Labayen Dance/SF Fall Season 2012: Take 5 November 1, 2012

Labayen Dance/SF presents TAKE 5, a dance concert that features the works of promising and prolific choreographers Laura Bernasconi, Victor Talledos, Frederick Gaudette, Daiane Lopes da Silva and Enrico Labayen. TAKE 5 will present world premiere works in an intimate space in a series of solos, duet and trios tackling themes from the complexity of human relationship, environment, politics, sexuality or just pure joy of dance.

Award winning choreographer Enrico Labayen will premiere "Ating Awit" (Tagalog meaning "our songs"). Daine Lopes da Silva will present "Chrysalis", Frederick Gaudette will present & perform "Walls within Walls," & "Such Great Heights," Laura Bernasconi will premiere a male duet "Call to Prayer" a commentary on the realization that the anatomical configuration is secondary to the love between two spirits of human beings, Victor Talledos in still untitled work.

The Company:
Labayen Dance/SF (LD/SF), founded in 1994, it's repertory stems from Mr. Labayen's unique background; it combines his firm base in classical and modern American dance with his Philippine heritage and its eastern philosophical and artistic assumptions. The company seeks to introduce the mainstream dance audience to Asian-American aesthetics and sensibilities through the presentation of dance performances. This is accomplished directly through the blending of Asian and American themes, music, and performers, and also indirectly through the quiet, focused grace and delicacy prevalent in Asian culture, as fused with the attack and unflinching individuality of American culture. The juxtaposition of these two cultural forces within Mr. Labayen's work has led to the creation of a new, unique physical and artistic language.

Official Website: http://www.labayendancesf.org