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Rose Petals Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 117 seconds The Isadora Duncan classic. This was after my retirement. Related: duncan, isadora, solo |
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snippets Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 107 seconds Clips taken mostly in my 20s and 30s, including some of the Swan Lake Act II pas de deux and Dying Swan. Related: ballet, de, deux, dying, lake, pas, solos, swan |
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Evolution II Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 178 seconds The second scene of the ballet. At the end the victorious predator exits over the proscenium into the orchestra pit. Its head was performed by Elaine Salvail, its tail by Deborah Castello. The other dancers were students. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Oasi II Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 278 seconds The middle of the ballet, which I created on this cast. The dancers were Samantha Smith, Kevin Kong and Thomas Boutilier. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Evolution III excerpts Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 81 seconds Just glimpses of the last scene. More will be up soon. The various creatures were students of mine who wished to remain anonymous. The humans were Suzane Philippe and Sean Delaney. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Oasi III Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 155 seconds The end of the ballet, which I created on this cast. The dancers were Su-Yin Macdonell, Andre Bienvenu and Jean-Kyle Bienvenu. Kevin Kong and the Bienvenus brainstormed to work out the lifts. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Peregrinata II Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 237 seconds Some of my earliest choreography, the second of three pilgrimages: this one is from grief to acceptance. It should be preceded by an excerpt from Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'. The dancers were Meredith Wreda and Tija Coules. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Oasi I Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 212 seconds The beginning of the ballet, which I created on this cast. The dancers were Su-Yin MacDonell, Andre Bienvenu and Jean-Kyle Bienvenu. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Peregrinata III Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 140 seconds Animated model for my latest choreography, still to be performed. This is the last of the three pilgrimages we make in life: from fear to freedom. The changing silhouette resembles different images from nature, and should be preceded by the anonymous poem 'Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep'. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Peregrinata I (s/b in silhouette) Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 134 seconds An early performance of my choreography, the first of three pilgrimages: from the cradle, out into the world and back again to the cradle. But it should be in silhouette and so I will be filming it again. It should also be preceded by Anne Campbell's poem 'To my Child'. The dancers were Janette Silverthorne, Rita Vendetti, Deborah Castello and Hedi Minten. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
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Giselle demo Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 46 seconds From a lecture demo of mine on the 1841 melodrama, illustrating an innocent girl's timid joy in believing that she is loved, and her collapse when she is betrayed. Related: ballet, drama, giselle |
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precursor to Evolution I Posted by: shelaghmckenna
Video duration: 117 seconds The first, ill-fated touch in a primeval sea, and model for the first scene of my 20 minute ballet 'Evolution' in which each dancer, in a trailing costume, is grounded on one pointe and suspended by a rail pulled back and forth from the wings. The dancers were students. Related: choreography, mckenna, shelagh |
