eXit (2006)
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Choreography Jennifer Backhaus |
Awards and Nominations
Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance - Small Ensemble (Duets/ Trios/Quartets)
Lester Horton Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography - Short Form
Lester Horton Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Dance
Reviews
In "eXit" Backhaus explored a more angular vocabulary to composer Erik Leckron's fabulous percussion score. Leckron was seated upstage, his banging and chiming signaling moves for dancers Andrea Brache, Andrew Cook and William Lu in the foreground. Squares of light projected on the floor confined each of them (the nights imaginative lighting designs were by Monique L'Heureux.) Brache danced first, while Cook and Lu were introduced together.
The men were linking in a calisthenic duet, lifting and leaning on one another. Brache eventually joined them for hefting and gymnastics. Along and as a threesome, they jogged and posed, often with arms bent at a 90-degree angle like a picture from and Egyptian hieroglyph. The pace was brisk, and the range of movement made it a rigorous number.
-Laura Bleiberg, The orange County Register.
Collaborator Bio
Erik Leckrone, Composser and Accompanist
Erik Leckron, percussionist, has performed with a wide variety of ensembles and projects throughout the United States including the Sinfonietta Orchestra of Chicago, the Long Beach Symphony, the Elgin Symphony, the Torrance Symphony, Disney records "A World of Happiness" with artists Issac Hayes, Lisa Loeb, and Beborah Harry, "A Lou Rawls Christmas," and the soundtrack for the movie "The Grudge."
He has performed for national tours with the California Theatre Company, The Madison Repertory Theatre Company, and the Northernlight Theatre Conpany of Chicago, IL.
Originally from Middleton, WI, he received he Bachelor's degree in Percussion Performance from Northern Illinois Univeristy and his Masters degree in Percussion Performance from California State University, Long Beach.
As an educator, Erik has been involved for several years with "Meet the Musicians," a performance outreach program for elementary schools throughout Orange County.
Along with freelancing in the Los Angeles area, Erik is currently percussion instructor at Fullerton College and staff accompanist for the dance programs at Chapman University and the University of California at Irvine.
