Friday, May 1, 2009, 7:00 pm
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7:00 pm

For tickets & info contact eba at: (518) 465-9916, e-mail: info@eba-arts.org

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Concert features BOLD, COURAGEOUS, and INSPIRING Dance Theatre from the City of Albany’s “Premiere Dance Company” - Mayor Gerald D. Jennings.

In Maude Baum's "PATHS", "We choose the paths we follow and carry our limitations with us. We repeat some experiences, leave others behind. How do we get where we want to go when the door is open and we will not pass through?" Maude Baum takes a long hard look at how we struggle to find the “right” path to follow in an environment of too many choices. Dark, disturbing and harsh, "PATHS" sends chills up your spine.
“... a powerful modern dance piece that makes comments on the tedium and violence of everyday life.” – Eleanor Koblenz, The Daily Gazette.

Baum created "SONGS I REEELY LIKE" as a suite of dances to some of her favorite songs. The dances are her imaginings while listening to the music, not an interpretation of the music or lyrics. The juxtaposition creates some unusual suggestions.
Features songs by Nina Simone, Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks, and Maria Callas.
“The songs are familiar, but the dances incorporate the daring physicality that is Baum’s signature." -Tresca Weinstein, Times Union

"SOMETIMES IN MY MIND, ALWAYS IN MY HEART" by Maude Baum is a quartet performed like a thread weaving through fabric. The work delves into the inner landscape of the present day Eve. The performers have often quipped that Ms. Baum saw their inner-most issues and laid them out for all to see. So, the enduring question remains... does art imitate life or life imitate art?
“The four women’s vulnerabilities are so exposed that, if we were not sitting in the safety of the theater, it would be frightening.” -Wendy Liberatore, review, The Daily Gazette