Project Description

Usually Strange

A world premiere collaboration between Moving Poets Charlotte and Berlin (2014). Inspired by the life of Oscar Wilde and his final work,
“The Ballad of Reading Gaol.” Excerpt choreography: Sarah Todd Emery | Composer: David Crowe | Musicians: Tanja Bechtler, cello; David Crowe, percussion; Daveed Korup, percussion; Adam Watkins, piano; Dancers: Audrey Ipapo Baran, Kim Diepold, Javier Gonzalez, Alexander Windner Lieberman (Alfred Douglas “Bosie”), William Shane Lucas (Oscar Wilde), Crystal Wellman, Alyce Cristina Vallejo (Constance Wilde); Mixed media visual art and video: Jason Watson; Lighting designer: Eric Winkenwerder with assistant, Barbara Berry

photo: Jeff Cravotta