March 22. 2006
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High Octane Action
Australia’s Leigh Warren
Dancers dazzle
Exciting and arresting performances by the Leigh Warren and Dancers
Company give audiences something to remember.
The White Bird/PSU Dance Se ries is proud to
present the Portland debut of its third electrifying
Australian dance company, the internationally acclaimed
Leigh Warren & Dancers on Thursday — Saturday.
March 23— 25 at Portland State University’s Lincoln
Performance Hall.
The company of seven superbly trained dancers will
perform Quick Brown Fox. developed by Leigh War­
ren in collaboration with renowned international chore­
ographer William Forsythe. The program fuses the
dazzling speed and over-extended movements of
Forsythe's style with W arren's elegant lines and puck­
ish humor.
The initial impulse for the work was the well-known
typing exercise of the fox jumping over the lazy dog.
Words are expressed through body and bounced off the
surrounding surfaces. Computer generated screen
mediaextends the stage lighting to enhance the illusion
of boundless surfaces.
Warren said his aim is “to describe something of the
very nature of dance itself, the interplay between the
dancers and their relationship with the audience. The
movement vocabulary embraces our collective experi­
ence from classical ballet to hip-hop.”
Admission is $14 for college students with ID and
seniors 62 and over and $25 for adults. Tickets are
available at the PSU Box Office, 1825 S.W. Broad­
way, and at all Ticketmaster Outlets, 503-790-2787.
Each dancer
from the Leigh
Warren and
Dancers
Company
develops
unique
movements.
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