Choreography: Alison Cook-Beatty Music: Sound Editor // Marquette Productions
“The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel, “The Sound of Silence” by Disturbed,
“Te Ador/Ate Amanha” and “Plaisir D’Amour” by Joan Baez, “Freedom” by Beyonce,
“Freedom” by Pharrell Williams, “Freedom” by Richie Havens, “Like a Rollin’ Stone” by Bob Dylan,
“Like A Rolling Stone” by Sleepers’ Reign, “If I Had A Hammer” by Peter, Paul and Mary Costume Design: Tony Musco Set Design: Daniel Cook Performance Info: Nine dancers; 20 minutes and 35 seconds
(First performed in 2013 at Symphony Space in NYC, Commissioned by the Joffrey Ballet School)
First choreographed on the students of The Joffrey Ballet School on point in 2014. Restaged barefoot on the Company in 2014 and revised and set in 2017. HOUSTON STREET HOOTENANNY was first a work exploring the artistic and musical culture of Greenwich Village and New York City in the 1960s. The Village was an important hub of bohemian ideas and counterculture activism in the history of the United States and helped shape the cultural and political mindset of the 20th Century. Inspired by a tattered American flag found on local train tracks, this dance draws upon the music and movement quality of the period to capture the resilience, strength, and creativity of the neighborhood and artistic community.
In 2017, Ms. Cook-Beatty wanted to revisit the dance, she realized that much of everything that was happening in the world today were things that people in the 60’s were fighting for then.
