Helen Wicks / Alive & Well Productions
The Four Seasons of Hamadan
Composed by Kian Ravaei and choreographed by Annie Kahane, The Four Seasons of Hamadan is a duet for live violinist and dancer that interweaves Persian and Jewish music and dance traditions to express intercultural harmony. This project blends folkloric forms from the artists’ respective heritages and re-imagines that material through a contemporary lens. The piece will be performed by Yvette Holzwarth (violin) and Kate Myers (dancer.) This project was funded by a grant from New Music USA; it premiered in Los Angeles, February 2025.
Radio Vision
Radio Vision is a solo by choreographer and performer Helen Wicks. The piece is an ode to the lineage of music composition teacher Nadia Boulanger and the origins of broadcast television 100 years ago. Radio Vision, accompanied by live cello and piano, weaves together notes by the influential Boulanger and her students including the legendary composer Quincy Jones.
Radio Vision uses circus-informed dance to synthesize Wicks’ 2018 conversation with Quincy Jones and ongoing research on her great-grandfather, Joe Gershenson who was Universal’s former Music Supervisor. Gershenson advocated for and hired Jones in his first Hollywood film score in 1964.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2942812-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2942812-2
