2nd Best Dance Company presents RED

The Loft @ Christ Church | 254 East Putnam, in Greenwich, CT 06830

Doors 6:45, show 7pm

Runtime: approx 1 hr and 10 min (no intermission)

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This evening-length work walks the fuzzy, shag-carpet line between dance performance and narrative play, leaning into both text and movement to tell an abstracted version of a well known fictional story of survival: Little Red Riding Hood. By cycling through distinct characters, either true to the original story or entirely new, 2nd Best Dance Company will explore how we confront the many-faced “big bads” that lurk on our personal wooded paths. In RED (choreographed, written, and directed by Hannah Garner), four performers brave the unknown by way of spectacle, sentimentality, glamour, mortality, and answering the phone. Review here!

Accessibility info: The Loft is accessible only by 2 flights of stairs with 1 landing halfway up. There is no elevator - if you have access needs please contact us at 2ndbestdance@gmail.com so we can best serve you. This performance includes text, if you need a script to follow along please contact us at 2ndbestdance@gmail.com as soon as possible - there will be no ASL interpretation at this performance. 

Created as 2019 Artist in Residence at Triskelion Arts.

Written, directed, choreographed by Hannah Garner

Dancers: Courtney Barth, Hannah Garner, Will Noling, Ryan Yamauchi

Costume, set, prop: Ariel Noltimier- Strauss

Music: Offerte non encore exécutée, H. 522 by Musica Antiqua Köln & Reinhard Goebel, Le chevalier du guet (The Night Watch Officer) performed by André Claveau, Mathé Altéry, Christian Borel & Claire Vallin, O Waly, Waly performed by Chanticleer, I’m Sorry by Brenda Lee, Nocturne Op.9 No.2 In e Flat Major composed by Frederic Chopin and performed by Brigitte Engerer, Parlez-moi d'amour by Lucienne Boyer, Messe a 3 voix (Panis angelicus) composed by César Franck and performed by Debrecen Kodaly Choir, Dezso Karasszon, and Salamon Kamp

Parking information: West parking lot (with the "Neighbor to Neighbor" and "Suzuki Academy" signs) or spaces in the "U" shaped driveway are closest to The Loft which is in the Parish House (to the right of the main church when facing the church). Or park in the large main parking lot, just a one-two min walk from The Loft.

Photo credit: Ingrid Holmquist

Photo description: One person in a brown fur flanked by two others looking out in different directions holding red fans like wings.