Water Mill Center to Host Open Rehearsal With Catherine Galasso

Photo courtesy of the Water Mill Center

Choreographer and multi-media artist Catherine Galasso will present excerpts from Andy deGroat’s stabat, swan lac, and hiroshima, performed by Rachel I. Berman, John Hoobyar, Anne Lewis, Sarah Sandoval, Austin Selden, and Connor Voss on Sunday..

The open rehearsal will take place at the Water Mill Center on 39 Water Mill Towd Road, starting at 3 p.m.

This project is an intergenerational collaboration between choreographers Andy deGroat and Catherine Galasso. Galasso recreates a selection of deGroat’s dances from different points of his career, for performances in New York City in December 2015.

Andy deGroat emerged as an important New York choreographer in the 70s, and he is known for numerous collaborations with Robert Wilson, including his choreography for the original Einstein on the Beach in 1976.

deGroat and his company red notes have been based in France for the last 30 years, where he was nominated twice for the National Order of Arts and Letters.

Galasso was exposed to deGroat’s work through her parents, who met on tour with Robert Wilson’s Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds in the 70s.

deGroat continued to collaborate with Catherine’s father Michael Galasso, the acclaimed composer for theater, film, and dance, for many years after. Several of the pieces that Catherine is recreating (Rope Dance Translations, fan dance, stabat) include original scores by Michael Galasso.

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