Destination: Fringe
Psophonia Dance Company
Cohesive and delightful, intuitive and gritty, Psophonia captures the imagination.
SHOW DESCRIPTION
Celebrating 10 years of producing exciting contemporary dance, Psophonia Dance Company will pack a punch with the collage of signature works they are bringing to the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Some dances slated for performance are Bent, Devil’s Playground, Worms and Mazagines and Beat Selts. Falling on the darker side are Bent and Devil’s Playground. Bent, set to wax poetry music, revolves around feelings of manipulation and defiance, while Devil’s Playground inches its way toward irrational and all consuming fear. Not lacking in their sense of humor, on the flip side, Psophonia will perform Worms and Mazagines and Beat Selts. Worms, set to music by War’s Lowrider, is a fun little interlude that cleverly shows worms with personality. In excerpts from Mazagines and Beat Selts (also lovingly known as The Mattress Piece), you can revel in the memory of child like play and party sleepovers set to music by J.S.Bach.
ARTIST/COMPANY BIOGRAPHY
Founded in 1998, innovative, imaginative, theatrical and daring, Psophonia Dance Company explores a kinesthetic and kinetic language of ideas and images that will dazzle audiences of all ages. This Houston based company is recognized for their ability to engage diverse audiences on a truly unique level by utilizing everyday objects, sounds, and technology to re-examine and transform familiar elements and move audiences from the point of recognition to the point of discovery and infinite possibility. At the heart and helm of Psophonia Dance Company are Co-Artistic Directors Sophia L. Torres and Sonia Noriega. These award-winning choreographers have created over 50 original works collaborating with other artists, musicians, and composers to achieve their unique vision through dance. Equally important is Psophonia’s commitment to providing quality arts in education programming to children through educational performances, workshops and residencies aimed at fostering learning through active participations in the aesthetic experience of dance.
PREVIOUS FRINGES
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'AND THE FRINGIEST PART IS ...'
The show offers Cincy Fringe goers a tasty sampler’s plate of our work that will entice audiences to come back for more. It’s a wide range of pieces Psophonia brings to the festival so if you don’t like one thing, just wait and fall in love with the next.
reviews
+ CityBeat review (May 30, 2008)
+ The Enquirer review (May 29, 2008)