Christian Swenson Plays "Human Jazz"

News from Bainbridge Performing Arts
For Immediate Release:
Date: March 11, 2008
Contact: Sally Jo Martine, Public Relations Director
Phone: 206.842.8578
Fax: 206.842.0195
Web: www.BainbridgePerformingArts.org
Email: smartine@BainbridgePerformingArts.org

Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) Dance Card
Christian Swenson Plays "Human Jazz"
Saturday, April 26 @ 7:30 p.m. @ BPA
Part dance, drama, concert, sacred ritual, and comedy, Christian Swenson’s performances are unclassifiable. Through his improvisation, Swenson fills each moment with surprise. He follows no trail, but bushwhacks, rock hops, and body surfs through the landscape of imagination. Using only body and voice, he draws from a global palette of styles including Indian dance, Balinese drama, scat-singing, mime-morphing, eccentric buffoonery, and Central Aisian throat-singing to take the audience on a one-of-a-kind adventure.
The show includes fast-paced rhythmic explorations, word improvisations, poetry interpretations and many varieties of DanSing – wherein a song is danced and a dance is sung.
Renowned for his pioneering work in "Human Jazz," a fusion of dance/drama/music for body and voice, Swenson’s performances have been met with rave reviews: The New York Daily News describes Swenson as a “wildly gifted performer.” According to The Seattle Times, “He’s a one-man animal kingdom....” The Spokane Chronicle says Swenson “inhabits a song as much as performs it." The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center calls him, “The quintessential vertebrate…” And an animated 5th Grader in Yakima, Washington enthused, “I’ve seen a lot of things, but I’ve never seen anything like this.”
Christian Swenson appears at BPA on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $15 for adults, and $10 for seniors, military, and youth, may be purchased by phone at 206.842.8569 or in person at BPA, 200 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island. BPA Box Office hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance. The production has one intermission and is suitable for all ages.
Bainbridge Performing Arts extends special thanks to its sponsors: 2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review. BPA is supported, in part, by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, the City of Bainbridge Island, and by a two-year Organizational Support Program grant from the Washington State Arts Commission.
For more information, visit online or join BPA’s mailing list at www.BainbridgePerformingArts.org.