Dixon Place Hosts ECHO ENSEMBLE: ONE Directed by Jonah Udall

About This Show

One is an evening-length work of sound and movement. Together, dancers and musicians become resonant bodies, instruments of space, dissolving their mediums into one. The performers engage in a shared practice, conversing with space and time through repetition and natural evolution. This premiere comes out of two years of organic, physical research and exploration.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

An echo is created, repeated and transformed in a continuous interplay with the space it occupies.

ECHOensemble creates evolving architecture of movement and sound. Directed by Jonah Udall, their work is rooted in an awareness-based practice called SHIFT, influenced by Steve Reich’s “process music” and Mary Overlie’s Viewpoints method. Nine dancers and musicians discover shared worlds, where their singular voices both ring out and blend together as one. ECHOensemble is trombonist Kalun Leung, violist Sean Brekke, clarinetist/saxophonist Noah Becker, guitarist Jonah Udall, and dancers Allison Sexton, Mary McGrath, Erin Landers, Liana Kleinman and Dani Cole.

Jonah Udall creates work in the vast territory between improvisation and composition. As a guitarist and director, he seeks new acoustic sounds, explores repetition as humanism, and borrows ideas from unexpected, mundane sources. He tours internationally with chamber-jazz trio Sound Underground. His collaborations with movement artists have included commissions for a Merce Cunningham MinEvent, “The Roof” video series, and Triskelion Arts’ Never Before, Never Again festival. Jonah grew up in Berkeley, California, steeped in folk musics from around the world.

Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 7pm
Monday, January 28, 2019 at 9pm

General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Stu./Sen./idNYC
$12 in advance
$15 at the door

Estimated Runtime
70 minutes

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Credits

performer/collaborators:
Noah Becker – clarinet, alto sax
Sean Brekke – viola
Dani Cole – dancer
Liana Kleinman – dancer
Erin Landers – dancer
Kalun Leung – trombone
Mary McGrath – dancer
Allison Sexton – dancer
Jonah Udall – resonator guitar, director

lighting design
Judy Kagel

photo by
Scott Shaw

graphic design by
Ericka Longo

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