robin anderson
project. 3
:03 minute portions | mfa performance
straight duet
choreography by larry keigwin
performance by robin anderson & patrick mueller
Straight Duet will be performed by MFA candidates Robin Anderson and Patrick Mueller. Originally choreographed and performed in 2000 by New York-based choreographer Larry Keigwin and dancer Nicole Wolcott, the duet embodies the physicalization of a bride and groom's individual emotional journeys on their wedding day. Beginning with solos by the female and male dancers in wedding attire, the dance progresses to innovative partnering on and around a mattress in undergarments. Danced to Cecelia Bartoli's renditions of Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Giordani. Straight Duet was taught to Robin and Patrick during Keigwin and Wolcott's three-week residency in the Department of Dance in October 2005.
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artist bios
robin anderson (performer)
patrick mueller (performer)
Patrick Mueller grew up in Colorado, where his early movement training
consisted of soccer, skiing (D.H. and X-C), backpacking, and driving an
F-150. At Pomona College, CA, he stumbled into the dance studio, promptly
broke his ankle, and decided to spend most of his 4 years there, under
the tutelage of John Pennington, Vicky Koenig, and Laurie Cameron. He
also spent some time in the Art and Theatre departments, and continues
to incorporate these fields into his artistic endeavors. Following graduation
Patrick moved to New York, where he held over a dozen jobs and occupied
4 different apartments in 3 years. While in NY he danced with Troika Ranch
D.T., Paige Martin, Mark Jarecke, and others, and taught dance at the
Packer School and the Williams and Amherst Summer Excel programs. He also
began several of his own projects in collaboration with Thad Wong, parts
of which have been performed at Aqui the Bushwick, Brooklyn and the Racquette
Lake Charity Hour, Raquette Lake, NY. Currently, Patrick is in his 1st
year of the graduate program for choreography at Ohio State. He is making
one performance piece for a show in April that he is co-producing with
several other 1st Years.
larry
keigwin (choreographer)
Larry Keigwin has choreographed and performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway,
and for many prestigious dance companies. From 1997-2000, he was the Associate
Artistic Director of Dendy Dance & Theater, and received a Bessie
Award for his performance in Dream Analysis. Keigwin's choreography has
been presented by Bates Dance Festival, Summerdance Santa Barbara, Pace
Downtown Theater, Jersey City College, Martha @ Mother, Towson State University,
Galapagos Art Space, Mulberry Street Theater, Dixon Place, Joyce SoHo
Presents, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Kaatsbaan International Dance
Center, DRA's Fire Island Dance Festival, and many other theaters around
the country.
Keigwin's choreography has
been commissioned by The American Dance Festival, Hofstra University,
California Institute of the Arts, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Zenon
Dance Company, Moving Arts Project, and University of California at Santa
Barbara. In the world of musical theater Keigwin was the Associate Choreographer
for Carnivale (featuring the Radio City Rockettes), the Disney musical
workshop When You Wish, and the Off-Broadway musical, The Wild Party (in
which he also danced.) Keigwin also appeared in the Broadway production
of Dance of the Vampires. He is the creator of Keigwin Kabarets, a fusion
of modern dance, vaudeville, and burlesque acts presented by the Public
Theater at Joe's Pub and the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony
Space. Keigwin has danced in the companies of Jane Comfort, John Jasperse,
Doug Elkins, Zvi Gotheiner, Ben Munisteri, David Rousseve, and in Doug
Varone's Le Sacre du Printemps for the Metropolitan Opera. Keigwin choreographs
regularly for drag artist Varla Jean Merman and has worked with performance
artist Penny Arcade.
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