A New Thing!
Ok, it's been a long time since this webpage was updated (looking at you google search) but the truth is we haven't done anything new in a long time.
However, 2024 has been an amazing year for me. I've been making music again and met a bunch of amazing new dancers and new faculty in the SMU Division of Dance, and behold, it looks like a new thing is indeed happening!
Family Portrait 07 November 2024
Improvisations from Christie Bondade's Dance History Class
David and Jonathan's Improvisations from Staff Association Dinner
Esplanade
SMU division of Dance Fall 2024 Dance Concert featuring
Crystal Frazier's "Rinascita,"
Carter Alexander's "The Noise of Time" and
Paul Taylor's
"Esplanade"
as re-staged by
Parisa Kohbdeh
One cast: 23 November 2024 (youtube live stream)
Another cast: 22 November 2024 (youtube live stream)
The Old Thing...
Dance
at
SMU
with
BL Lacerta
Video mpeg movies and Audio mp3 files of the BL Lacerta Music and Dance Ensemble
most popular video downloads:
BL Lacerta @ Mountain View
(David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, Jonathan Anderson, Shelby Stanley, Tawanda Chabikwa)
I Am The Rape
(Tawanda Chabikwa, Jennifer Mabus, David Anderson, Kevin Hanlon, Kim Corbet)
Tawanda's Celebration #1
(Hubert Pralitz, Bethany Wildes, Adam Eason, David Anderson, Tawanda Chabikwa, Shelby Stanley)
Winter
(Katrina Leshan, David Anderson, Bethany Wildes, Adam Eason, Hubert Pralitz, Shelby Stanley, Tawanda Chabikwa)
Seven by Seven Trio #5
(David Anderson, Scott Roller, Ulrike Stortz)
Video Dance 1995
(David Anderson)
Excerpt from Tawanda's Spontaneous Composition Workshop at SMU
(Tawanda Chabikwa, David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, SMU Dancers)
Q and Unfinished Sentences
(The Mari Meade Dance Collective, David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, Bethany Wildes, Jonathan Anderson)
21 October 2010: BL Lacerta with Dallas Camerata at Mountain View College
Video:
BL Lacerta at MountainView #7.mp4
BL Lacerta and Dallas Camerata at MountainView #9.mp4
Music: David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Adam Eason, Jonathan Anderson, Charles Ledbetter, Dan Burrowes
Dance: Shelby Stanley, Tawanda Chabikwa
27 July 2011:BL Lacerta: Rehearsal and Ritual Worship of the Ancestors.
Hubert couldn't make it so he sent this video instead:
Video:
BL Lacerta Fall 2011: Ritual Worship of the Ancestors
21-23 January 2011:
Mari Meade Dance Collective with music by
BL Lacerta at the
Asheville Fringe Festival and
Judson Church.
Another fascinating project by Mari Meade.
Video Excerpt:
Q and Unfinished Sentences from the
Mari Meade Dance Collective
performance at the
2011 Asheville Fringe Festival, and here's the
Full Performance Video.
MMDC got a really
nice review from OffOffOff for their extended performance of "Q and Unfinished Sentences" at
"The Tank" and
another nice review of their
Cool NY 2011 performance.
15 November 2010:
Video:
"Q and Unfinished Sentences"
Performed by the
Mari Meade Dance Collective
at
Judson Church Movement Research
with music by
BL Lacerta
(Breanna Gribble airborne)
28 October 2009: BL Lacerta Quintet live
at the Dallas Bath House Cultural Center
Video:
Third Dance.mp4 w/ Tawanda Chabikwa and Jennifer Mabus
Full Concert.mp4
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon,
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Jennifer Mabus
The BL Lacerta Quintet 2009.pdf
SMU Spring 2010 Master Thesis Dance Recital
works by Tawanda Chabikwa, Leslie Hale, and Gregory King.
Leslie Hale performs with
BL Lacerta
10 October 2011: Katrina and David Improvise Some Songs:
Katrina Leshan has this amazing ability to spontaneously generate lyrics and melodies. Here are three songs we improvised in the SMU band hall. (The piano is kinda loud...)
Audio:
Goodbye September.wav
(also as mp3)
Tightrope.wav
(also mp3)
Pictures.wav
(mp3)
(David, Katrina, and Russ)
26 May 2011: Senior Dance Composition Class Finals at
Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts,
David Anderson, piano.
Jennifer Mabus and Kate Walker's amazing senior dance composition students perform their final choreography projects
to "spontaneously composed" accompaniment. Here's the audio of a few. You'll have to imagine the dances. They were very cool.
