Sold Out: “Comedy of Darkness” Live Dance Concert
Brigette Benyei, Olivia Emert, Liat Roth and company. Photo by Ryan Bruce.
Laetisha Hohenberg looms over Alexis Borth. Photo by Ryan Bruce.
All 90 seats in Charlotte Street’s black box theater were occupied, and as the show started, people (including me) were standing in the aisle. The performance delivered fully in terms of emotion and energy, powered by the narrative skills of 9 remarkable performers, led by Director Alexis Borth.
The performers involved were:
Brigette Benyei
Alexis Borth
Olivia Emert
Kaitlin Gardner
Laetisha Hohenberg
Jillian Kramschuster
Liat Roth
Andrea Skowronek
Alexis assembled a dance team with the chops to bring this show together over 3 workshop rehearsals and a tech session, She juggled all their schedules to optimize rehearsal time, and pulled them into the creative process from the beginning. Her diligence can be measured by the dozens of unpaid extra hours she worked to build their input into a cohesive structure that would support each dancer’s interpretation of a timeline based on 23 of my images. Colin Blunt’s powerful, original score, played live, was the platform that pulled it all together thematically.
L-R, Liat Roth, Laetitia Hohenberg, Alexis Borth, Jillian Kramschuster. Photo by Ryan Bruce.
Kaitlin Gardner at the head of the company.
Photo by Ryan Bruce.
Andrea Skoronek. Photo by Ryan Bruce.
Liat Roth (L) and Brigette Benyei. Photo by Ryan Bruce.