A quieter moment from Your Mother Dances.
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the city,
The shops were a-buzzin’ the weather was…not so great,
The theaters were hopping with music and plays,
Most of them happy, not a touch of malaise…
Yes, it’s that time when the city stages are filled with holiday staples. Music ensembles have tooted their last seasonal toots for this year. And creative folks are starting to think of the shows ahead in 2013. Or making their peace with the cataclysmic end of the world.
Thus, there is no Friday Five this week. You, faithful readers, know what’s out there. Get your tickets. Keep those houses full. And remember your favorite arts groups as you write those end-of-the-year checks for charities.
There is one new show to consider this weekend. Your Mother Dances presents a concert of new work called Got It, an acronym for “Get Out of Town/In Transition.” The two choreographers on the program, Gerald Casel and YMD founder Elizabeth Johnson, are indeed “out of town”—they spent the last semester at guest-teaching spots in California and North Carolina. They managed to assemble a top-notch group of local dancers, who will perform three pieces with music ranging from ‘80s electro-dance, Harry Belafonte and Tom Petty.
Hope to see you there.
