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SUMMARY:World Premiere: From The Ashes
DESCRIPTION:From The Ashes\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Daniel Weidlein\, composerGwendolyn Gussman\, choreographer\n			\n				Purchase Tickets\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nTwo Performances: March 18 & 19 @ 7:30 p.m. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\n\n\nFrom The Ashes is a suite of music for a 10-piece chamber ensemble that tells a narrative story of the life-cycle of a forest through compelling modern dance and visual projection. \nThe piece asks the following questions: what role do we as humans play in the story of a forest? Are we caretakers? Co-inhabitants? Destroyers? Forest fire has become the norm in our lives\, rather than the exception\, and we must face these questions head-on if we are to change this trajectory and protect our precious forests. \nPerformances of From The Ashes are accompanied by community engagement with local ecologists and forest-fire experts about the changing paradigm of how we approach wildland fires\, as well as the intersection of art making and ecological activism. This program was piloted during the April 2024 workshop residency of the piece through a series of hikes and talkbacks with the Sonoma Ecology Center and members of the Sonoma\, CA community who lived through the 2017 Tubbs Fire\, thanks in part to support from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. \n\n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				March 18 & 19\, 20277:30 p.m. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Price\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				$45 | $65Pricing includes all fees. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Venue\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nLuth Concert HallThe Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Explore More\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About The Composer\n				 \n\n\nDaniel Weidlein is a Los Angeles-based composer\, instrumentalist\, and producer whose work lives at the intersection of jazz\, chamber music\, and immersive performance art. Originally from Boulder\, Colorado\, his music weaves accessible melody and an ethos of empathy into expansive\, genre-crossing works.\n\n \nHis concert works focus on subjects that are inherently hard to talk about. Alongside From the Ashes\, his catalog includes CONE\, a multi-movement piece for jazz quartet and chamber choir exploring the generational\, inherited anxiety of being Jewish-American.\n \nIn 2018 he released Fire in the Sky\, his first collection of contemporary jazz compositions\, followed by the 2019 release of A Winter’s Lullaby. To celebrate the release of these albums\, he issued a separate vinyl edition of the three-movement piece The Red Line Suite. In 2024 he released a companion album to the film Sleepwalk called Music For Your Hi-Fi\, featuring original compositions in the style of 50s and 60s exotica and Brazilian jazz.\n \nHe composed the original score for independent films Sleepwalk (2024) and Mother (2026)\, orchestrated the Indigo Girls film musical Glitter and Doom\, and served as producer and orchestrator for The Shadow (2026) premiering at La Mirada Theatre. His production and arranging credits include the Budapest Recording Orchestra\, drag queens Peppermint\, Monét X Change\, and Sapphira Cristál\, and pop artists like Blake McGrath\, Kenton Chen\, and Lumi Jin. As a performer\, he has appeared in Whiplash\, on Glee\, and on NBC’s The Sing-Off.\n \nHe is also a longtime member of M•PACT\, the acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble\, and runs BioSoul Music\, a boutique recording studio in Silver Lake\, Los Angeles.\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About The Choreographer\n				 \nGwendolyn Hope Gussman is a director\, choreographer\, creative producer\, performer\, movement teacher\, and generative artist based between Denver\, Colorado (Ancestral Lands of Ute\, Cheyanne and Arapaho peoples) and New York City (Ancestral Lands of the Lenape peoples). Gussman is the Founder and Artistic Director of interdisciplinary performance company\, HOLDTIGHT (HT)\, which was established in 2016. Her work with HT illuminates the intersection of art\, environmental activism\, psyche\, and body through performance\, education\, and community events. Gussman’s work with HT has been awarded residencies and presented nationally by Denver Arts & Venues (2024)\, The Cell Theatre in NYC (2020-2022)\, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (2024)\, Carroll Hall in NYC (2023)\, Presenting Denver (2024)\, and others. \nAs an independent choreographer\, Gussman’s work