{"id":59171,"date":"2012-10-01T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T16:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=59171"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T17:21:33","slug":"pfweekend12-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/01\/pfweekend12-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance company to revisit landmark ‘Tensile Involvement’ in P&F Weekend concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bates dancers perform Alwin Nikolais’ “Tensile Involvement” in 2004. Photograph by Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College.<\/p><\/div>\n

Two performances of widely diverse repertoire by Bates College dancers, including the return of the influential masterwork “Tensile Involvement” by Alwin Nikolais, take place at noon Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-7, in the college’s Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.<\/p>\n

Featuring the Bates Dance Company, student dance clubs and faculty performers, these Parents & Family Weekend performances are open to the public at no cost. For more information, please call 207-786-8294.<\/p>\n

Nikolais, a pioneering choreographer, championed non-representational dance. He was known for a multimedia approach that, similar to opera, was intended to bring all aspects of the performing arts to the audience.<\/p>\n

He choreographed “Tensile Involvement,” his best-known work, in 1953, also designing the set, costumes and lighting, and composing the music. The piece launches the dancers into interactions with giant ribbons that transform the stage into a dynamic matrix of color, sound and motion.<\/p>\n

The most recent performance of the piece by Bates dancers was in 2004. A gift by Marcy Plavin, founder of the Bates dance program, makes this year’s production possible.<\/p>\n

Also on the program:<\/p>\n