Join Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company for an exciting day at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, NY.
Community Class 3:00 - 3:45pm
Performance 5:00 - 5:45pm with Q&A to follow
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The company will perform dances that highlight the unique qualities of Duncan's repertoire, from the early lyrical pieces to the tragic solos. There will be a Q & A following the performance. Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times said of the company, "Lori Belilove and her company stand out...fervently committed performances...insights and revelations...sensuality...brilliant."
A Community Class will precede the performance at 3:00 pm. The beauty, grace, and athleticism of Isadora Duncan modern technique develops strength, musicality, and freedom of movement for dancers of all levels. The instructors will introduce the principles of moving in the Duncan style with full upper body movement warm up sequences followed by buoyant runs, skips, leaps, and tosses in a positive and supportive environment. Isadora herself said, "I don't teach dance, I teach joy!"
The class is included with the purchase of a ticket (children and students reserve for free). Email for more details on this opportunity to interact with the dancers.
Tickets are non-refundable.
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ABOUT LONGHOUSE RESERVE
LongHouse Reserve is a 16-acre integrated environment in East Hampton, New York, created by artist, collector and world-renowned textile designer and weaver Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020), serving the community with vast open space, programs in art, nature, and wellness, and providing a sanctuary for Long Island and beyond. The sculpture garden, featuring more than 60 outdoor works, encourages exploration and contemplation for new and repeat visitors alike. As of this year, the garden is fully open to the public for education and enjoyment, with a next chapter of activating Larsen’s home (a modernist structure based on the Shinto Shrine at Ise) and displaying the extensive craft and design collections.
Jack Lenor Larsen designed and built LongHouse as a case study to exemplify a creative approach to contemporary life. He believed visitors experiencing art in living spaces have a unique learning experience.
When he acquired the property in 1975, Larsen began to lay out an entrance drive lined with majestic cryptomerias, established lawns and ornamental borders, and defined major spaces as settings for plant collections and sculpture.
The long, low berms that divide the property recall the boundaries of farm fields that occupied the site until it was abandoned for agricultural use in the 19th century. Much of the deciduous canopy of second growth native trees has been preserved. The gardens present the designed landscape as an art form, demonstrate planting potentials in this climate with a wide variety of natural and cultivated species, and offer a diversity of sites for the sculpture installations.
Finding inspiration in the 7th-century Shinto shrine at Ise, Japan, Larsen decided to build the house on the property in 1986. LongHouse was designed by Larsen in collaboration with architect Charles Forberg and built by Joe Tufariello.