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Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Lisa Currie SHARON WYRRICK, left, Sally Nash and Denise Read conclude the Ki Theatre’s four ‘Exchanges’ with focus on dance and choreography at Washington’s Town Hall.
Three dancers
conclude Ki's
'Exchange' series
By LISA CURRIE
Rappahannock Newt Staff Writer
The Ki Theatre will hold the last installment of a four-part series, “The Exchange,” at 7:30 p.m. April 7 in the Town Hall in Washington.
The concluding segment in the series is called “Dancers and Choreographers,” and will feature about an hour of movement, meaning and music by three Rappahannock dancers.
‘To me it is very exciting,” Julie Portman, director of Ki Theatre, said, adding that to “be able to bring three dancers of this caliber — three with unique ways of movement, three who are well-known on the Rappahannock stage, three who have worked outside as well as in the county — to dance in a theatre in Rappahannock is phenomenal. It says a great deal about the county.”
This unique presentation features some of Rappahannock’s best local talent. Prior to this segment, the theater presented author and blacksmith Nol Putman of Flint Hill, composers Carleton Coon and Lorriane Duisit of Rappahannock and Richard Squires of Fauquier and colorist Ruth Blackwell Rogers of West Virginia.
The last segment presents three dancers to perform three dances. While the three have not performed together before, and, while each represents a viable part of this final “Exchange,” they do not perform together on this stage.
They are Sally Nash of Sperryville, Sharon Wyrrick of Woodville and Denise Read of Charlottesville — three dancers who offer three individual forms of movement, with each presentation different from the other, spinning a common thread to weave the three together.
“It’s somewhat misleading to call this a dance,” Ms. Wymck said. “A performance monologue may be more accurate.”
“Leave it to the audience to determine if it’s a
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