- Momix
Infobox musical artist
Name = MOMIX
Img_capt = Event flyers from MOMIX's repertoire - Passion and Best of Momix
Years_active =1981 – present
Genre = Dance
Origin = flagicon|USAWashington, Connecticut
Representation =Columbia Artists Management /CAMI Spectrum
URL = [http://www.momix.com/ MOMIX Website]MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty. For 25 years, MOMIX has been celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images using props, light, shadow, humor and the human body.
Under the direction of founderMoses Pendleton , MOMIX has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Denmark, England, Austria, Ireland, Holland, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The company is based in Washington, Connecticut.Repertoire
MOMIX's repertoire includes:
Orbit - this piece creates a fantasy world of inventiveness and physical beauty through MOMIX's trademark use of props, light, shadow, humor, and the human body. Artistic director
Moses Pendleton combines athletic dance, compelling music, outrageous costumes, inventive props and talent to create a multimedia experience.Baseball - Baseball is Moses Pendleton's multimedia tribute to America's national pastime with music by James Brown, Queen, Loreena McKennitt , and Ali Farka Toure, among others.
Passion - uniting two creators -
Moses Pendleton andPeter Gabriel , Passion uses multimedia dance theater to express exotic imagery set to a strong score.Opus Cactus - is a vivid display of Southwestern nature. Inspired by the austere Sagaro Cactus, Opus Cactus is designed to highlight the lush flora and fauna of the Southwest deserts.
Sun Flower Moon - is composed of a series of visual vignettes, melded together with an eclectic score. This piece is a continuum of light, shadow and illusion. Dancers in fluorescent costumes float across the stage like mermaids, resembling a giant Rorschach test.
Theatre, film and television
The company participated in the "Homage a Picasso" in Paris and was selected to represent the United States at the European Cultural Center at Delphi.
In 1992, Mr. Pendleton created "Bat Habits," developed with the support of the Scottsdale Cultural Council/
Scottsdale Center for the Arts , Scottsdale Arizona and theUniversity of Washington to celebrate the opening of the San Francisco Giants’ new spring training park in Scottsdale, Arizona. This work was the forerunner of “Baseball” which was created by Mr. Pendleton in 1994.MOMIX has made five Italian RAI television features broadcast to 55 countries (including the USSR and China) and has performed on Antenne II in France. MOMIX was also featured in PBS’s “Dance in America” series. MOMIX dancers Cynthia Quinn and Karl Baumann played the role of “Bluey” in the film “FX II,” under the direction of Moses Pendleton.
The company is featured on a Decca Records laser disc, appearing with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony in the Rhombus Media film of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, winner of an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special.
MOMIX is featured in one of the first IMAX films in 3-D, “IMAGINE,” which premiered at the Taejon Expo 93 and was subsequently released at IMAX theaters world-wide. In 2004, “White Widow”, co-choreographed by Moses Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn, was featured in Robert Altman’s movie, “The Company.”
External links
* [http://www.momix.com Company website]
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