Recurrent Stages (2013)
Instrumentation: amplified string quartet, live electronics, and tape
Duration: 21'
Commission: Minnesota Ballet with funds from the American Composers Forum and New Music USA's Live Music for Dance Grant
Premiere: Ryan Homsey and Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra's Music To You String Quartet on October 18, 2013 at DECC Symphony Hall, Duluth, MN
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“Minnesota Ballet: Fresh score, fresh moves open season . . . ‘Litany’ features a kaleidoscope of movement, driving by the rhythm of the music, that achieves an almost geometric progression that was quite enthralling.”
The Minnesota Ballet commissioned an original piece of music from Ryan Homsey. Artistic Director Robert Gardner created beautiful choreography to match. Eight dancers from the company express the continuum of life, from Litany, to Chaos and finally Grace.