This semester the George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to have choreographer Jodi Melnick as the guest artist for Danceworks. In a review written last winter in The Village Voice, Deborah Jowitt wrote of Melnick:
'"Jodi Melnick is. . .a force of nature.” No wonder the person I was talking to groped for words to describe her. Trying to convey Melnick’s brilliance is like trying to grasp a silver trout in a running stream. She is indeed a force of nature, but not the earth-mother type those words convey. She’s of medium height, slim, with a pretty face and flaming red hair (she could have been a model back in the days when models looked like people). She has brought her creative intelligence and her subtle, sensuous performing to works by such choreographers as Vicky Shick, Susan Rethorst, Sara Rudner, and Donna Uchizono. Her wonderful collaboration with John Jasperse and Rebecca Hilton, Becky, Jodi, and John, will be performed again in May at Dance Theater Workshop."
Read more about what Jowitt has to say at http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-02-25/dance/doug-varone-and-jodi-melnick-swim-deep-rivers/2
Jodi Melnick will spend three weekends rehearsing with her 9 person cast to create a 10-20ish minute work to be presented in Danceworks happening April 15-17, 2010. Check back here for postings of rehearsal videos and other information regarding the upcoming performances.
The cast of 9 dancers includes
(myself)Courtney Coughlin
Ariel Deitch
Maggie Gomez-Madonia
Corinne Haynes
Alex Lang
Tenley McCladdie
Dyllan Mont
Remy Tumin
and...
Rick Westerkamp
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