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Kanji Segawa
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Takademe
choreographed by Robert Battle
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The complex, tightly woven rhythms of Indian Kathak dance are deconstructed and abstracted in this percussive, fast-paced work by choreographer Robert Battle. Clear shapes and propulsive jumps mimic the vocalized rhythmic syllables of Sheila Chandra's jazzy score.
Robert Battle
Robert Battle has been named Artistic Director Designate of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and will succeed Judith Jamison in July 2011. He is a graduate of the New World School of the Arts and holds a B.F.A. in dance from The Juilliard School. Mr. Battle was a member of the Parsons Dance Company from 1994 to 2001, where he began setting his work in 1998 and had his choreography featured in five New York City seasons.
Founded by Mr. Battle in 2001, Battleworks Dance Company has performed in New York City at the Joyce Theater, St. Mark's Church, Evening Stars, The Juilliard Theater and Dance Theater Workshop. He has been commissioned for both new and restaged works by numerous companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, River North Chicago, Introdans, Ballet Memphis, Koresh Dance Company and PARADIGM.
In 2005, Mr. Battle was honored in the Masters of African-American Choreography program at the Kennedy Center, and in 2007 he received the prestigious Statue Award from The Princess Grace Foundation.
Kanji Segawa
In 2001, Robert Battle founded Battleworks Dance Company, and the company premiered in August 2002 at the World Dance Alliance's Global Assembly in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company was selected as the American representative to the festival, courtesy of its unique outlook on the future of dance.
Boldly pushing the boundaries that have traditionally defined modern dance, Battle has taken his troupe of dancers into uncharted aesthetic realms. Battleworks has performed extensively in New York and across the country at such venues as The Joyce Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, American Dance Festival and the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
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