René Mogensen: Music for Choreographers

Premieres of music commissioned by choreographer Renata Celichowska:

"In this felicitous collaboration between choreographer Renata Celichowska and composer René Mogensen the result is a gripping piece of dramatic ballet..." - review of Heaven or Cell

November 21-23, 2003: Two movements of Mogensen's Air and Marble for string quartet was performed to choreography by Renata Celichowska in the NYU Distinguised Faculty Fall Concerts (5 performances) at the Frederick Lowe Theater, West 4th st., New York City.

April 3, 2003, 7pm Choreographer Renata Celichowska presented new choreographic work Money and Terror with electroacoustic music by Mogensen based on the work Terror og Penge, at Judson Church, New York City.

November 22-23, 2002 New work for piano and electronics, for the dance piece entitled Heaven or Cell by choreographer Renata Celichowska premiered in the Frederick Lowe Theater in New York City, USA. (Three performances)



		René Mogensen, composer: Music for modern dance choreography
		Two current and ongoing collaborations include new projects with choreographer Renata Celichowska in New York City, including Black Ribbons; and with dancer/performer Ophra Wolf with the Pursue the Pulse Collective, on the interactive performance environment Four Seasons.
			Premieres of music commissioned by choreographer Renata Celichowska: "In this felicitous collaboration between choreographer Renata Celichowska and composer René Mogensen the result is a gripping piece of dramatic ballet..." - review of *Heaven or Cell* November 21-23, 2003: Two movements of Mogensen's Air and Marble for string quartet was performed to choreography by Renata Celichowska in the NYU Distinguised Faculty Fall Concerts (5 performances) at the Frederick Lowe Theater, West 4th st., New York City. April 3, 2003, 7pm Choreographer Renata Celichowska presented new choreographic work Money and Terror with electroacoustic music by Mogensen based on the work Terror og Penge, at Judson Church, New York City. November 22-23, 2002 New work for piano and electronics, for the dance piece entitled Heaven or Cell by choreographer Renata Celichowska premiered in the Frederick Lowe Theater in New York City, USA. (Three performances) More information about Renata Celichowska.

			Four Seasons, the interactive multimedia performance environment in development with the Pursue the Pulse Arts Collective in New York City. Four Seasons "creates the kind of sensual atmosphere that goes with storytelling by the fire, or journeying through the kind of forest you find in fairytales."- review in www.Beige.be, April 2004 "‘Four Seasons’ is an Interactive Performance Environment. The active elements of the environment are the performer, the viewers, the music, the lighting and the video. A series of feedback loops links the elements together so that the behavior, or input, of one element will affect the behavior, or output, of at least one of the other elements..." The group gave the premiere performances of this work on April 23-25, 2004, after a residency at the NADINE multimedia performance space in Brussels, Belgium. More information about Pursue the Pulse Arts Collective.
		CD of recording from concert of interactive performance environment Four Seasons in Brussels, Belgium, April 23-25, 2004 now available René Mogensen : Sound Brain One at Nadine 2004

			October 17-18, 2003 The Unfolding of an Impossible Building, an electroacoustic interactive music piece for guitar and two dancers in collaboration with IPEM, University of Ghent, Belgium, was premiered in the IPEM 40th aniversary celebrations on October 17 and 18 (three performances) with Laura Maes on classical guitar, René on electronics, and dancers Ophra Wolf and Domenico Giustino.

			Works presented by the New York University New Music and Dance Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Esther Lamneck and choreographer Douglas Dunn includes Four Rooms (2000 and 2001) and Doorways to Bourbon Street (1996).

			Waves, a full-evening work by the Klixbüll Dance Company of New York City, premiered March 1996 at St. Marks Church Dance Space in New York. Waves suite composed by René for sop., ten., bari saxes, soprano voice, trumpet, piano, bass, drums, midi instruments, 1996, for choreography by Louise Klixbüll. Commisioned by Klixbüll Dance Co. for dance piece Waves. Premiered March, 1996, New York City, April, 1996 in Denmark, May, 1996 in Poland. Klixbüll Dance Co. video is avaialble fomr the dance company as: Repertory Vol. IV. Soundtrack is available on recording: Waves (Wassard 2990, NY, 1996).


			More info about dance projects such as Waves, Four Rooms, etc., to be added...

René Mogensen, composer: Music for modern dance choreography