, Anna Wallack
Guest performers: Willow Dixon, Audrey Hoover, Addie Varay and Esme Speck
Chapter 1: You - Sigur Rós
Chapter 2: Shelter - Jan Willems de With
Chapter 3: Terrible Angels - CocoRosie
Chapter 4: One White Whale - Laurie Anderson
Chapter 5: Kyoto - Chinese and Japanese Koto Harp and Shakuhachi Flute Music
Chapter 6: Gravity and Grace - Text by Simone Weil (Performed by Fontaine Dubus)
Chapter 7: Pie Jesu - Les Choristes
Love (III) by George Herbert
Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack’d anything.
“A guest,” I answer’d, “worthy to be here”;
Love said, “You shall be he.”
“I, the unkind, the ungrateful? ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.”
Love took my hand and smiling did reply,
“Who made the eyes but I?”
“Truth, Lord, but I have marr’d them; let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.”
“And know you not,” says Love, “who bore the blame?”
“My dear, then I will serve.”
“You must sit down,” says Love, “and taste my meat.”
So I did sit and eat.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Lighting
Nate Weaver
Sound
Darlene Doyle and Evan Weymouth
Produced by
Fontaine Dubus and Exit Dance Theatre
MAGMA Director Sarah Slifer Swift
Artistic Director / Poster Design
Fontaine Dubus
Co-Director / Program Design
Wendy Durham
We miss your dancing, Yori!
Exit Dance Theatre, a modern dance company based in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was founded in 1987 by Susan Atwood, Fontaine Dollas, Cheryl Fisher, Stephen Haley and Linda Lazzaro. Exit’s style is deeply rooted in theater techniques, improvisation and collaboration. Founding members wanted the movement to open up beyond traditional styles in order to explore the limitless range of possibilities through the body not the head; through imagining not thinking.
Exit Dance Theatre, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is based at The Dance Place in Newburyport, MA.
Your generous donations can now be tax deductible! Sponsors are needed to expand the company’s touring schedule.
This program is supported in part by a generous grant from Friendship Foundation, a grant from the Newburyport Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by The Dance Place.