Audio:
BTWHSVPA_A.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_B.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_C.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_D.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_E.wav (mp3)
BTWHSVPA_F.wav (mp3)
(Jenna Mitchell)
05 May 2011: Hubert Pralitz Master's Violin Recital
Encore #2
Hubert Pralitz, violin, David Anderson, piano
04 January 2011: BL Lacerta at BuzzBrews:
Making Stuff Up.mp3
Kevin Hanlon, Adam Eason, David Anderson, Hubert Pralitz, Bethany Wildes
28 October 2010: Tawanda Chabikwa and BL Lacerta do a workshop in Spontaneous Composition at SMU
Video:
Tawanda Leads a Spontaneous Composition.mp4
17 September 2010: Alison Chase Master Class at SMU with (some of) BL Lacerta.
(video coming soon!)
BL Lacerta Summer 2010
Spontaneous compositions by:
David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Adam Eason,
Kevin Hanlon, Hubert Pralitz, Tawanda Chabikwa,
Bethany Wildes, Katrina Leshan, Shelby Stanley
24 June 2010:
BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No 1.mp3"
24 June 2010:
BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No 2.mp3"
24 June 2010:
BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Katrina's Song.mp3"
12 May 2010:
BL Lacerta plays Adam Eason's Comp Recital.mp3
13 April 2010:
A Trio with Hubert Pralitz.mp3
30 March 2010:
Trio for Two Pianos and a 'Cello.mp3
24 June 2010:
BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No. 1.mp4"
24 June 2010:
BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Tawanda's Celebration No. 2.mp4"
24 June 2010:
BL Lacerta @ Hope Lobby: "Katrina's Song.mp4"
BL Lacerta @ The Band Hall
06 May 2012: BL Lacerta: Aaron Kozak, Harry Feril, Shelby Stanley, Hubert Pralitz, Bethany Wildes, Adam Eason, David Anderson, Bob McCready, nBot
mp4 video & mp3 audio:
20120506 Dance No. 1.mp4 --- 20120506 No. 1.mp3
20120506 Dance No. 2.mp4 --- 20120506 No. 2.mp3
20120506 Dance No. 3.mp4 --- 20120506 No. 3.mp3
20120506 Dance nBot.mp4 --- 20120506 No. 4.mp3
20120506 Dance elegy.mp4 --- 20120506 No. 5.mp3
20120506 Dance No. 6.mp4 --- 20120506 No. 6.mp3
30 September 2011: BL Lacerta: Ariel Monticure, Jarrell Hamilton, Adam Eason, Leland Byrd, David Anderson
Video:
Ariel's Warmup.mp4
Ariel and Jarrell Duet.mp4
05 November 2011: BL Lacerta: Jennifer Mabus, Shelby Stanley, Jarrell Hamilton, David Anderson, Chris Larson
Video:
BL_LACERTA_20111105_dance1.mp4
BL_LACERTA_20111105_dance2.mp4
BL_LACERTA_20111105_dance3.mp4
31 July 2010: Beaver Brook Cottage
Former students of Merce Cunningham give tribute to his life and work at Beaver Brook Cottage, Narrowsburg, New York.
Sponsored by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and NY State Council of the Arts.
Dance: Karen MacIntyre, Loretta Thomas, Gaia Dance Collective
Piano: David Anderson
Video
Beaver Brook: Trio (mp4)
Beaver Brook: Duet (mp4)
Beaver Brook: Ensemble (mp4)
16 April 2010: BL @ the Dallas Musem of Art
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Leslie Hale, Jennifer Mabus
Music: David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, Adam Eason, and special guest Robert Rose
Video
Dance one BL@DMA 16 April 2010.mp4
Dance two BL@DMA 16 April 2010.mp4
20 March 2010: BL @ the Winspear Opera House
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Leslie Hale, Gregory King
Music: David Anderson, Jonathan Anderson, and special guest Vincent Burwell
Video
Dance 1 - Meadows@Winspear 20 March 2010.mp4
Dance 2 - Meadows@Winspear 20 March 2010.mp4
BL Lacerta at the BathHouse Cultural Center
28 October 2009
Fresh from performing on the
TEDx Conference at SMU,
BL Lacerta opens the new
SMU Meadows at the BathHouse Concert Series.
