The Grand Step Project (2004)

A site-adaptive work

Part I: Musical Interlude: (15 minutes)

June 15 (Winter Garden)

June 17, 18,19 (New York Public Library)

New York Choral Society
Directed by John Daly Goodwin

Walk Together, Children, traditional; Alleluia, by Randall Thompson;

Turn the World Around,
by Harry Belafonte and Robert Freedman


June 23 (Bronx County Courthouse)

Highbridge Voices
Directed by Jay Meetze

Star Spangled Banner; Sansa Kroma, arranged by Michael Scott; Amazing Grace; The Maiden’s Farewell, by Linda Steen Spevacek; El Parajito Cu


June 25 Borough Hall, Brooklyn

June 26 (Catherdral St. John the Divine)

Great Day Chorale
Directed by Louvinia Pointer

Way over in Beulah Land; Rock-A-My Soul; Lord I Don’t Feel No-Ways Tired; Ain’-a That Good News; Joshua Fit de Battle O’ Jericho


June 28 (National Museum of the Native American)

Silvercloud Directed
by Kevin Tarrant

Traditional Native American drumming


Part II: Flight (2004) (15 minutes)

Conceived, Directed and Choreographed
by Stephan Koplowitz

with creative contributions by the Core Company

Original Score:
Quentin Chiappetta

Costume Design:
Kaibrina Sky Buck

Assistant Director/Rehearsal Director:
Jeramy Zimmerman

Production Manager:
Andrew E. Wagner

Lighting Designer (Winter Garden)
Tony Giovannetti

Core Company Performers:
Donna Ahmadi, Christina Amendolia, Stasia Blyskal, Ann Chiaverini, Katie Diamond, Caron Eule, Daman Harun, Melissa Lopata, Dana Reed, Sara Robledo, Allison Vinal, Matthew Wagner, Sarah Young


Performers:
Alyssa Alpine, Lindsay Blodgett, Gina Bolles, Kelly Buwalda, AT Davenport, Jessica Desmond, Elyssa Dole, Tiffany Dozier, Lenore Eggleston, Yuu Fujita, Chase Granoff, Marisa Gruneberg, Emily Joffee, Karla Karpowicz, Yuka Kikuchi, Kristy Kuhn, Allison Linamen, Tori Lubecki, Laurel Lynch, Jordan Marinov, Amanda Martin, Anna Victoria Martinez, Sally-Anne McConnell, Alwyn McCormick, Megan Metcalf, Erica Nelson, Jelena Nikolic, Maria Parshina, Jeffrey Peterson, Molly Phelps, Allison Rodgers, Ashley Singletary, Jennifer Torriero, Elaine Wang, Mauri Weakley, Ivanna Wei and Brooke Welty


Commissioned and Produced and by Dancing in the Streets in association with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, sponsored by Bloomberg.