THE CORRAL (World Premiere)
by ANABELLA LENZU/DANCEDRAMA
AT
MERCE CUNNINGHAM STUDIO
55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor
New York City
OCTOBER 9-11, 2009
Friday 9pm
Saturday & Sunday 8pm
Community. Chaos. Revolt- Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama will premiere The Corral, a dancetheater
piece for six dancers that explores the themes of homeland and patriotism at Merce
Cunningham Studio. The Corral features music by Astor Piazzolla, Alejandro Lerner, Eladia
Blazques & Victor Heredia, poetry by Gabriela Mistral and photography by Todd Carroll.
Performances are October 9-11 (Friday at 9:00 pm, Saturday & Sunday at 8pm) at Merce
Cunningham Studio, located at 55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor,
New York City; tickets are $18; students $15 and can be purchased at the door.
Reservations recommended, please email: info@AnabellaLenzu.com
Anabella Lenzu reconstructs physical drama using contemporary movement and character
development. Lenzu’s movement vocabulary originates from folk traditions using rustic
primal gestures with accents of sweeping lyrical action that transports the audience to a
vibrant physical and emotional space.
Lenzu's newest work The Corral process the experience of “El Corralito”—the 2001 socialpolitical
uprising in Argentina when the government froze all bank accounts, essentially
robbing the entire nation overnight. The word “Corralito” translates to corral, a holding pen
for farm animals.
Is your homeland part of your identity? Where is your home once you have left your
homeland behind? The pages of history in any country are written with the same words:
anger, power, joy, fear and hope.
The question of "society" and personal identity are interwoven, and the work centers around
the destruction and subsequent rebuilding of that relationship. It tells the story of one
specific country, but the message is global.
The Corral is performed by Briana Fails, Samuel Humphreys, Dawn Quigley, Debra Zalkind,
Lauren Ohmer & Anabella Lenzu.
www.AnabellaLenzu.com