Dance at SMU with BL Lacerta

Video mpeg movies and Audio mp3 files of the BL Lacerta Music and Dance Ensemble

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most popular video downloads:

BL Lacerta @ Mountain View
(David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, Jonathan Anderson, Shelby Stanley, Tawanda Chabikwa)
I Am The Rape
(Tawanda Chabikwa, Jennifer Mabus, David Anderson, Kevin Hanlon, Kim Corbet)
Tawanda's Celebration #1
(Hubert Pralitz, Bethany Wildes, Adam Eason, David Anderson, Tawanda Chabikwa, Shelby Stanley)
Winter
(Katrina Leshan, David Anderson, Bethany Wildes, Adam Eason, Hubert Pralitz, Shelby Stanley, Tawanda Chabikwa)
Seven by Seven Trio #5
(David Anderson, Scott Roller, Ulrike Stortz)
Video Dance 1995
(David Anderson)
Excerpt from Tawanda's Spontaneous Composition Workshop at SMU
(Tawanda Chabikwa, David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, SMU Dancers)
Q and Unfinished Sentences
(The Mari Meade Dance Collective, David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, Bethany Wildes, Jonathan Anderson)

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21 October 2010: BL Lacerta with Dallas Camerata at Mountain View College



Video:
BL Lacerta at MountainView #7.mpg
BL Lacerta and Dallas Camerata at MountainView #9.mpg

Music: David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, Jonathan Anderson, Charles Ledbetter, Dan Burrowes
Dance: Shelby Stanley, Tawanda Chabikwa

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27 July 2011:BL Lacerta: Rehearsal and Ritual Worship of the Ancestors. Hubert couldn't make it so he sent this video instead:


Video:
BL Lacerta Fall 2011: Ritual Worship of the Ancestors

21-23 January 2011: Mari Meade Dance Collective with music by BL Lacerta at the Asheville Fringe Festival and Judson Church. Another fascinating project by Mari Meade.

Video Excerpt: Q and Unfinished Sentences from the Mari Meade Dance Collective performance at the 2011 Asheville Fringe Festival, and here's the Full Performance Video. MMDC got a really nice review from OffOffOff for their extended performance of "Q and Unfinished Sentences" at "The Tank" and another nice review of their Cool NY 2011 performance.

15 November 2010:

Video: "Q and Unfinished Sentences" Performed by the Mari Meade Dance Collective at Judson Church Movement Research with music by BL Lacerta

(Breanna Gribble airborne)



28 October 2009: BL Lacerta Quintet live at the Dallas Bath House Cultural Center

Video:

Third Dance.mpg w/ Tawanda Chabikwa and Jennifer Mabus
Full Concert.mpg

Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon,
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Jennifer Mabus

The BL Lacerta Quintet 2009.pdf

SMU Spring 2010 Master Thesis Dance Recital


works by Tawanda Chabikwa, Leslie Hale, and Gregory King.


Leslie Hale performs with BL Lacerta

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10 October 2011: Katrina and David Improvise Some Songs: Katrina Leshan has this amazing ability to spontaneously generate lyrics and melodies. Here are three songs we improvised in the SMU band hall. (The piano is kinda loud...)


Audio:
Goodbye September.wav (also as mp3)
Tightrope.wav (also mp3)
Pictures.wav (mp3)

(David, Katrina, and Russ)


26 May 2011: Senior Dance Composition Class Finals at Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, David Anderson, piano.

Jennifer Mabus and Kate Walker's amazing senior dance composition students perform their final choreography projects to "spontaneously composed" accompaniment. Here's the audio of a few. You'll have to imagine the dances. They were very cool.

Audio:
BTWHSVPA_A.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_B.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_C.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_D.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_E.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_F.wav (mp3)

(Jenna Mitchell)

05 May 2011: Hubert Pralitz Master's Violin Recital Encore #2
Hubert Pralitz, violin, David Anderson, piano

04 January 2011: BL Lacerta at BuzzBrews: Making Stuff Up.mp3
Kevin Hanlon, Adam Eason, David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Bethany Wildes


28 October 2010: Tawanda Chabikwa and BL Lacerta do a workshop in Spontaneous Composition at SMU


Video:

Tawanda Leads a Spontaneous Composition.mpg

17 September 2010: Alison Chase Master Class at SMU with (some of) BL Lacerta.

(video coming soon!)

