[PhiladelphiaDANCE.org Listserv] Marianela Boan's "VOYEUR" at Annenberg Center

[Marianela Boan]

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BOANDANZ ACTION: VOYEUR 

Saturday, April 12 at 8pm
 
In an act of voyeurism, the audience monitors the intimate life of a married couple, complete with
all of their joy and confusion, pleasure and pain. Will the monotone perfection of domestic life
drive them to desperate acts against themselves, and the world? In this world premiere
performance, internationally acclaimed Cuban choreographer Marianela Boán showcases her
revolutionary style of "contaminated dance" with a collage of emotionally expressive voice and
movement styles, drawn from both traditional and modern genres. Voyeur features dancers Scott
McPheeters and Bethany Formica, and original compositions by Philadelphia electro-acoustic
musician Jason Carr.

Voyeur reviews’ excerpts:

“Formica and Scott McPheeters give a clever, entertaining and highly gymnastic performance all
over a bright yellow Little Tikes playhouse - with half the roof removed - in the world premiere
of Marianela Boan's Voyeur, in which the Philadelphia-based Cuban choreographer examines suburban
married life as an outsider looking in.”

“McPheeters and Formica are a couple literally stepping all over each other in a too-tight space.
To electro-acoustic music by Philadelphian Jason Carr, they deftly vault in and out of the house,
hang upside-down and flip over the open top, their acrobatics projected on a screen behind them.”

"It's not all fun; the dancers evoke religion, the military and women's issues with their bodies.
A witty movie musical-style duet with pink plastic flamingoes serves as a comic interlude between
serious moments" 
Ellen Dunkel, The Arts Sat, Sep. 8, 2007

“Boan has created a marvelous blend of play and reality here, and the dancers carry it out with
great character and agility. During each performance, three audience members will be invited to
operate the onstage cameras; the projections will be determined by the audience, rather than the
artists. So the voyeur is you. I suggest that you see Voyeur, and maybe even be a voyeur. You’ll
enjoy it.” 
Ellery Biddle, Live Arts Festival blog. Friday Sep. 2007

Marianela Boan 
Choreographer/Professor
BoanDanz Action Director
DanzAbierta founder Director
Cellphone: 610 742 7811
boan25us at yahoo.com
http://www.marianelaboan.com


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