27 Steps
27 Steps is an original immersive curated performance piece conceived by Kyle Barrett Price and Julian Müller in collaboration with Matilda Sakamoto, Jordan Morley, Nancy Long, CLMF Artists, and lighting designer Elliott Lester.
27 Steps is inspired by the concept of starling poetry, invented by Fordham Professor of English, Christopher GoGwilt, where all words or scenes can be told and experienced in any order** making every performance truly a one-of-a-kind experience for the performer and audience. The story of 27 Steps touches on the journey of love and loss between two individuals who meet in a chance encounter.
Inspired by an original song and lyrics of the late Jonah Poplove, 27 Steps features original music by Kyle Barrett Price and Julian Müller, along with compositions from the classical music canon and popular songs. 27 Steps brings the audience into a theatrical immersive experience that blurs the lines of reality and imagination and spurs conversation on love and mental health.
Musicians
Kyle Barrett Price, cello, composer, and curator
Julian Müller, cello, composer, and curator
Josh Henderson, violin
Bryson Karrer, violin
Anna Leunis, violin
Aaron Schwartz, violin
Dawning Welliver, violin
David Wong, violin
Tonya Burton, viola
Deborah Barrett Price, viola and conductor
Stephanie Price-Wong, viola
Mason Spencer, viola
Adrian Golay, cello
Brian Klickman, cello
Ken Kubota, cello
Kyle Motl, bass
Holly Bean, voice and piano
Ariadne Grief, voice
Jazimina MacNeil, voice
Rich Saunders, voice
Matthew Aucoin, piano and composer
Brian Shank, percussion and actor
Gabe Schnider, guitar, composer, actor
Dancers and Choreographers:
Jordan Morley
Matilda Sakomoto
*Lindsay Phillips
*Zachary Jeppsen
*Member of the Buglisi Dance Company
Utica Dance Ensemble:
Maya Brown
Bailey Harrer
Sean Morris
Violet Pedulla
Nancy Long, Artistic Director & Owner
SOSPIRI (1989)
Choreography: Jacqulyn Buglisi
Performed by:
Lindsay Phillips, Zachary Jeppsen
In 1848, Camila O’Gorman (the Juliet of the pampas) and her lover, the Jesuit priest, Ladislav Gutierrez, were hunted down and executed by a firing squad for their illicit love. This timeless story has become legend among the peasants of Argentina. Sospiri was first performed in 1989 by the Martha Graham Dance Company at New York City Center, NYC.
Choreography copyright © Jacqulyn Buglisi 1989
Edward Elgar’s “Sospiri, courtesy of G. Schirmer, Inc.
