A little visual poetry...

I guess I'm the last to know about the work of young phenom new music composer Nico Muhly or that successful mainstream actor Taye Diggs has a serious dance background to which he's finally returning as a choreographer. What is the six degrees of separation between these two artists?












Fall a dance piece choreographed by Taye Diggs and his longtime friend and creative partner Andrew Palermo who together direct dre.dance. They are now in their fourth season. The piece is set to Quiet Music, a solo piano piece by Muhly (pictured at the center of the photo above right, credit: Hiroyuki Ito). Below some video of the choreography which explores camaraderie, masculinity, strength, grace, virility, and vulnerability and, ultimately, a friendship's response to frailty.


• Fall (with Tiger Martina and Ron Todorowski)


• Taye Diggs interview on the beginnings of dre.dance, excerpted from a 2007 WYNC.org interview. See the link below.


Endnote:
• Andrew Palermo and Taye Diggs on "The Leonard Lopate Show" June 28, 2007, on WNYC.org 93.9.

• March 19, 2007 New York Times review of Nico Muhly's work at the In Your Ear concert series.
• An October 7, 2007 profile of Muhly in New York Magazine.