History
1985 - 2009
1985 - 2009
History
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| 1985 |
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| 1985 - A Chrysallis Project, choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic, is about a woman on the verge of emerging from her self-imposed barriers. |
| 1986 |
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1986 - The first season of Another Language ran from December 1985-November 1986 and included a signature concert, As Our Thoughts Escape Us at Theatre 208 in the University of Utah Department of Dance.
.....super-intense movement, sharply and uncompromisingly executed. - Dorothy Stowe - Deseret News - |
| 1987 |
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| 1987 - Another Language presented Sounds That Art Makes, a two day festival that featured lectures, demonstrations, and performances by local, national, and international experimental musicians. Our featured artist was internationally renouned experimental musician Charles Amirkhanian. |
| 1988 |
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| 1988 - Was a very busy year for the Directors of Another Language as they raised their baby daughter. Elizabeth Miklavcic created three new dances for her Master's Thesis concert. One of these works, Photographic Memory, co-created with Jimmy Miklavcic, remained active in the company repertoire for nine years. Development of the administrative foundation of the company continued. |
| 1989 |
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| 1989 - The 1989 season saw the opportunity for Another Language to move its location into a downtown community of residential and studio spaces known as Artspace. The establishment of this downtown studio fulfilled a longstanding dream of both Beth and Jimmy to create an intimate theatre where artists in the community could have an opportunity to create work, give classes and present performances. |
| 1990 |
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1990 - This year saw the expansion of the company to a larger group of performers: Chara Huckins, Sarah Hudelson, Eleni Kambouris, Michael Larkin, and Lori Nichol.
The Artists' Exchange ...comprised of some assortment of artists - dancers, painters, photographers, poets, and/or musicians - perform at Another Language Performance Studio,... [and] members of the audience voice their impressions, opinions, reactions and emotions....Magic happens. - Joyce Marder - The Event - |
| 1991 |
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1991 - The debut of Eglantine in 1991, a solo video dance work, created by Beth Miklavcic was described by Dorothy Stowe of the Deseret News as:
A remarkable multimedia piece...The symbolism is of a rose, but the imagery of the dancing figure in black with tangled braids moves into mysterious, decadent and even threatening realms, suggesting the decay that lurks just below the surface of all blooming, radiant things in their prime. Beth's dancing was vivid, strong, wild, original, and loaded with memorable images. - Dorothy Stowe - Deseret News - |
| 1992 |
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| 1992 - This year the company presented In Concert and performed at the opening of the Festi-Live Stage at the Utah Arts Festival, the International Composer to Composer Conference in Telluride, Colorado, and the Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle, Washington. |
| 1993 |
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1993 - The spring concert, A Blank Stare and a Whisper, marks the debut of a thirty minute work created by Beth, choreographed to the music of Pamela Z.
Art is not a noun. It's a verb, an "action" word. It's a long slow deep breath that one begins near birth and expends when one passes on. And if artists are doing their "job" properly, that breath is expended into the mouth of a new generation. - Jimmy Miklavcic - |
| 1994 |
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| 1994 - The annual spring concert, Society in a Nutshell, included performances by company members Jeannine Chan, Spencer John Powell, and Travis Rasmussen with guest performer Mickey Mounarath and guest choreographers Hilary Carrier and Rosalind Newmark. May of 1994 marked a new era for the company, Another Language moved out of the downtown studio and became a part of the Performing Arts Coalition. |
| 1995 |
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1995 - The focus of this year was to celebrate the anniversary season with a spring concert Stepping into the Light. Rehearsals took place at the Capitol Theatre and Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (Phase 1).
