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Samantha Giron Dance Project in Town for One Night Only

Samantha Giron Dance Project will be presenting work from two distinct shows: a premiere entitled “Quickly Going Somewhere and Back,” and two excerpts from “Women and War,” called “Fire Diary” and “Interrogations.”

“Women and War” seeks to explore the human experience of war from different perspectives than those typically presented to us. The representation of war in our culture is usually focused on men; men play the centrally-depicted, heroic roles of killing, being killed, being captured and tortured. Physical bravery is shown as a male trait.

“Quickly Going Somewhere and Back” is a new kind of project for Samantha Giron Dance Project. Usually Giron approaches Christianson once she has a clear idea for a dance piece, and he composes new work that best fits her ideas for the project. However, when Christianson and Giron were invited to perform at San Francisco’s COLLABORATION Festival, they set out to truly co-create a dance and music performance. This time, Christianson wrote the score first and provided Giron with some imagery and narrative context. Giron then set to work responding to the score. Since then, the two have continued to adapt their own contributions to the performance. Christianson performs his original violin score on stage in “Quickly Going Somewhere and Back,” and even performs some of the choreography alongside dancer LeTania Kirkland!

For more information, visit the Santa Fe Complex web site. Samantha GIron Dance Project’s web site is here.

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About Samantha Giron Dance Project
Samantha Giron Dance Project, a contemporary dance company, was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2001. Artistic director Samantha Giron earned an MFA in Choreography from California Institute of the Arts in 2006 and a BA in Dance from Mills College in 2001. She has performed the choreography of Mark Morris, Tere O’Connor, and Scott Wells, and her choreography has been staged at over a dozen venues throughout California. She co-choreographed the dance film Hotel Scopeli, which won a Kodak Grant award; music video credits include “The Kids” by People.

“. . .Giron shined in a solo that accumulated force through an expanding web of delicately folding and unfolding limbs.”
–L.A. Times, re: “Fire Diary,” choreographed & danced by Samantha Giron
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