Flynn Center for the Performing Arts :: 2007/2008 Season

Doug Varone's gorgeous movement conveys a breathtaking sweep that embodies mystery and emotional complexity even as it dazzles. Celebrating Varone’s 20th anniversary, this performance will feature three new repertory favorites. In Castles (2004, set to Prokofiev's Waltz Suite), Varone's dancers "surge across the stage with almost superhuman intensity," creating work that is "as nuanced as it is kinetically thrilling," (Newsday). Boats Leaving (2006, to Arvo Pärt's Te Deum for chorus and musicians) is a haunting, meditative work with heart-rending migrations of shipwrecked souls that mirror Part's inspiring music. The evening comes to a crescendo with Lux (2006, to Philip Glass' score The Light), where "Varone is the sorcerer who sets his flock in ever-escalating, space-devouring motion" (Bloomberg News), an intoxicating close to an evening of magnificent dance.

Flynn Student Matinee: Friday, November 16, 2007 at 12 pm
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Doug Varone and Dancers Masterclass with Company Member for Teens & Adults: Thursday, November 15 from 6-7:30 pm

Flynn Center/Fletcher Free Library Book Club
Come share your ideas and opinions on books and poetry relating to performances in the Flynn’s 2007–08 season—then see the show that was
inspired by the written work! This year’s selections include the Lewis Thomas’ National Book Awardwinner, Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher (connection: Doug Varone and Dancer’s Dense Terrain, November 16), and Selections from Out of Order, Out of Sight: Volume 1 by Adrian Piper (connection: Jason Moran’s Milestone project, January 19). Book club members receive discounted admission to related performances and workshops.

Book Club Meeting Dates:
Lives of a Cell: Wednesday, November 14 at 7:30 pm (register by 10/1/07 if you need a book)
Selections from Out of Order, Out of Sight: Wednesday, January 9 at 7:30 pm (register by XX/XX/07 if you need a book)

Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington • Registration accepted up to six weeks prior to each meeting if a copy of the book is needed, otherwise registration accepted up to three days prior to each meeting • Call the Fletcher Free Library for information and registration at 802-865-7211 • FREE