Dance is a universal art form that is subject to diverse interpretations - as are poetry and film. In the 10 years of its existence, Another Language Performing Arts Company has tried to bridge the chasms between these forms of communications and expressions with thoughtful imagery... - Scott Iwasaki - Deseret News - |
| 1996 |
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| 1996 - This was the begining of Another Language's move into the digital world. The company inaugaurated www.anotherlanguage.org, the first performing arts website in Utah. While the web site was being constructed, work on the studio and office also continued. The office, although not completely finished, became usable in December. |
| 1997 |
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| 1997 - Streaming video and audio technology was evolving out of infancy when Jimmy began to investigate its possibilities in 1997. He chose, at the time, Progressive Networksproducts called Real Player and Real Server. Work continued on the exterior of the company's new office space. |
| 1998 |
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| 1998 - This year proved itself as a year of good fortune. Another Language was able to present the Internet premiere of a music composition I'm Tired (1981) and a video work Nobody Special (1996). |
| 1999 |
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| 1999 - Progressive Networks, the maker of the streaming media technology, evolved into the ubiquitous Real Networks. The video and audio server software had grown to a stable and high quality product. The video server was upgraded with the new Real Server G2 product, installing streaming video and audio became easier. |
| 2000 |
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| 2000 - Remodelling continues on the studio and office. |
| 2001 |
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| 2001 - Creative Passings premiered at the Grand Opening Gala of the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center on March 31, 2001. |
| 2002 |
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| 2002 - The new millennium, marked renewed work on the rehearsal studio. |
| 2003 |
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| 2003 - Another Language dove into the new form of telematic performance with InterPlay: Intransitive Senses, a multimedia, multi-artist performance transmitted over Internet 2, experienced both live and on the Internet. The company also released Utah's first dance education, interactive DVD-ROM, What?!: A Choreographic Evolution. Anotherlanguage.org registered more than 350,000 hits. |
| 2004 |
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| 2004 - InterPlay: Hallucinations premiered on April 23 - 25. It was the company's first multi-site event. Other projects included a cinematic version of Music for Bubble Biters: The Documentary, directed by Beth Miklavcic and the completed DVD of InterPlay: Intransitive Senses. Creative Passings and InterPlay: Intransitive Senses were official selections of the Just Another Film Festival in Farmington, Utah. Anotherlanguage.org registered 224,402 accesses with 8,079 unique hosts. |
| 2005 |
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| 2005 - InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box premiered on April 15 - 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This performance expanded its national participating sites to five. Music for Bubble Biters: The Documentary premiered in Salt Lake City at a special screening at the University of Utah INSCC Auditorium on January 14. The website registered 458,701 accesses with 8,070 unique hosts |
| 2006 |
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| 2006 - The company went right into development and rehearsals for the premiere performance of InterPlay: Dancing on the Banks of Packet Creek on March 31 - April 2. InterPlay: Loose Minds in a Box was selected by the Peoria Civic Federation, Peoria NEXT and ArtsPartners of Central Illinois as a National Semifinalist for the 2006 Peoria Prize for Creativity. Anotherlanguage.org registered 567,195 accesses with 19,231 unique hosts. |
| 2007 |
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2007 - InterPlay: Nel Tempo di Sogno (In the Dreamtime) focused on a voyage through distorted time, creating visual echoes of moments past, present and future. It premiered on March 30 - April 1. Anotherlanguage.org registered 555,716 accesses with 27,431 unique hosts.
It's difficult to explain what exactly Another Language Performing Arts Company is. The multi-media cross-genre montage of live and computer-streamed performances the group is known for doesn't exactly fit into art critic's categories. - Kelly Keiter - Salt Lake Magazine - |
| 2008 |
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| 2008 - InterPlay: Carnivale directed by Jimmy and Elizabeth Miklavcic, was an examination of the mystery of the performing soul through an amalgamation of a variety of celebratory performance mediums such as circus, Mardi Gras, carnival, amusement park, fair and arcade. This live, distributed, real-time, surrealist, cinematic performance was presented as if one was walking into a memory of by-gone circuses, carnivals, parks and fairs. Anotherlanguage.org registered 605,174 accesses with 29,872 unique hosts. |
| 2009 |
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| 2009 - InterPlay: AnARTomy marked a first multi-weekend performance for the InterPlay Series. AnARTomy premiered on March 27 and ran through April 5. This telematic work was an exploration into the very personal human receptacle as a connector through which people operate, activate and live. |