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upcoming DANCE at Touhill & Sun Theater
by Regina PopperNone of the spring arts
can kick up heels, literally,the way dance can. Plus,
the spring May polegoes up early startingin April.
St. Louis Balletpresents Swan Lake,with its epic classical
mystique and romance, April 1-3 at the Touhill
Center of Performing Arts at the University ofMissouri-St. Louis.
Following soon after areSpanish music and dance,modern local dance and anannual showcase sampler,
all destined to send localdance fans whirling to the end of
May.The highly-skilled, beautiful-
to-watch dancers of St. LouisBallet make their full-eveningSwan Lake a must-see danceevent of the year. Under the
direction of Gen Horiuchi, withhis connections to the famedBalanchine tradition, thecompany easily surpasses thequality of any locally grown balletSt. Louis has ever witnessed.
If modern ballet audiencessaw even the monumental starsof the past, like Pavlova, theywould wonder why her leg liftsare so low, why her back doesn’tarch as much, etc. The sheertechnique of today’s best-trainedand most talented ballet dancers
is incomparable. And although everyone sees
white swans in the title, after therecent movie, fans won’t want tomiss the intensity and crucial
drama of the Black Swan’s role inthis ballet.
Ensemble Espanol
Spanish Dance Theater
Later in April, the 40 world-class dancers, singers andmusicians of Ensemble EspanolSpanish Dance Theater heat upthe stage with ery amenco,
folklorico and even contemporarySpanish dance. In sometimesstark drama and other timesmulti-colored spectacle, thedancers are accompanied bydynamic, impassioned singers,musicians and international
guest artists.Celebrating its 40th year, the
company hails from Chicago buthas travelled internationally,sharing the world-wide range ofHispanic cultures.
Festivities take place at theTouhill on Friday, April 15, at 8p.m. and again on Saturday, April16, at 2 and 8 p.m.
The company was foundedby Dame Libby Komaiko, therst American to be honored
with Spain’s highest title, and is
based since 1976 at NortheasternIllinois University. Under theartistic direction of Irma SuarezRuiz, the company featuresprincipal dancers Claudia
Pizarro and Jose Torres witheight company dancers and ve
apprentices.Joining the dancers onstage
are guitarist and singer PacoFonta, singer Ismael Fernandez,guitarist David Chiriboga andpercussionist Javier Saume-Mazzei.
To show the variety, some ofthe program titles range fromthe traditional “La Boda de Luis
Alonso-Boleras” (The Weddingof Luis Alonso-Boleras) and “VivaGalicia” to the contemporary“Rendicion” and “Mil Clavos”(One Thousand Nails), along with
amenco “Duende Gitana” (GypsySoul) and “Bolero” to MauriceRavel’s classic, performed withslide backgrounds of Picasso’sdrawings and paintings.
At The Big Muddy
In May comes Big Muddy’srst concert at the newly-
renovated Sun Theater in GrandCenter. Geoffrey Alexander re-imagined his “Vows Unspoken”
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similar to outsider art or folk art,yet stylized beyond their naturalsettings. They are ironic poeticctions, which he presents as playful
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by Dickson Beall A prodigious range of print-making
is currently on view in Grand Center.Carmon Colangelo, dean of the
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St.Louis, has a solo exhibition openingat the Bruno David Gallery onFriday, March 25.
Colangelo’s eye-popping “Theoryof Nothing” is a tour de force of colorand shapes. Playing off the scientic
Theory of Everything, based onmathematical formulas, the artist
takes another look at space and time.The depth of his preparation to esh
out these relief prints is evidenced inthree vitrines on display, lled with
his sketchbook explorations.Colangelo’s art is also on view
just up the street, at the Sheldon Art Galleries, where works from hisrecent “Storms” series are part ofa group show, “Printmaking in St.Louis Now.” Colangelo joins 28 otherartists whose works have war, socialor environmental issues as themes.
