Solo Symphony 2020
by Forklift Dance Works
Jan. 30 - Feb. 02, 2020
Thursday-Sunday
A DANCE BY AUSTIN SYMPHONY CONDUCTOR PETER BAY
For the first time since its 2012 debut, Conductor Peter Bay and Choreographer Allison Orr are teaming up for the remount of Solo Symphony. The work highlights Bay’s tremendously skilled and unique conducting style, his passion and deep love for music, and the artistry and grace with which he performs his job. Solo Symphony was listed as a Top 10 Dance of 2012 by Austin Chronicle writers Robert Faires and Jonelle Seitz, and won an Austin Critic’s Table Award.
Inspired by the virtuosic movement of symphonic conducting, Solo Symphony features Austin Symphony conductor Peter Bay performing a dance created in collaboration with Allison Orr. Accompanied by thirteen musicians performing an original score by Graham Reynolds, the dance features both Bay conducting and Bay performing movements based abstractly on his conducting gestures. The piece also includes text taken from Orr’s interviews with Bay, providing a memoir-style look into Bay’s love of music and passion for conducting. The work highlights Bay’s tremendously skilled and unique conducting style, his passion and deep love for music, and the artistry and grace with which he performs his job. Solo Symphony was listed as a Top 10 Dance of 2012 by Austin Chronicle writers Robert Faires and Jonelle Seitz, and won an Austin Critic’s Table Award.
P R E S S & R E C O G N I T I O N
Listed as a Top 10 Dance of 2012 by the Austin Chronicle by both Robert Faires and Jonelle Seitz.
Winner of Austin Critic’s Table Award 2012-13.
Robert Faires of The Austin Chronicle writes: “A revelation – of the dance at the heart of an orchestral conductor’s movements, of Peter Bay’s love for his work and courage as an artist, and, through his artistry and that of choreographer Allison Orr, of the Creator as a dancer and musicmaker.”
Jonelle Seitz of The Austin Chronicle writes: “Incidental moments of disconnect between conducting, or movement, and music presented a dark side – like a loss of a language once possessed – thereby underscoring the exceptionality and magic of music-making and physical response.”
Excerpt from 2012 Performance of Solo Symphony
Solo Symphony 2020
by Peter Bay, Allison Orr
Forklift Dance Works
January 30 - February 02, 2020
January 30, 31, & February 1, 2020 at 8 pm
February 2 at 3 pm
Rollins Studio Theater at the Long Center for the Performing Arts
Student/Senior, General Admission, and VIP Tickets Available
VIP Tickets include access to Thursday’s post-show opening reception OR Sunday’s post-show closing reception
