THE ANAHID SOFIAN DANCE COMPANY
presents
MARRAKECH: INSIDE THE MAGIC CIRCLE
November 12, 2005
Director/Choreographer. Anahid Sofian
Guest Choreographers: Kathryn Posin, Rosanne Schaffer
Lighting Design: Bradley Thompson
Set Coordination/Design: Ryan Scott
Orchestra Director: Brahim Fribgane
Musicians:
Brahim Fribgane, oud and percussion
Rachid Halihal, violin and vocals
Boujemaa Razgui, flutes
Richard Khuzami, percussion
Ron McBee, percussion
Seido Salifoski, percussion
Performers in alphabetical order:
Deborah Adrienne, Naomi Ayana, Mohamed Bachar, The Breeze Team
Dancers (Columbus Geddie, James Geddie, Shamgod Geddie,
Frederick Peterson, Christopher Thomas), Peter J. Coriaty,
Cara Aubrey Gallo, Susan Harding, Christina Johnson, Linda Lugo,
Delrosa Marshall, Sira Melikian, Jean Musacchio, Tara Quinn,
Abbe Ravens, Anahid Sofian, Virginia M. Werner, Elissa White
Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
Rose Nagelberg Theatre
55 Lexington Avenue @ 25th St.
New York, NY 10010
PROGRAM w/start times
AWAKENING
Choreography: Rosanne Schaffer
Music: 1.Nay excerpt from "Kounouz Minai Chark" (Byblos)
2.Berber song from "Songs and Dances of Morocco" (Peters Int'l)
Dancer: Virginia Werner
00:06:29:14
MOROCCO
Choreography: Anahid Sofian
Percussion: Brahim Fribgane, Richard Khuzami,
Ron McBee, Seido Salifoski
Dancers: Naomi Ayana, Cara Gallo, Linda Lugo, Christina Johnson,
Delrosa Marshall, Jean Musacchio, Abbe Ravens,
Virginia Werner, Elissa White (Leader)
00:16:02:21
BRIDE FROM TETOUAN
Choreography: Anahid Sofian
Music: Excerpt from "Chants D'Allegresse: Songs of Rejoicing" By Les Femmes de Tetouan (Institut de Monde Arabe)
Dancers: Deborah Adrienne, Susan Harding, Sira Melikian
00:20:03:07
BENEDICTION
Choreography: Traditional Guedra
Staged by Anahid Sofian
Music: Guedra excerpt from Moroccan Dance video (Creative Arts Television)
and Brahim Fribgane
Dancers: Cara Gallo, Linda Lugo
00:25:40:18
EL MAGHREB
Choreography: Anahid Sofian
Music: Excerpt from "Compilation de disque d'or de la chanson Marocaine" by Hassan Laughatau (Sigma Prod.)
Dancers: Susan Harding, Delrosa Marshall,
Sira Melikian, Jean Musacchio
BROTHERHOOD
00:35:26:04 Part 1. Gnawa
Choreography: Traditional Gnawa
Staged by Mohamed Bachar, Kathryn Posin and Anahid Sofian
Percussion: Brahim Fribgane
Dancers: Mohamed Bachar (Leader), Breeze Team Dancers: Columbus Geddie,
James Geddie, Shamgod Geddie, Frederick Peterson,
Christopher Thomas
00:41:25:08 Part 2. Divine Acrobats
Choreography: Traditional Moroccan and The Breeze Team
Staged by: The Breeze Team, Kathryn Posin and Anahid Sofian
Music: Brahim Fribgane, Boujemaa Razgui
Dancers: Columbus Geddie, James Geddie, Shamgod Geddie,
Frederick Peterson, Christopher Thomas
--INTERMISSION -
PLACE DJMAA EL FNA
00:44:46:06 Part 1. The Marrakech Orchestra
Brahim Fribgane, Rachid Haliha/, Richard Khuzami,
Boujemaa Razgui, Seido Salifoski
00:51:59:06 Part 2. Danse Orientale
Sira Melikian
00:56:57:23 Part 3. Allal
From Paul Bowles' Collected Stories, 1939 -1976
Adapted for this production by Nina Howes
Staged by Anahid Sofian and Nina Howes
Storyteller: Peter J. Coriaty
Allal: Frederick Peterson
Allal Transformed: Shamgod Geddie
Old Man: James Geddie
01:11:39:06
NIGHT SPIRITS
Choreography: Anahid Sofian
Music: Excerpt from "Moroccan Spirit" (Higher Octave Music)
Dancers: Deborah Adrienne, Naomi Ayana, Christina Johnson,
Sira Melikian, Jean Musacchio, Tara Quinn (Soloist)
01:17:19:26
LEILA
Music: Excerpt from "Chants Soufis Arabo-Andalous" by the Ensemble Ibn Arabi (harmonie mundi)
Dancer: Anahid Sofian
01:22:26:09
FINALE
Choreography: Kathryn Posin
Dancers: The Company