Several of these artists also haveWashington University connectionsand are represented by BrunoDavid Gallery — Bunny Burson,
Yvette Drury Dubinsky, Joan Hall,Tom Reed and Buzz Spector. LikeColangelo, all have exhibited widelyand are in major museums andcollections.
Printmaker Bunny Burson was longing to further explore hermother’s family when she discovereda stack of letters dated 1939-41. Hergrandparents had sent these to hermother after her mother’s arrival
in the United States. The lettersevoke memories, dreams of escapeand thoughts about choices made in
eeing Germany.Images on vellum and translucent
papers reveal fragments of amysterious past. These are alluringimages, yet a ow of horror leaks
through the layers of inks andsurfaces — from the writing itself,and from the building up andcovering over of details.
Yvette Drury Dubinsky explores the chaos in Syria, makingconnections between global warmingand current migrations. Yellowedmaps of old cities, layered withsilhouettes in a pulsating red andochre color palette, bear witness tomigrants’ arduous and unrelenting
search for life away from warfare anddestruction.
Joan Hall uses found debris,handmade paper and mylar to shapeexpansive sculptural forms. “AcidOcean” presents the crisis of oceanecology as a sweeping metaphor of amicro-environment mirrored in globalsociety. Hall’s translucent ghost-like replicas are “skins” that connecthuman relationships to bodies of
water, while oating plastic wastefurther degrades, as this detrituscirculates the world.
Tom Reed connects the experienceof nature with the imagining of it.His landscapes are conjured realities,
Ink On Washington: Printmakers in Grand Center
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From Carmon Colangelo’s “Theory of Nothing.” Colangelo’s work is on display at Bruno David Gallery and at the Sheldon Art Galleries, both in Grand Center.
Image on vellum by Bunny Burson “Acid Ocean” by Joan Hall, of handmade paper, mylar and found debris.
Work by Yvette Drury Dubinksy
Buzz Spector
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Create. Experience.Imagine.
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and hopeful landscapes that hint atominous outcomes.
Buzz Spector tears pages andstacks books. He considers thebook as both subject and object —having a relationship with history,individual memory, perception and,
in particular, the space betweenrecollection and what has actuallytaken place. Spector creates visual
poetry by revealing layer upon layerof haunting detail and beauty.
Full disclosure: Bruno David
Gallery also represents Dickson Beall.
View more videos (including Carmon
Colangelo’s work) at StLouisan.com.
A Tom Reed landscape
Printmakersfrom page 12
Printmaking in St. Louis Now through May 7 – The Sheldon Art Galleries
Carmon Colangelo: The Theory of Nothing (Main Gallery)
William Morris video: Immediacy of Distance (Media Arts Room) Linda Skrainka (Project Room)
March 25-May 21 – Bruno David Gallery
when he set it on Big Muddy dancers.The piece for an all-woman ensembleis set to the music of Charles Gounod
and Samuel Barber, with the stagecovered in red rose petals.
“Saludo,” by DanceWorks Chicagoalum Alivia Schaffer, is a quintetwith a fast-paced score that has aritualistic tribal feel. Brian Enos, thecompany’s artistic director, will alsopresent a world premiere at the May21 performance.
Spring to Dance
Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29, Dance St. Louis hosts its ninthannual Spring to Dance samplerof 30 companies, some new and ontheir way to making it big as well asnationally-known and local favorites.
Dance presenters come from aroundthe country to explore the talent.
Dance fans can feast on a
multitude of widely varied dance art,from ballet to hip-hop, and modern totap. New this year is BodyArt Dance,
a NYC-based company founded in2006 that is known for very creativedance and design collaborations, oftenperformed or lmed in unexpected
locations. The website features somestriking photos.
Each of the three nights startat 5:30 p.m. with interactive lobbyevents, followed by Lee Auditoriumperformances at 6 p.m. and mainstage concerts at 7 p.m. Tickets area very reasonable $20 for the fullevening, or $10 for only Lee and $15for only main stage.
