About This Event
Synopsis
TOWER
September 25-27, 2008
7:30 pm, plus 2 pm Sat. matinee
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Jeanné Wagner Theater
This performance contains Strobe Lights (two towards the end of the final dance).
Ririe-Woodbury commemorates its 45th Anniversary with TOWER, a newly reconstructed work by theatre wizard Alwin Nikolais. This brilliant multi-media dance, created in 1965, uses architectural elements to form a microcosm of society and is notable for the incessant, often hilarious verbal commentary by the dancers.
Said to be an “indictment of the American babble,” Tower is “fast, funny and evocative.” At the end of this fast-talking piece, humankind comes off as “both the victor and the victim of his environment [Time Magazine]” as this Tower of Babble comes crashing down. The evening includes Nikolais favorites Tensile Involvement, Crucible, and the regional premiere of Liturgies.
The Company’s historic partnership with the Nikolais/Louis Foundation for Dance is garnering rave reviews throughout the USA and Europe. The New York Times numbered its performances of Nikolais works as one of the 10 best events of the year.
Run Time: 1 hour 40 minutes (including a 20 min intermission)
Recommended for ages 8 and up. No babes in arms. All patrons regardless of age require a ticket.
Ticket Policy
All ticket purchases are final, there are no exchanges or refunds.
There is a limit of eight (8) tickets per person on an internet transaction.
Seats will be grouped together in the number you request.
Recommended minimum age for all performances is eight years or older unless otherwise specified.
Everyone must have a ticket and no babes in arms.