wild goose chase dance was invited to perform at the Modern at the Modern Festival. Produced by Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, the concert showcased works by artists and companies from across the US. This was the premiere of Distant Songs, a work that grew out of solo works created with and for Sarah Newton http://www.outonalimbdance.com Joining Sarah were Laura Barbee, Rachael Coad, Hannah Ernest Requa and Krista Jennings Langford.

[Photo: Danielle Brestel]

My parents’ 59^th wedding anniversary also marked the European premiere of wild goose chase dance Spine at the Centre Nacional de la Danse Contemporaine in Angers (FR). Hannah Ernest Requa and Domingo Estrada, Jr. performed this 2013 duet in the CNDC theatre, a space both intimate and expansive, to an audience that received them with their ‘bravos.’ Hannah is co-artistic director of the Chicago-based company newfangled, a member of both wgc and ImPulse Dance in the metroplex, one of the founders of FurtherDance, and co-director of the dance program at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth. Domingo is a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group based in NYC.

Click this Merry-go-round link – it’s a magical video capture from nearby Nantes – a French goose, and her young charge, in flight.

Merry-go-round