BL Lacerta Summer 2010


Spontaneous compositions by:
David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Adam Eason,
Kevin Hanlon, Hubert Pralitz, Tawanda Chabikwa,
Bethany Wildes, Katrina Leshan, Shelby Stanley

24 June 2010: BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No 1.mp3"
24 June 2010: BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No 2.mp3"
24 June 2010: BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Katrina's Song.mp3"

12 May 2010: BL Lacerta plays Adam Eason's Comp Recital.mp3
13 April 2010: A Trio with Hubert Pralitz.mp3
30 March 2010: Trio for Two Pianos and a 'Cello.mp3


24 June 2010: BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No. 1.mpg"
24 June 2010: BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No. 2.mpg"
24 June 2010: BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Katrina's Song.mpg"

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BL Lacerta @ The Band Hall

06 May 2012: BL Lacerta: Aaron Kozak, Harry Feril, Shelby Stanley, Hubert Pralitz, Bethany Wildes, Adam Eason, David Anderson, Bob McCready, nBot



mpg video & mp3 audio:
20120506 Dance No. 1.mpg --- 20120506 No. 1.mp3
20120506 Dance No. 2.mpg --- 20120506 No. 2.mp3
20120506 Dance No. 3.mpg --- 20120506 No. 3.mp3
20120506 Dance nBot.mpg --- 20120506 No. 4.mp3
20120506 Dance elegy.mpg --- 20120506 No. 5.mp3
20120506 Dance No. 6.mpg --- 20120506 No. 6.mp3



30 September 2011: BL Lacerta: Ariel Monticure, Jarrell Hamilton, Adam Eason, Leland Byrd, David Anderson

Video:
Ariel's Warmup.mpg
Ariel and Jarrell Duet.mpg


05 November 2011: BL Lacerta: Jennifer Mabus, Shelby Stanley, Jarrell Hamilton, David Anderson, Chris Larson

Video:
BL_LACERTA_20111105_dance1.mpg
BL_LACERTA_20111105_dance2.mpg
BL_LACERTA_20111105_dance3.mpg

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31 July 2010: Beaver Brook Cottage

Former students of Merce Cunningham give tribute to his life and work at Beaver Brook Cottage, Narrowsburg, New York.
Sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and NY State Council of the Arts.

Dance: Karen MacIntyre, Loretta Thomas, Gaia Dance Collective
Piano: David Anderson

Video
Beaver Brook: Trio (mpg)
Beaver Brook: Duet (mpg)
Beaver Brook: Ensemble (mpg)


16 April 2010: BL @ the Dallas Musem of Art

Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Leslie Hale, Jennifer Mabus
Music: David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Adam Eason, and special guest Robert Rose


Video
Dance one BL@DMA 16 April 2010.mpg
Dance two BL@DMA 16 April 2010.mpg


20 March 2010: BL @ the Winspear Opera House

Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Leslie Hale, Gregory King
Music: David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, and special guest Vincent Burwell


Video
Dance 1 - Meadows@Winspear 20 March 2010.mpg
Dance 2 - Meadows@Winspear 20 March 2010.mpg

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BL Lacerta at the BathHouse Cultural Center
28 October 2009
Fresh from performing on the TEDx Conference at SMU, BL Lacerta opens the new SMU Meadows at the BathHouse Concert Series.
Music: David Anderson, Kevin Hanlon, Kim Corbet
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Jennifer Mabus



BL Lacerta Live at the BathHouse 28 October 2009 (552M mpg video)

Here's the same concert cut into four byte size chunks:

BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 1 (153M mpg) Knows Dance
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 2 (115M mpg) The Wizard
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 3 (118M mpg) I am the Rape (after Dambudzo Marechera)
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 4 (160M mpg) Heart of Stone




08 May 2009
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon
Dance: Jarrell Hamilton, Jennifer Mabus


BL Lacerta Live at the Bath House - 08 May 2009 (620M mpg movie)

