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december 2-4, 2022 ⁞ belding theater at the bushnell ⁞ hartford, ct
BRKFST Dance Company will be performing original choreography with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and conductor Carolyn Kuan to: Beethoven “Grosse Fuge Op. 133” & “Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents” Commissioned by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra of Hartford, CT
American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain wrote his Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents in honor of a dance between Barack Obama and Ellen DeGeneres in 2007; during this staging, BRKFST Dance Company will present the world premiere of the complete choreography they have set to the powerful piece.
BRKFST interprets Dancers, Dreamers, and Presidents as a commentary on American life that is filled with a mix of ambition, passion, blame, justice, hope, and love. And while this country is deemed the “land of the free,” it is riddled with systemic problems that seem impossible to overcome. For many, the “American Dream” remains just that—a dream.
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The creation and premiere of the work by BRKFST Dance Company set to “Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents” by Daniel Bernard Roumain was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.