Observation 5: Bill Evans Dance Company

-Saturday (Feb. 6th 8pm-9:30pm)
Tonight I was able to see a professional dance company perform at FAU's theatre. Bill Evans Dance Company is a modern dance company. They also performed with FAU dance ensemble, which consisted of the students who study dance there. The Bill Evans company had three dance pieces, all of which were very beautiful and exciting to see. Bill Evans, the choreographer, really just has a great way of working with his dancers and setting up a beatuiful piece of visual art. It was interesting to me, because through out all the performances you could really see the difference between the professionals and the students dancing. You could really just see the huge difference between the level of skill. The students were just not as good as the professional dancers. The first of the three pieces by Bill Evans was called "Impressions of Willow Bay", which was choreographed in (1978). It was a very beautiful piece danced by four strong dancers, two girls and two boys. They wore all white costumes. By watching them dance, you could tell they were very strong and there was just so much dynamic in their movement, which really grabbed you and pulled you in. There was a lot of work between all of the dancers and partnering which was greatly displayed. The dancers sensed each other on stage and worked with each other amazingly well. It seemed effortless and I just love how dancers make it look effortless, because that just shows how strong they really are. In reality, it is lot of work for them. All the movements really just flowed together so smoothly. The second piece called "What's Your Story? Morning Glory"(1974), whiched was danced by one male dancer, in all white. This was a really fun piece, because the dancer used a tennis racket as a prop, and that is definitely something you do not see a lot of. He used it really well and in a lot of unique ways. It reminded me a lot of a classic broadway jazz routine. The third one was called "Climbing to the Moon" (1997), which was danced by another male dancer. He was wearing a grayish costume. His movements were quick and tight, which takes a lot of strength to do, because you need to have that sharpness in the moves to be able to define the moves. He had a lot of energy.
I really enjoyed being able to observe dance professionals live on stage, doing what they do best. The performance quality was great and they did not hold back at all. You could just see the confidence a mile away. I think it is really important as a professional dancer to be able to get over your nervous and just enjoy the movement, because if you let nervous get the best of you then they will mess you up. I would really encourage everyone to see at least one professional dance show once in their life, because it really is a great experience.

~AMY~