Music: David Anderson, Kevin Hanlon, Kim Corbet
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Jennifer Mabus
BL Lacerta Live at the BathHouse 28 October 2009 (552M mp4 video)
Here's the same concert cut into four byte size chunks:
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 1 (153M mp4) Knows Dance
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 2 (115M mp4) The Wizard
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 3 (118M mp4) I am the Rape (after Dambudzo Marechera)
BL Lacerta 28 Oct 2009 Part 4 (160M mp4) Heart of Stone
08 May 2009
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon
Dance: Jarrell Hamilton, Jennifer Mabus
BL Lacerta Live at the Bath House - 08 May 2009 (620M mp4 movie)
BL Lacerta @ TheBandHall
06 April 2010: BL@theBandHall
Jennifer Mabus with David Anderson,
Jonathan Anderson,
Adam Eason,
Kevin Hanlon
Video
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #1.mp4
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #2.mp4
Audio
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #1.mp3
---
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #2.mp3
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #3.mp3
---
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #4.mp3
Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #5.mp3
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Jen&BL@theBandHall 06 April 2010 #6.mp3
30 March 2010: BL@RM2020
Audio
David Anderson, piano
Jonathan Anderson, piano
Adam Eason, 'cello
04 March 2010: BL@TCU
David Anderson, Tawanda Chabikwa, Adam Eason, Jennifer Mabus
and Jen's Fabulous TCU Dancers
Audio
BL Lacerta at TCU 04 March 2010.mp3 (60Mb)
BL Lacerta at TCU 04 March 2010.wav (690Mb)
03 March 2010 BL@Studio1430
SMU Division of Dance Senior Composition Class
Workshop with Kwame Ross: Domestic Violence
David Anderson, piano
Audio
Awareness of Self.mp3 (solos)
Awareness of Others.mp3 (trios)
Awareness of Environment.mp3 (ensemble)
01 December 2009: BL&Breanna@theBandHall
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Breanna Gribble, Jennifer Mabus
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Adam Eason, Kevin Hanlon, Or Moran
Video
Bree&BL@theBandHall 01 December 2009 #1.mp4 (437M)
Bree&BL@theBandHall 01 December 2009 #2.mp4 (321M)
19 May 2009 Studio B100
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Jarrell Hamilton, Jennifer Mabus
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon
Video
BL Lacerta Sextet 19 May 2009.mp4 (512M)
15 April 2009
Studio B100
"The Wave"
Music: David Anderson, Kim Corbet, Kevin Hanlon
Dance: Tawanda Chabikwa, Madison Ebernez, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, Leah Mitchell, Sophi Siragusa
Media: Lauren Thompson
Lighting: Debbie Barr
Two intimate group improvisations by dancers, musicians, lighting, and media in the Division of Dance at the Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts.
Performance, 15 April 2009
Dance I - Wave Performance 15 April 2009 (240M mp4 movie) Featuring Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, and the music of BL Lacerta.
Dance I - Wave Performance 15 April 2009 (170M QuickTime movie)
Dance II - Wave Performance 15 April 2009 (190M mp4 movie) Featuring Madison Eberenz, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, Leah Mitchell, Sophi Siragusa, and the music of BL Lacerta.
Dress Rehearsal, 14 April 2009
Dance I - Wave Dress Rehearsal 14 April 2009 (240M mp4 movie) Featuring Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, and the music of BL Lacerta.
Dance II - Wave Dress Rehearsal 14 April 2009 (200M mp4 movie) Featuring Madison Eberenz, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Katrina Kutsch, Leah Mitchell, Sophi Siragusa, and the music of BL Lacerta.
BL Duets
SMU Meadows Courtyard
24 February 2009
"Tomatoes"
Tawanda Chabikwa
with David Anderson and Kim Corbet perform "i used to like tomatoes" by Dambudzo Marechera.
Tomatoes (Lo-Res 384M mp4)
Tomatoes (Hi-Res 600M mp4)
Tomatoes (QuickTime 260M mov)
Tawanda's Commentary (178M mp4)
SMU Hope Lobby
06 March 2009
"silenced desolation"
by
Jarrell Hamilton
Katie Drablos and
David Anderson
perform Jarrell Hamilton's"silenced desolation" in the Bob Hope Lobby for SMU's Spring 2009 BrownBag Dance.
Mpeg:
silenced desolation (90M mp4) by
Jarrell Hamilton.
QuickTime:
silenced desolation (64M mov)
20 November 2008:
Improvisations with
Lauren Thompson, guest artist, dancer, choreographer, and video artist in the SMU Meadows School of the Arts Division of Dance, with David Anderson on piano and Kim Corbet on electronics and keyboards.
Dance #1 (57M mp4)
Dance #2 (102M mp4)
Dance #3 (80M mp4)
Reverence (49M mp4)
06 November 2008:
Improvisations with Nina Watt formerly of the
Jose Limon Dance
company, Guest Artist at SMU Meadows School of the Arts Division of Dance for the Fall of 2008.
