HIDDEN AGENDAS

MALASHOCK DANCE PRESENTS:

HIDDEN AGENDAS

May 11 - 13, 2012

Join Malashock Dance for HIDDEN AGENDAS, an evening of personal, intimate and revealing dance works exploring emotional manipulation, physical longing, and secret rendezvous.

HIDDEN AGENDAS will include choreography by:

John Malashock, Artistic Director

Michael Mizerany, Associate Artistic Director

Laura Dasi, Aerial Artist

Lydia Zimmer, International Improvisational Artist

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Malashock/RAW (2010 & 2011)

Get ready for MALASHOCK/RAW, a gritty, provocative, cutting-edge evening of dance that will shock, astonish and amaze.  Malashock/RAW features dance work that is fearless, dynamic, and exhibits a brazen athleticism and stark sensuality.  Boundaries will be pushed and lines will be crossed in this exciting, not to be missed evening of dance.  You have never seen Malashock Dance like this!

Malashock/RAW dance works include:

John Malashock's Piece of Work!, is an edgy combination of revealing character studies and daring physical storytelling. In a series of humorous, yet disturbing, solos, duets and trios, Piece of Work! will venture into the internal push and pull of opposing psychological forces. What you see is not necessarily what you get.

Michael Mizerany’s Desperate Love examines compromises made and regrets carried during quests for ideal love (or the idea of love). Desperate Love is a stark and unapologetic look at the darker side of desire, passion and sensuality.

Multiple Horton Award Winner Bradley Michaud, Artistic Director of METHOD CONTEMPORARY DANCE in Los Angeles, presents THIS IS NOT AN EXIT, a bold, unpredictable and high velocity dance work exploring the themes of relationships, breakups, attempted suicide, and the road to recovery after a monumental loss.

The Floating World (2011)

The Floating World:  13 Views of the Compnay on Tour

The Floating World tells the story of a dance company on a performance tour, with all of the quintessential experiences that go along with an exciting, but exhausting world tour.  This dance and video performance was created in conjunction with the San Diego Museum's exhibition, DREAMS & DIVERSIONS:  250 Years of Japanese Woodblock Prints.  With evocative choreography by John Malashock, video art by Tara Knight, music by celloist Zoe Keating and costumes by acclaimed fashionista Zandra Rhodes, The Floating World is a one-of-kind multi-media event.

Wayward Glances (2009)

Utilizing the vocals of German countertenor Klaus Nomi, WAYWARD GLANCES is an edgy, humorous, sexy, sometimes bawdy dance work brandishing a brazen and unyielding physicality.

Choreography:
Michael Mizerany

Review by Jeff Britton in San Diego Uptown News (PDF Version)

Shadow of Mercy (2009)

A poetic and powerful dance theater performance that blends the dark and humorous lyrics of Leonard Cohen with the provocative and deeply human choreography of John Malashock.

Stay The Hand (2008)

Stay the Hand is a collaboration melding dance, music, poetry, and design to explore ancient Persia's influence on our understanding of conflict and harmony.  Choreographer John Malashock and Iranian-born composer Shahrokh Yadegari delve into powerful cultural traditions - providing a glimpse into the ancient world, with an eye toward reconciliation in these difficult, modern times.  The amazing richness of Persian poetry and music set the stage for this emotional intermingling of art forms and expression.

Conceived by John Malashock, Shahrokh Yadegari, and Tara Knight.
Co-Directed by John Malashock and Shahrokh Yadegari.

Silver & Gold (2007)

Silver & Gold looks at two distinctly different sides of a relationship.  The first is a more optimistic and younger side to the relationship - a time of discovery and possibility.  The second part portrays unfortunate patterns that have set in and ways that people can begin to take others for granted.

Window Dressers (1994)

This dance drama looks straight into the heart of our most private realm-the home. Through movement, music, design, and visual art, this abstractly voyeuristic work passionately portrays the boundless sweep of human beauty in scenes of sorrow, joy, folly, and terror. Music by Henryk Gorecki. Scenic Design - Ralph Funicello.

Photo © Lois Greenfield