"well-honed choreography and refined delivery"
-- Lisa Kato, The Daily Fitchett
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TICK OF THE CLOCK (chair section)
Choreography: Terri Best Music: Chromatics Video: Jerry Evans Opening sequence from Tick of the Clock, a four-part work for 10 dancers. Tick of the Clock premiered as a work in progress for EDGE Performing Arts Center’s 20th Anniversary Show at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in July 2012; the full-length work was subsequently performed for the 6th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in April 2013. |
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TICK OF THE CLOCK (duet excerpt)
Choreography: Terri Best, in collaboration with the dancers Dancers: Dave Birr and Anh Dillon Music: Cliff Martinez Video: Glyn Gray, Stir Studios Performed at the 6th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, April 2013 This duet - an excerpt from the larger ensemble piece Tick of the Clock - explores the theme of co-dependency. The dancers cling to, push, pull and manipulate each other without ever losing contact or being able to completely let go. |
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Who Is The Alpha? from Terri Best Dance on Vimeo. |
WHO IS THE ALPHA? Choreography: Terri Best Music: Fever Ray Video: Jerry Evans Premiere: Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, July 2011 In this rhythmic, driving, physically demanding piece, the dancers - like wolves - "run with the pack" while challenging each other and asserting themselves in an attempt to establish dominance. |
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Threshold from Terri Best Dance on Vimeo. |
THRESHOLD
Choreography: Terri Best Dancers: Anh Dillon and Joey Thao Music: Riceboy Sleeps Video: Glyn Gray, Stir Studios Finalist: 14th Annual Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival Threshold takes place at the liminal border between the seen and unseen worlds – the dream state – where the spirit of one who has departed crosses over to re-unite with her beloved. It is a dance of absence and presence, closeness and distance, holding on and letting go…. |
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Through the Desert from Terri Best Dance on Vimeo. |
THROUGH THE DESERT
Choreography: Terri Best Music: Sinead O'Connor Video: Glyn Gray, Stir Studios Finalist: 13th Annual Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival In this meditative work, nine dancers enter an unknown and uncertain landscape. Solos, duets and trios break away, intersect, and are re-absorbed by the group as it moves “through the desert”, suggesting the need for faith, and the support of relationship and community, in navigating the unknown. |
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Duet from Terri Best Dance on Vimeo. |
DUET
Choreography: Terri Best Dancers: Anh Dillon and David Contreras Music: Gustavo Santaolalla Video: Glyn Gray, Stir Studios
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