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Women's Works digs 'Beneath'

There will be an open dress rehearsal of Women's Works: "Beneath the Dirt" Thursday, July 21 at 7 p.m.; and performances with Tremolino Trio Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23 at 7 p.m. Admission, cash only at the door, will be $10 for the rehearsal and $15 for the performances. For more information and reservations, call 323-8499.

Women's Works founder and producer Shana Bloomstein will perform "Tying the knot," which explores the roots of commitment and the journey taken to move beyond fear into freedom. Bloomstein also presents a new ensemble piece, "Light and Mud," with live music by Tremolino Trio featuring Leslie Stein, Jim MacDonald and Chris Marshall. Traditional  fado music is juxtaposed with modern dance to explore the connection we have to our land, to the water, the trees and the earth.

Heléna Melone presents "A Duende." The earth spirit, a mischievous “faerie” from Iberian folklore, is as paradoxical and mysterious as Nature itself, luring children into forests and  helping those lost find their way.

Katenia Keller will show two works, "Our Lady of Intuition" and :A Short History of Warnings," based on the paintings of the same title by Robert Shetterly. She also will perform a trio with Lisa Newcomb and Joan Proudman, "About Time," that explores the experience of aging. This is mirrored by a companion work with younger artists Bloomstein, Jesse Phillips-Fein and Alexandra Alysia Pitre. In addition, Pitre has created "Red Blues and a solo, "In the cold."

Aside from these trios, Proudman will present "Woods End," a dance about the clear-cutting going on around her home in Freedom; and Bethany Louisos-Daniels performs "heal with me," a process-based piece that challenges her as an artist/emotional being to share honestly with the audience.

Finally, Phillips-Fein's "Appendix One" is physicalization of “Appendix One: The Methods of NonViolent Action” from "From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation" by Gene Sharp. Originally published in Bangkok in 1993 by the Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Burma, the text which is available via the Internet and was used by the organizers in the recent Egyptian people's uprising.

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