[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] For Immediate Release: February 12, 2008 (final draft)

[Lauren Parrish]

*For Immediate Release:* February 12, 2008

Contact: Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects
Press reservations: 212-777-6227 or press at jodyoberfelder.com
For info & tickets:
www.jodyoberfelder.com<http://www.mammothpost.com/mammoth/tracking/clickthrough/sent_at=2008-02-11+19%3A47%3A01/mid=177/sid=92/gid=2/rid=1933/jodyoberfelder.com/>

*"Both beautiful and dangerous"* Gia Kourlas, Time Out

*DIDO & AENEAS* WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION, an ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S
COMMISSION

Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects

March 19, 2008 at 7:30 PM
LaGuardia High School of Music, Art, and the Performing Arts
100 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023
SPECIAL EVENT - ONE NIGHT ONLY

Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, in collaboration with the Orchestra of St.
Luke's, will present *Dido & Aeneas*, a new spin on the 1689 opera composed
by Henry Purcell with libretto by Nahum Tate. Featuring eight dancers,
chamber orchestra, six vocal soloists and the LaGuardia High School Senior
Chorus, Oberfelder's contemporary piece examines, through the prism of fame,
universal themes of love and fate.

General Admission is $25, Students $10. Tickets may be purchased at the door
and online at www.jodyoberfelder.com<http://www.mammothpost.com/mammoth/tracking/clickthrough/sent_at=2008-02-11+19%3A47%3A01/mid=177/sid=92/gid=2/rid=1933/www.jodyoberfelder.com>
.

In this updated interpretation of Henry Purcell's *Dido and Aeneas* (based
on Virgil's Aeneid), Dido and Aeneas, a celebrity couple, are torn apart by
the media machine. With a modern plot twist, Dido questions her
circumstances and reveals true heroism. Employing rich visual elements (set
by Juergen Riehm (principal/co-founder, 1100 architect), visual design by
Will Arnold, photography by Jillian Patterson, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann,
costumes by Wade Jensen and Katrin Schnabl), Oberfelder's surprising
physicality reinvigorates this ancient narrative. Dancers include Gina
Bashour, Aditi Dhruv, Jill Frere, Elise Knudson, Rebekah Morin, Jake
Szczypek, Ed Rice, and Carlton Ward.

Commissioned by the Orchestra of St. Luke's, *Dido & Aeneas* was created
during a residency provided by The Joyce Theater Foundation, New York City,
with major support from The Andrew Mellon Foundation. This work is made
possible with additional support from the New York Department of Cultural
Affairs, The Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State
Council on the Arts, administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council,
and the generous support of individual donors.

Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects (JODP) performs Jody's athletic/ expressive
choreography, finding an international audience at venues in Europe and
Asia, from the Centre National de la Danse in Paris, Die Werkstatt in
Dusseldorf, The Pusan National Theater in Korea, The 20th Annual
International Festival of Modern Dance in Seoul, to The Belgrade Dance
Festival with performances at The Belgrade State Theater in Serbia and the
State Theater of Montenegro in Podorica. The company has performed at
Jacob's Pillow, The Ailey Center, Dance New Amsterdam, MASS MoCA, Washington
College in Maryland, and The Yard in Martha's Vineyard. Oberfelder has
presented her work at numerous locations throughout New York City, including
DNA, Lincoln Center's Clark Studio Theater, Dixon Place, Symphony Space, The
Jewish Museum, The Flea Theater, Joyce SoHo, and PS 122. JODP has been aired
on Serbian National TV, ABC's Nightline, and Metro Arts 13. Her
collaborations in film and television include the Emmy Award winning Brave
New World for ABC Nightline In Primetime, a perfume commercial with Hillary
Swank, and numerous dance films including LineAge, which received a People's
Choice Award in 2007 from Cinedans in Amsterdam. This is Oberfelder's first
opera.

Since its inception in 1978, Orchestra of St.
Luke's<http://www.mammothpost.com/mammoth/tracking/clickthrough/sent_at=2008-02-11+19%3A47%3A01/mid=177/sid=92/gid=2/rid=1933/www.oslmusic.org/about/orchestra>has
earned a reputation as America's foremost and most versatile chamber
orchestra. Works commissioned by OSL's highly innovative Arts Education
Program extend beyond music to several new dance pieces, including works
choreographed not only by Oberfelder but also by Bill T. Jones and Pascal
Rioult.
  [image: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council] [image: NY Culture] [image:
Orchestra of Saint Lukes]


Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects | 212.777.6227 | jodyober at inch.com | 234 E.
4th St. #16 New York, NY 10009
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