Full Evening Works:
THE WITCHING HOUR (2007)
The Witching Hour brings history to life through the stories of the 17th-century Hartford-area women accused as witches. Seen through the eyes of real life 14-year-old Addie Avery, who is pursuing the exoneration of her nine-times-great grandmother, The Witching Hour explores what happens in communities in which the tenuous unknowns of life are made tangible by scapegoating and blame, and difference becomes dangerous. Larger-than-life-size puppets, sets, and costumes by Anne Cubberly create a visual landscape for the innovative blend of dance, text, and music for which the Judy Dworin Performance Ensemble is known.
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TIME IN (2006)
Through an innovative mix of story, song and dance, Time In brings the humanity of women behind bars and the complex tapestry of feelings they experience—anger, pain, regret, fear, loneliness, despair and glimmers of hope—to the public.
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TIME OUT! (2005)
Step into and out of time in Time Out!, a fanciful look at our efforts to control time, only to find our timely devices controlling us. JDPE’s highly-acclaimed ensemble introduces the edgy themes it is known for amidst a quirky landscape of characters who appear before time was discovered and chase the stars becoming our technology-burdened soul mates of today, searching for a minute or two of uninterrupted time, never to be found. Our biological clocks are tickled in Time Out! and humored into a realm where time becomes spatial and new dimensions of ourselves and the world become possible. Time Out! features a commissioned score by musician/composer David Yih, made possible by a noted "Meet the Composer" grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts.
HOT LICKS (2004)
Focuses on the plight of the “Radium Girls," a group of women who were exposed to radium as a result of their employment at clock factories in 1910-1930 America. Hot Licks explores the dangers and challenges of our contemporary and radioactive world.
STARTING OVER (2003)
A post 9/11 reflection in dance, text,
video & song
THE GLORIOUS KNOT (2002)
Inspired by a Tibetan Buddhist world view, presents the dizzying chaotic ignorance of humankind and the journey toward pata - the endless knot, the inter-relatedness of all beings on earth. With the evocative cadences of internationally known Tibetan pop star, Dadon creating the score.
"The Knot is a knockout ."
-Steve Courtney, The Hartford Courant
¿dónde estás? (Where are you?) (2001)
The fluid and poetic narrative of internationally known Chilean
poet, Marjorie Agosin, frames¿dónde estás?,
portraying the gripping story of the Mothers of the Detained/
Disappeared in Chile and the Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo in Argentina
– their courage and their resistance amidst a world of terror.
With live music by Angela Luna Grano(vocalist), Juan Brito (guitar
& vocals) & David Giardina (guitar)
"…glorious poem of many genres."
-Steve Courtney, The Hartford Courant
FLYING HOME (1998)
Inspired by the African folk story, The People Who Could Fly,
Flying Home is a collaboration between JDPP, Sankofa Kuumba Cultural
Arts Consortium and Women of the Cross. A powerful and challenging
performance piece under the artistic direction of Judy Dworin,
it explores issues of racial identity and racism through text,
movement, song, drumming, and personal stories.
"Flying Home… soars over the
landscape of artificial political and ethnic boundaries to land
on the solid ground of human understanding." -Sally
Porterfield, West Hartford News
RAINS (1996)
Focusing on the devastating aftermath of Chernobyl, this piece
uses personal narrative, visual elements, and movement to challenge
the way we look at nuclear "progress”.
With live music by Eastern European women's trio, Rozmarin
MA (1993)
Drawing upon the images of ancient goddess cultures this piece
is an offering to the renewal of the earth. With original music
by Tony Steve
