Dance music tells an eloquent and poignant story. Dance is the physical, visceral celebration of life in all its different perspectives. It rejoices in the underbelly of adversity, ritual, or the sheer joy of being alive. Most of all, dance tells a story.

Angel's arc focuses on music written to evoke the spirit of dance. The music includes:

Erik Griswold

Latin Dances
Ludovico Einaudi

Canzone Popolare
Tan Dun

Traces
John Polglase

Totentanze
Michael Nyman

Tango for Tim
Sophie Lacaze

Tarantella
Carl Vine

Five Bagatelles
Alvin Curran

'for Cornelius'



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