Washington, D.C.’s 100° June weather wasn’t the only thing generating heat in the city. Chamber Dance Project’s 11th annual D.C. summer season production, “Red Angels,” produced its own scorching intensity as one of this summer’s early triumphs.
Perhaps my single favorite moment of the evening was “Don’t Fence Me In” in Songs by Cole, with Lope Lim, Palkens, and Peter Mazurowski in full cowboy regalia from head to toe, galavanting around the stage in 6-gallon hats, flannel shirts, a pair of six shooters, and with boots and spurs that jingled in time to the music.
The exhilarating evening combines live chamber music, dancers, and for one of its pieces, a narrator reciting a poem. It also showcases dancers from Atlanta Ballet, BalletMet, The Washington Ballet, as well as several freelance dancers from New York City, New Jersey and elsewhere.
Pointe spoke with Diane to learn more about the company’s upcoming summer season, working with Boal, and where she sees CDP going next.
Choreographer Diane Coburn Bruning founded the Chamber Dance Project to make space for and celebrate those surprising works—the ones that push the art form and give dancers something new to sink their pointe shoes into.
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