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BL Lacerta @ TheBandHall
06 April 2010: BL@theBandHall
Jennifer Mabus with David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Adam Eason, Kevin Hanlon


Video
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #1.mpg
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #2.mpg


Audio
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #1.mp3 --- Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #2.mp3
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #3.mp3 --- Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #4.mp3
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #5.mp3 --- Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #6.mp3


30 March 2010: BL@RM2020

Audio
David Anderson, piano
Jonathan Anderson, piano
Adam Eason, 'cello


04 March 2010: BL@TCU
David Anderson, Tawanda Chabikwa, Adam Eason, Jennifer Mabus
and Jen's Fabulous TCU Dancers

Audio
BL Lacerta at TCU 04 March 2010.mp3 (60Mb)
BL Lacerta at TCU 04 March 2010.wav (690Mb)


03 March 2010 BL@Studio1430
SMU Division of Dance Senior Composition Class
Workshop with Kwame Ross: Domestic Violence
David Anderson, piano

Audio
Awareness of Self.mp3 (solos)
Awareness of Others.mp3 (trios)
Awareness of Environment.mp3 (ensemble)


01 December 2009: BL&Breanna@theBandHall
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Breanna Gribble, Jennifer Mabus
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Adam Eason, Kevin Hanlon, Or Moran


Video
Bree&BL@theBandHall 01 December 2009 #1.mpg (437M)
Bree&BL@theBandHall 01 December 2009 #2.mpg (321M)



19 May 2009 Studio B100
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Jarrell Hamilton, Jennifer Mabus
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon


Video
BL Lacerta Sextet 19 May 2009.mpg (512M)

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15 April 2009
Studio B100

"The Wave"

Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Madison Ebernez, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, Leah Mitchell, Sophi Siragusa
Media: Lauren Thompson
Lighting: Debbie Barr

Two intimate group improvisations by dancers, musicians, lighting, and media in the Division of Dance at the Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts.



Performance, 15 April 2009

Dance I - Wave Performance 15 April 2009 (240M mpg movie) Featuring Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, and the music of BL Lacerta.
Dance I - Wave Performance 15 April 2009 (170M QuickTime movie)


Dance II - Wave Performance 15 April 2009 (190M mpg movie) Featuring Madison Eberenz, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, Leah Mitchell, Sophi Siragusa, and the music of BL Lacerta.




Dress Rehearsal, 14 April 2009

Dance I - Wave Dress Rehearsal 14 April 2009 (240M mpg movie) Featuring Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, and the music of BL Lacerta.


Dance II - Wave Dress Rehearsal 14 April 2009 (200M mpg movie) Featuring Madison Eberenz, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, Leah Mitchell, Sophi Siragusa, and the music of BL Lacerta.

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BL Duets
SMU Meadows Courtyard
24 February 2009
"Tomatoes"


Tawanda Chabikwa with David Anderson and Kim Corbet perform "i used to like tomatoes" by Dambudzo Marechera.


Tomatoes (Lo-Res 384M mpg)
Tomatoes (Hi-Res 600M mpg)
Tomatoes (QuickTime 260M mov)

Tawanda's Commentary (178M mpg)




SMU Hope Lobby
06 March 2009
"silenced desolation"

by Jarrell Hamilton

Katie Drablos and David Anderson perform Jarrell Hamilton's"silenced desolation" in the Bob Hope Lobby for SMU's Spring 2009 BrownBag Dance.

Mpeg:
silenced desolation (90M mpg) by Jarrell Hamilton.

QuickTime:
silenced desolation (64M mov)




20 November 2008:
Improvisations with Lauren Thompson, guest artist, dancer, choreographer, and video artist in the SMU Meadows School of the Arts Division of Dance, with David Anderson on piano and Kim Corbet on electronics and keyboards.



Dance #1 (57M mpg)
Dance #2 (102M mpg)
Dance #3 (80M mpg)
Reverence (49M mpg)



06 November 2008:
Improvisations with Nina Watt formerly of the Jose Limon Dance company, Guest Artist at SMU Meadows School of the Arts Division of Dance for the Fall of 2008.



