Rally

RALLY

Premiere performances June 13-16, 2019

A dynamic performance of live music, dance, story and song exploring our individual empowerment and collective strength.

Presented at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, TX

“RALLY” explores our personal perspectives and collective experiences as the multidisciplinary artists/performers ask what drives our passions individually and socially in local and global communities to rise up, unite and rally.

This new work aims to resonate with our current times, examining the catalysts for action and change. The performance combines choreographed dance with live, original music composed by Austin favorite Andrew Nolte. The audience is invited to take a deep dive physically, musically, and visually as each performance takes its own unique shape via a directed improvisation technique called Soundpainting, an ensemble conducting language used to compose dance and live music in the moment. No two shows are the same.

“When you look at the world around you through the lens of what change you want to see and what is preventing you from exercising your personal super powers, you get a lot of clarity around your passions and values” Ariel says. “This piece, RALLY, was born from the artists and community members sharing stories of great joy and exhilaration, as well as helplessness and defeat. In an effort to address how we can affect change in the world, how do our family and social rituals and our shared sense of space unite us, transform us, and empower us?

“RALLY” features an original score by Nolte, of Super Creeps, The Damned Torpedoes, Derrick Davis Band and about a dozen other musical groups. During RALLY, live music, both original pieces and covers of beloved protest songs, are performed by Nolte (vocals, guitar, keys) with Claude McCan; (vocals, keys, electronics), Jason DeCuir (bass), and Garry Franklin (drums). The choreography by Ariel has been created in collaboration with performers Jun Shen (Sunny), Sandie Donzica, Ciceley Fullylove, and Rebecca McLindon. Andrea Ariel conducts each performance’s Soundpainting composition.

Check out this review by David Glen Robinson for Central Texas Live Theatre HERE.
“Ariel Dance Theatre’s RALLY was a generous combination of spontaneity and instant collaboration.”

See photos of the performance by Steve Rogers HERE.

Watch video excerpts HERE.

Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre is supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division, the Music & Entertainment Division of the Economic Development Department, and the Parks & Recreation Department. The City of Austin is proud to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require assistance for participation in our programs or use of our facilities, please call (512) 974-3914.