Contrapuntal Fling

Leonard Bernstein’s “Prelude, Fugue and Riffs” drives this energetic piece as the dancers scat, syncopate, shadow and swing to a truly extraordinary array of sound.

Details

Premiered:: 2008 at Proctors Theatre, Schenectady NY. Commissioned by the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Music Director Charles Schneider.
Choreographer:: Ellen Sinopoli
Composer:: Leonard Bernstein
Costume Design:: Kim Vanyo
Dancers:: The Company
Press Quote:: “…surrenders to the innate desires of the body to follow the impulses called up by the music…” ~ Times Union