has been presented by institutions & organizations including National Sawdust (2020 NYC)\, The Gallery Players (Once the Musical\, 2023\, NYC)\, The Fine Arts Center at Colorado College (2020)\, James Madison University (2018\, VA)\, Seaside Dance Festival (2019\, FL)\, Bridge for Dance Festival (2018\, NY)\, Nimbus DanceWorks Offline Series (2018\, NJ)\, The Wadsworth Museum (2017\, CT)\, Nimbus DanceWorks Offline Series (2018\, NJ)\, YourMove Festival (2017\, NJ)\, Denver School of the Arts (2016\, CO)\, and more. In 2021\, was named a Toulmin Creator through the support of National Sawdust\, Center for Ballet and the Arts\, and The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. \nGussman holds a BFA in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. \nIn addition to her work with HOLDTIGHT\, she regularly collaborates with a myriad of multidisciplinary artists. She has worked on both live and film projects with musical artists Daniel Weidlein\, Lisel (Eliza Bagg)\, Johnny Butler\, The Warp Trio\, Jett Kwong\, Trevor New\, Hallie Spoor\, and Meredith Rose. She is currently collaborating on projects with visual/textile artist Maki Teshima\, and in addition\, recently activated the work of artist Ronny Quevedo for his exhibition\, at the line\,  as part of Movements Toward Freedom at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. \nCurrently\, Gussman is choreographing From The Ashes\, a 90-min Contemporary Concert Dance meets Chamber-Jazz piece following the life-cycle of a forest fire\, conceived by composer Daniel Weidlein. This work is incredibly potent for both of them\, growing up and living in states that have been severely affected by increasing forest fires over the past 30 years. \nAs a performing artist\, Gussman has extensive experience working in concert dance\, music\, film/tv\, site-specific/installation\, and experimental theater including her work with Shen Wei Dance Arts\, Sean Curran Company\, Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance\, Vanessa Walters ‘Ripening’\, Heidi Latsky\, Control Group Productions\, Cleo Parker Robinson\, Roger C. Jeffrey\, Amy Sedaris\, Daniel Fish\, Ashley Tata\, among others. Her career has included performing at prestigious venues and festivals such as The Koch Theater at Lincoln Center\, MASS MoCa\, Stanislavsky Theater (Moscow)\, Teatro Arcimboldi (Milan)\, Shanghai Cultural Square Theater\, Teatro Comunale Modena\, American Dance Festival\, Spoleto Festival\, Theater Olympics Festival (Beijing)\, Off The Grid Festival\, and many others. \nGussman has been teaching movement since 2012. She teaches movement & writing workshops through HOLDTIGHT that have recently been presented by Denver Arts & Venues (2024 workshops at The Arts Complex in Denver)\, Rino Arts District (monthly workshops through 2024 in Denver) and St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn\, NY (2023). As an independent guest teacher\, Gussman has taught improv\, composition\, modern\, and contemporary dance workshops for a range of dance and theater students at institutions such as Yale University\, New York University\, James Madison University\, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CO)\, Denver School of the Arts\, Opening Act (NYC)\, Steps Ahead (NYC)\, BOUNCE Festival (NYC)\, MOVE! (Denver)\, and others. \nIn addition to her dance & interdisciplinary art teaching experience\, Gussman is a certified Pilates and Yoga instructor who has additional experiences studying extensively in Hanna Somatics\, Exercise Science\, Anatomy\, and Functional Fitness. She has developed and maintained a thriving Private Practice since 2015 which focuses on blending her movement knowledge and specializes in rehab-based movement for clients navigating chronic pain\, acute injury\, body-part replacements\, athletes\, and more. Her teaching philosophy is to see & work with a person holistically\, ultimately with the goal of them deepening their knowledge and understanding of their body so that they can find more awareness\, ease\, and freedom of movement. She has taught movement to the casts of renowned international shows such as The Jungle (when on tour at St. Ann’s Warehouse in NYC)\, as well as teaching at gyms and studios around NYC. Gussman is currently leading movement meets psychology workshops and retreats in collaboration with a master psychotherapist (& her mother) Virginia Poor. Throughout all of her teaching experience\, she has taught students with a range of physical ability level and ages 13-85 years old.
URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/from-the-ashes/
LOCATION:Luth Concert Hall – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
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