Artists & Projects Directory

• Cie Heddy Maalem
• Dan Hurlin
• David Roussève/REALITY
• Emio Greco|PC
• Gregory Maqoma
• Kassys
• Marc Bamuthi Joseph
• Ralph Lemon
• Rha Goddess
• The America Project
• Yasuko Yokoshi

Emio Greco|PC

Fall 2009 marks the fourth North American tour of Emio Greco│PC. [purgatorio] POPOPERA asks: What if the dancers should also be accomplished musicians? What if the audience, while entering the concert hall, should expect a dance performance but get a concert instead? How can the experience and the logic of a dancer penetrate the dimensions of sound and stimulate a new musical logic? What if a guitar should become a physical part of a dancing body?

[purgatorio] POPOPERA is an investigation of these intersections of refined virtuosity in one art form with raw talent in another. With a highly sophisticated sense of ensemble and timing arrived at through years of moving together, the dancers of Emio Greco│PC have approached learning Michael Gordon’s score with their characteristic drive. Donning shiny black electric guitars connected to 50 foot guitar chords, the subtle refinement of true artistry usually seen in legs and torsos is transferred to fingers plucking strings and voices reaching for a note.