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6/9/2015 REVIEW: Owen/Cox Dance Group compares and contrasts Bach and Hindemith, Ludus TonalisRead NowFloyd Gingrich, Examiner
The music of Bach and Hindemith and its coordination with the dancers of the Owens/Cox Dance Group The name of the program, Sunday June 7, was Ludus Tonalis, (tonal play) Paul Hindemith's 1942 crafted work for piano, which is only one of the last century's responses to Bach's Well Tempered Clavier, as well as Chopin's and Scriabin's 24 Preludes in the 19th Century. In each case, one piece in each cycle represents each step in the chromatic scale. J.S. Bach wrote his opus to demonstrate the usefulness of the well tempered scale, which he invented. As far as is known, this performance is the first choreography set to this Hindemith opus.
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6/7/2015 The Classical Beat: Handel, Owen/Cox, Randy Newman with KC Symphony, Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’Read NowPatrick Neas, Special to The Kansas City Star
“Ludus Tonalis” Choreographer Jennifer Owen and pianist Kairy Koshoeva obviously have a rapport. Koshoeva’s performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations inspired Owen to create some of her most critically acclaimed choreography. |
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OUR MISSION:Owen/Cox Dance Group's mission is to create new music and dance collaborations, to present high-quality contemporary dance performances with live music, and to engage as wide an audience as possible through affordable live performance, education and outreach programs.
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