Dance #1 (105M mp4)
Dance #2 (55M mp4)
Dance #3 (43M mp4)
Spring 2009
BL Lacerta:
Improvisations without
Ruth Andrien, formerly of the
Paul Taylor Dance
company, Guest Artist at SMU Meadows School of the Arts Division of Dance for the Spring of 2009, and general
all-round wonderful talented insightful creative positive human.
We never did get
Ruthie to dance with us...
Tawanda Chabikwa,
Ruth Andrien, and
Leslie Hale prepare for Tawanda's "tomatoes" performance.
15 July 2009
Three Duets with Jennifer Mabus
David Anderson and Jennifer Mabus
Hi-Res Video
Dance 1.mp4 (600M)
Dance 2.mp4 (560M)
Dance 3.mp4 (620M)
Low-Res Video
Dance 1.mp4 (134M)
Dance 2.mp4 (124M)
Dance 3.mp4 (139M)
03 July 2009
Piano Suite for Morgana Phlaum
David Anderson and Morgana Phlaum.
Audio
Prelude.mp3
Dance 2.mp3 :
Dance 3.mp3 :
Dance 4.mp3
23 Feburary 2010
Morgana Phlaum: Demo Reel
Video
Morgana Londe Phlaum Demo Reel
Music:
UNT Drumline
12 July 2008
Breanna Gribble and
David Anderson make seismo-acoustic music and dance in the Sharp studio.
Last Dance #1: 108M mp4 video
Last Dance #2: 84M mp4 video
Last Dance #3: 102M mp4 video
SMU 2010 Graduate Thesis Dance Recital
May 2010: SMU Hope Theater
Tawanda Chabikwa's Graduate Recital Dances:
INHERITANCE: DUNHU REMHONDORO (150M mp4 video)
BLANCO NEVER CRIED (85M mp4 video)
Leslie Hales's Graduate Recital Dances:
Current Scenes (95M mp4 video)
Equilibria (190M mp4 video)
Gregory King's Graduate Recital Dances:
SPIT (180M mp4 video)
Strange Invisible Perfume (YouTube)
SMU Sharp Studio B100
26 March 2009
Tawanda Chabikwa, Caroline French, Christine Harris, Lauren Thompson, David Anderson, Kevin Hanlon
26 March 2009: Ritual Dance Excerpt(100M mp4)
24 March 2009
BL Lacerta with
Tawanda Chabikwa,
Caroline French, and
Christine Harris. Dancing camera by
Lauren Thompson.
24 March 2009: First Dance (320M mp4)
24 March 2009: Second Dance (185M mp4)
03 February 2009
Non Dance (70M mp4) Overature and meditation for minimalist camera dancer.
Wave Dance (315M mp4) Tawanda Chabikwa and Lauren Thompson with BL Lacerta and The Wave.
Drum Dance (144M mp4) Tawanda plays and dances with his drum.
Group Dance (212M mp4)
Jarrell Hamilton,
Leslie Hale
, Tawanda, and Lauren dance with BL.
28 January 2009
Tawanda Chabikwa.mp4)
Tawanda & Lauren Thompson.mp4)
Page Leahy.mp4
Page & Lauren.mp4)
22 January 2009
SMU at the Dallas Museum of Art
The Fan Room (64M mp4)
Leslie in the Mist (13M mp4)
Gregory and Katie (62M mp4)
Criterion Theater, Ben Harbor, Maine
November 2005
"NGANO NHATU: 3 African Tales""
choreography and music by
Tawanda Chabikwa
Zvikara (Beasts) 189M mp4
Gwenyambira (The mbira player) 297M mp4
Rhwayivhi naDzvinyu (Chameleon and Lizard) 255M mp4
Tawanda's Program Notes on "NGANO NHATU"
Video Dances
Very Last Dance (25M mpeg)
25 July 2009: Very Last Dance
of the suspended dance floor in the SMU Meadows School of the Arts Studio B100.
Video Dance 1995 (50 Mb mpeg music video). with friends Kevin and Theresa.
Video compositing and metrical rhythmic movement triggers. I especially
like the dancing hands.
Here's a Windows Media version (23 Mb) of the same
thing.
Video Poem 1995 (33 Mb mpeg music video). Theresa, Kevin, Chess-Boy, and friends.
Animations by our (then brand-new) SGI Workstation. Here's a
full res version (136M) and
here is a Windows Media version (16 Mb).
more to come...!
last update: 10 Dec 2024 dpa
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