DANCING SOLO (2013)

OCTOBER 2013
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE KELLY-STRAYHORN’S NEW MOVES FESTIVAL, A COLLABORATION WITH CLARINETIST AMANDA MORRISON, SET TO THE PIECE DANCING SOLO, BY LIBBY LARSEN


Dancing Solo is a piece of music originally composed for clarinet player Caroline Hartig by composer Libby Larsen.  It is a nationally known piece of composition which originally premiered in 1994 at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.   Larsen intentionally composed it demonstrating what a dancer does on stage through the clarinetist.  The piece has been played countless times, but never with a dancer.  Our interpretation physically brings to life the dance of the music.  In Larsen’s words, "The music is the dance and the dance is the music.”


Dancer:  Shana Simmons

Clarinetist:  Amanda Morrison

Music: Libby Larsen, Dancing Solo


Photos by Mark Simpson, courtesy of Kelly-Strayhorn Theater