For tickets to St. Louis Ballet,Ensemble Espanol, and Spring toDance go online to www.touhill.
org/events or call 314-516-4949.For Big Muddy tickets go to www.thebigmuddydanceco.org
The Big Muddy
Dance Company performs at the
newly-renovated Sun Theatre in
Grand Center on May 21.
photo byGerry Love
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by Jaime Mowers
St. Louis native Julia Bullock ismaking it big in opera all over theworld and will return home to performin St. Louis next week.
Bullock, 29, who attendedWebster Groves schools throughsixth grade and graduated fromJohn Burroughs School in 2005, willperform Wednesday, March 30, 8p.m., at The Sheldon Concert Hall,3648 Washington Blvd. Bullock’sbold, vibrant soprano voice will beaccompanied by Renate Rohlng on
piano. A Juilliard graduate, Bullock’s voice
has garnered her several prestigiousawards throughout the past several
years. In 2014, she won the NaumburgInternational Vocal Competition, andThe New York Times has hailed hervoice as “ravishingly visceral.”
Bullock has played the title rolein Henry Purcell’s “The IndianQueen,” directed by Peter Sellars, atthe Teatro Real in Madrid and thePerm Opera House in Russia. Shehas also performed the title roles inMassenet’s “Cendrillon” and Janá�ek’s
“The Cunning Little Vixen” with theJuilliard Opera.
Bullock, who currently lives in New York City, has toured South Americaas “Pamina” in Peter Brook’s award-winning “A Magic Flute,” as well as
China, singing with the Bard MusicFestival Orchestra. She has starred inseveral other opera roles, appeared atNew York’s Carnegie Hall, performedat international music festivals andmore. She never dreamed her singingcareer would become all that it has.
“I had no idea this is where my pathwould lead me,” she said. “It’s beenamazing, and I’m humbled every dayby what I get to do.”
Although Bullock loves travelingand performing in new cities, she isparticularly excited to sing at TheSheldon in St. Louis.
“Coming home to sing at TheSheldon is a huge deal,” she said.
“I went to The Sheldon when I wasyounger, and it’s a jewel box of acousticspace. I can also reintroduce myself asa grown person and fully developedperformer, so that’s really importantto me – and it’s certainly important tomy mother that I’ll be performing athome.”
Having lost her father to illnesswhen she was 9 years old, Bullock saidher mother, Allyce Pletcher Bullock,made sure she had the support sheneed to pursue singing. That meantprivate voice lessons, putting mentorsin place to encourage her, immersing
her in an arts education and ndingher as many singing opportunities aspossible.
Bullock began singing at a youngage in the choir at EmmanuelEpiscopal Church in Webster Groveswhere her family attended. Sheremembers taking tap dance lessonsin the basement of the WebsterGroves YMCA, and has fond memoriesof her talent show debuts at AveryElementary School.
“I have such vivid memories of thetalent shows – it was my rst time
putting together routines, and singingand dancing by myself,” she said.“Having the space to share something
of my own that I created – that’s a bigthing. My initial exposure to music andthe people who invested in me early onin my schools and church provided arich environment to be growing up inand it was very nurturing.”
Bullock was also a “Muny Kid,” aspart of The Muny’s performance andtraining program for young artistswith exceptional voice and dancetalent.
“The Muny encouraged me a lot,”she said. “They were really trying todiscipline us in our (voice and dance)lessons, and create a culture of thearts around us.”
Bullock took classes at the
Center of Creative Arts (COCA),and participated in the OperaTheatre of Saint Louis’ Artists-in-Training program, which coaches andencourages talented students fromarea high schools with weekly voicelessons by opera professionals.
“That was a great program andthat’s when I got really serious aboutsinging classical music,” she said.
Bullock’s rst professional theater
performance was at St. Louis’ BlackRep in the production of “BubblingBrown Sugar.” Her time at JohnBurroughs School from grades 7 to12 also helped set her on the path ofmusical success.