Dance #1 (105M mpg)
Dance #2 (55M mpg)
Dance #3 (43M mpg)



Spring 2009
BL Lacerta: Improvisations without Ruth Andrien, formerly of the Paul Taylor Dance company, Guest Artist at SMU Meadows School of the Arts Division of Dance for the Spring of 2009, and general all-round wonderful talented insightful creative positive human.



We never did get Ruthie to dance with us...
Tawanda Chabikwa, Ruth Andrien, and Leslie Hale prepare for Tawanda's "tomatoes" performance.



15 July 2009
Three Duets with Jennifer Mabus
David Anderson and Jennifer Mabus


Hi-Res Video
Dance 1.mpg (600M)
Dance 2.mpg (560M)
Dance 3.mpg (620M)

Low-Res Video
Dance 1.mpg (134M)
Dance 2.mpg (124M)
Dance 3.mpg (139M)



03 July 2009
Piano Suite for Morgana Phlaum
David Anderson and Morgana Phlaum.


Audio
Prelude.mp3
Dance 2.mp3 : Dance 3.mp3 : Dance 4.mp3




23 Feburary 2010
Morgana Phlaum: Demo Reel


Video




Morgana Londe Phlaum Demo Reel

Music: UNT Drumline



12 July 2008
Breanna Gribble and David Anderson make seismo-acoustic music and dance in the Sharp studio.


Last Dance #1: 108M mpg video
Last Dance #2: 84M mpg video
Last Dance #3: 102M mpg video

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SMU 2010 Graduate Thesis Dance Recital

May 2010: SMU Hope Theater

Tawanda Chabikwa's Graduate Recital Dances:


INHERITANCE: DUNHU REMHONDORO (150M mpg video)



BLANCO NEVER CRIED (85M mpg video)



Leslie Hales's Graduate Recital Dances:


Current Scenes (95M mpg video)



Equilibria (190M mpg video)



Gregory King's Graduate Recital Dances:


SPIT (180M mpg video)



Strange Invisible Perfume (YouTube)

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SMU Sharp Studio B100
26 March 2009
Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Lauren Thompson, David Anderson, Kevin Hanlon


26 March 2009: Ritual Dance Excerpt(100M mpg)


24 March 2009
BL Lacerta with Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, and Christine Harris. Dancing camera by Lauren Thompson.


24 March 2009: First Dance (320M mpg)
24 March 2009: Second Dance (185M mpg)


03 February 2009


Non Dance (70M mpg) Overature and meditation for minimalist camera dancer.
Wave Dance (315M mpg) Tawanda Chabikwa and Lauren Thompson with BL Lacerta and The Wave.
Drum Dance (144M mpg) Tawanda plays and dances with his drum.
Group Dance (212M mpg) Jarrell Hamilton, Leslie Hale , Tawanda, and Lauren dance with BL.

28 January 2009

Tawanda Chabikwa.mpg)
Tawanda & Lauren Thompson.mpg)

Page Leahy.mpg
Page & Lauren.mpg)


22 January 2009
SMU at the Dallas Museum of Art


The Fan Room (64M mpg)
Leslie in the Mist (13M mpg)
Gregory and Katie (62M mpg)

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Criterion Theater, Ben Harbor, Maine
November 2005

"NGANO NHATU: 3 African Tales""

choreography and music by
Tawanda Chabikwa


Zvikara (Beasts) 189M mpg

Gwenyambira (The mbira player) 297M mpg

Rhwayivhi naDzvinyu (Chameleon and Lizard) 255M mpg



Tawanda's Program Notes on "NGANO NHATU"

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Video Dances


Very Last Dance (25M mpeg)
25 July 2009: Very Last Dance of the suspended dance floor in the SMU Meadows School of the Arts Studio B100.



Video Dance 1995 (50 Mb mpeg music video). with friends Kevin and Theresa. Video compositing and metrical rhythmic movement triggers. I especially like the dancing hands. Here's a Windows Media version (23 Mb) of the same thing.



Video Poem 1995 (33 Mb mpeg music video). Theresa, Kevin, Chess-Boy, and friends. Animations by our (then brand-new) SGI Workstation. Here's a full res version (136M) and here is a Windows Media version (16 Mb).

more to come...!

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last update: 17 Aug 2014 dpa
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