Momenta Recreates Dance Masterpieces
31 October 2007
OakLeaves
Elizabeth Macik
As a finale to Momenta’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, the dance company will present two concerts highlighting historically important works by Illinois artists.
The evening concert, “Visionary Dances — The Gift of Visionaries Past and Present,” will offer recreations of several timeless and difficult pieces honoring Oak Park dance legend Doris Humphrey and Illinois native Loie Fuller, the star of the 1900 World Exposition in Paris.
Spinning silk
Fuller’s piece, “Le Lys - Lily of the Nile,” will be performed by a solo dancer, wrapped in almost 100 yards of silk as she manipulates 6-foot wands into lily-like shapes. A renaissance woman in her own right, Fuller was the first performer to insist on having the house lights off while she was onstage and understood how to manipulate stage lighting to add mood and atmosphere. “This piece was reconstructed in a different way than ‘Passacaglia and Fugue.’ It was real detective work put together from historical record, reviews, the score and a black and white film,” says Clemens.
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