“John Burroughs was anothertotally immersive environmentwith some of the best teachers andfaculty in St. Louis,” she said. “Theychallenged me and helped give memore of a perspective and worldview of the impact that I could haveas a performer – it wasn’t just about
accolades, but providing reection
and commentary on the world thatwe’re living in – there was a socialresponsibility aspect.”
Bullock has carried that into herprofessional career. She’s currentlypreparing for two upcoming recitalshighlighting the lives of women whohave challenged world views withtheir bodies. Several of her pieces alsoexplore race issues.
“One thing I grappled with growingup of mixed heritage in Webster Grovesis that there was a very clear culturaldivide between north Webster andsouth Webster,” she said. “My family
lived right along the railroad tracks,and it was something I was even sortof ashamed of. It took me several yearsto want to take ownership of it and tobe able to sing and talk about it, andnow I can.”
She dedicated a portion of one ofher recitals to exploring her mixed-
race identity.“Having the liberty to create
programs with a repertoire that isreective of my interest in music, but
also as a person, is exciting,” she said.Bullock strives to integrate
community activism into her music byteaching master classes to children,performing outreach concerts andraising funds for non-prots that serve
children and adolescents throughmusic education and performanceprograms. The last time she sang inSt. Louis was at a benet concert for
Ferguson, and she’s excited to performat The Sheldon, where she plans to
have a program of plenty of Americanmusic that also includes some French.
“There will be more, but I’ll justleave it at that,” she said.
Tickets to Bullock’s performance atThe Sheldon Concert Hall are $10 to$25, and can be purchased online atwww.thesheldon.org.
St. Louis’ Julia Bullock To Perform At The Sheldon
St. Louis native Julia Bullock, who attended Webster Groves schools and
graduated from John Burroughs School in 2005, is bringing her vibrant sopranovoice to The Sheldon on Wednesday, March 30.
photo by Christian Steiner
New York soprano
opera star brings
talent back home
New Works And Exhibitions At Area Art GalleriesPhilip Slein Gallery
Monochromatic Paintings, the rst
St. Louis exhibition for New Yorkpainter Robert Sagerman, will be ondisplay March 25 to April 30 at thePhilip Slein Gallery, 4735 McPherson
Ave. in the Central West End.In addition, the gallery is pleased to
introduce another New York painter,
Alison Hall, whose work is also rootedin ritual, meditation and repetition.
For more information, visit www.philipsleingallery.com.
Duane Reed Gallery
The work of James Marshall, AaronKarp and Daniel Burnett will be ondisplay March 25 to April 29 at theDuane Reed Gallery, 4729 McPherson
Ave. in the Central West End.Burnett will have a site specic
mural on display. He grew up inChicago and began painting grafti at
the age of 14. When he turned 16, hebegan taking his art practice seriouslyas a way to curb self-destructivebehaviors.
For more details, call 314-361-4100.
Houska Gallery
The Houska Gallery, 4728McPherson, will show the work ofZack Smithey through May 20.
Philip Slein, Duane Reed andHouska gallery exhibits will openwith free receptions from 5-8 p.m. onFriday, March 25, with music by the
Southside Jazz Trio from 6-9 p.m.
Atrium Gallery
Steven Sorman’s new exhibit“outside in, inside out” will be ondisplay April 1 through May 28 atthe Atrium Gallery, 4814 Washington
Ave. An opening reception will be heldFriday, April 1, 6 to 8 p.m. Coffee withthe artist will be Saturday, April 2, 11to 12 p.m. Both events are free.
For details, visit www.atriumgallery.net.
projects+gallery
People & Other Creatures opens April 2 at projects+gallery, 4733McPherson. The show will featureportraits, sculptures and othermediums of self reference and selfawareness.
Visit /www.projects-gallery.com for
more information. Monochromatic Paintings
A Daniel Burnett mural.