Double-Edge Dance

Double-Edge Dance (DED) works with contradiction and juxtaposition, idiosyncratic movement invention, contemporary music composition, and 3-D disorientation paired with point-on precision.

Strike a Nerve/Strike a Chord is an evening of solos and duets by Double-Edge Dance Artistic Director Kora Radella and guest choreographer Julie Brodie with music by DED co-founder composer/saxophonist Ross Feller.

Featured performers are Kimberly Karpanty (Cleveland director of Travesty Dance Group), Emily Lawrence (dance faculty at Kenyon College), Lisa K. Lock (Cleveland-based choreographer/performer), Kora Radella, and Chris Seibert (actress and education director at CPT).

The evening begins with Seibert in a repertory piece that was performed at the 1990 Cleveland Performance Art Festival at CPT with critical acclaim! Strike a Nerve/Strike a Chord follows and includes: two duets, one nurturing and the other feisty, three solos, one engaging poignant and evocative text, another jockeying between the extremes of unrest and rest, and one catapulting through the space with verve. All come from a human perspective, reflecting communication patterns such as handshakes that can be -just right- or plagued with misfirings. Nerve patterns connect and disconnect us along the multi-layered pathways.

The evening ends with Lisa K. Lock performing Scratching the Surface, a work Radella originally choreographed in Lock;s hometown, Basel, Switzerland.