The Dances A-K

Carmina Burana

Choreography: Hernando Cortez (2005)

Music: Carl Orff
Lighting: Chenault Spence
Costumes & Art Direction: Joan Yellen Horvitz

World Premiere: Friday, January 29, 2005, Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland

Chichester Psalms

Choreography: Hernando Cortez (2003)
Music: Leonard Bernstein*
Lighting: Chenault Spence
Costumes: Janet Bolick
World Premiere: December 12, 2003
Metro Theatre, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.

Full Company

*"Chichester Psalms," written/composed by Leonard Bernstein,

published by The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC (ASCAP)

Choreography: Hernando Cortez (2005)

Music: Celtic Traditional and Contemporary
Costumes: Christine LaPerna
Lighting: Trad Burns

Full Company

Commissioned by the Pilloff Foundation.

The Last Sun
Choreography: Hernando Cortez (2004)
Music: Philip Glass, Mishima
Lighting: Chenault Spence
Costumes: Gino Ventura

"Larger than worlds, larger than anything, it was."
- John C. Wright

Play me

Backlash

Choreography: Hernando Cortez (2006)
Music: Eric Ziolek, “Verbtuosity” (Original Music)
Musicians: Saxophone-John Perrine, Percussion-Benjamin Winters
Lighting: Trad A Burns
Set: Jordan Katz, Grafix Plastics
Costumes: Studio Sangha and Gina Dudik

4 women, 2 men

The creation of “Verbtuosity” was funded by the Bascom Little Fund.
Special Thanks to Jordan Katz, Grafix Plastics

Bang

Choreography: Hernando Cortez (2005)

Music: David Lang, "Cheating, Lying, Stealing"f
Lighting: Chenault Spence
Costumes & Art Direction: Joan Yellen Horvitz

World Premiere: Friday, January 29, 2005, Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, Cleveland

Read the Roy Berko review.

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