BrownBag Concerts: Dancing Wheels

Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 12:00 PM

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Considered one of the premier arts and disabilities organizations in the U.S. Dancing Wheels is a professional, physically integrated dance company uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities.

Program:

Opening by Todd Wilson and Mary Verdi-Fletcher, President/Founding Artistic Director of the

Dancing Wheels Company & School

Mortal Flesh Lullaby
Choreography: Mark Tomasic, in collaboration with the original cast of dancers
Dancers: McKenzie Beaverson, Angelina DiFranco, Cody Krause, Richard Oaxaca, Brian Murphy, DeMarco Sleeper, Celina Speck, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, Morgan Walker
Music: Shcho sontse zakhodyt (traditional Ukrainian folk song)/La Follia Op. 5, no. 12, by Arcangelo Corelli. Arranged by Nadia Tarnawsky and Brandon Vance, performed by Nadia Tarnawsky (vocals), Allison Monroe (violin), and Brian Kay (baroque guitar).

Oy davno, davno (traditional Ukrainian folk song)/"Amor" from Lamento della ninfa, SV 163, by Claudio Monteverdi. Arranged by Nadia Tarnawsky, performed by Nadia Tarnawsky (vocals), Allison Monroe (violin), and Brian Kay (theorbo).

Oy l’yetsit’ strela (traditional Ukrainian folk song), performed by Nadia Tarnawsky (vocals).
Costume Design: Edgar Day Stanton with Morgan Walker and Janet Bolick
Program Note: Dedicated to the people of Ukraine

Short break

Trust
Choreography: Brian Murphy
Dancers: McKenzie Beaverson, Cody Krause, Brian Murphy, DeMarco Sleeper, Celina Speck, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, Morgan Walker
Music: “Dazed” by Diskret; “Hope (Parra for Cuva Remix)” by Max Cooper; “Only in the Dark” by Be Lukas Boysen; “The Swimmer” by Phil France
Costume Design: Morgan Walker
Program Note: “We live for hope. We comfort each other through diversity. We are together as individuals and as one.”–Brian Murphy

Closing by Mary Verdi-Fletcher and Todd Wilson