Another Language Performing Arts Company

Elizabeth A. Miklavcic - Choreographic Works

1990 - 1995

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	(1995) Approaches Approaches was choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic in 1995, for Another Language Performing Arts Company's tenth anniversary concert, Stepping Into The Light.
	(1994) A Love Hate Relationship This duet choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic examined the emotional shifts between love and hate in a close relationship.
	(1994) Storm Elizabeth A. Miklavcic choreographed Storm on the Judge Memorial High School Dance Company under the direction of Jeanette Sawaya. The dance was inspired by how a wind storm blows around different elements. The choreographic movements focused on taking up large amounts of space and flying through the stage. The solo dancer was a trigger, controller and an observer of the storm.
	(1993) Getting Tubed Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic for Another Language Performing Arts Company's See and Share children's concert. Getting Tubed is inspired by the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk. Elizabeth lived in the Monterey Bay until she was twenty and the influences of sand and surf are strong in this dance. The inner tubes are combined to represent a merry-go-round, the fun house, surfing and more.
	(1993) A Blank Stare and A Whisper A thirty minute work inspired by the music of Pamela Z. This work is about the struggle between the superficial personality that society pretends is reality versus revealing the true, complex, strange, fanciful, emotional and animalistic nature of humans.
	(1992) Thoughts Unfolding Designed for Fantasy Flights, Another Language Performing Arts Company's children's concert. The colors and visual interest of the banners captured the imagination of the children. This is a structured improvisation where the dancers designed movements based on the inspirations of their banner's stories.
	(1992) Mists Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic for Ballet West Conservatory under the direction of Sharee Lane. This ballet represents dancers as magical beings as if they had come to life out of the mist to dance and then return to stillness.
	(1992) Changes in Space Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Jimmy H. Miklavcic for the Another Language in Concert performance held March 6-15, 1992. This work was inspired by William S. Burroughs and Martin Olson's sound score. Elizabeth and Jimmy took different two to three minute sections of the dance and interpreted the concept of a population controlled by external forces.
	(1991) Eglantine Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this work is about loneliness and isolation. Eglantine moves in an invisible world unseen by others. Videography and editing is by Jimmy H. Miklavcic.
	(1991) Fruit Soup Inspiration - Abra-Ca-Zoot, New Duos of Fruit written by Carol Bennion, choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic, this concert finale created for the Another Language Moving Words concert is an homage to Bob Fosse and her tap dance teacher Jo Reid.
	(1991) Momentary Twilight Inspired by - Lune written by D. Marisa Black, Momentary Twilight choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic is an ethereal dance focused on the desire to fly.
	(1991) A Look Back Inspired by Magic In My Shoes written by Kolette Montague, A Look Back is about a young child going to the shoe repair shop to have new taps put on the bottom of his/her shoes. Elizabeth was continuing her experiments with combining modern and tap dance movements and this was her first time memorizing and performing prose with dance.
	(1991) A Sliding Soft Shoe Choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic she was working toward combining tap dance and modern dance movements. This was a street tap dancing performance for the Utah Arts Festival.
	(1991) Keepin' Up With The Jones' Choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this work deals with the frustration of having to put up a "good" front when one can't keep up.
	(1991) Full Closets Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this work is about having and continuing to obtain too much stuff. It is also a comment on couture and how "fashion" is a point-of-view.
	(1991) A Little Peace and Quiet Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this performance work is mixture of theatre and dance. It examines the constant noise that we are exposed to and that we create.
	(1990) Plax Attax Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this dance is a comment on the proliferation of plastic bottles. The rhythmic hitting was symbolic of environmental impact. In hindsight this work was about fifteen years ahead of its time.
	(1990) 7-7-4-2-2 Choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this tap dance is named after a difficult and speedy flap phrase in the choreography.
	(1990) Syn-co-pa-tion Choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this tap dance is illusive in the complicated syncopation's involved in performing this dance.
	(1990) A Cramp In This Style Choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this tap dance was an homage to her tap dance teacher, Joe Reid, who taught her that life was a dance to be approached with joy.
	(1990) My Gal My Gal was a tap dance that Elizabeth would teach her beginning students. This dance is designed to help students feel comfortable with rhythm, grounded energy and strutting one's stuff.
	(1990) Love Has Many Splendid Variations Elizabeth A. Miklavcic was invited by Jeanne Travers the Chair of Dance at Weber State University to choreograph a work on the members of The Orchesis Dance Company. This dance uses fifties era music to evoke a light-hearted look at the many combinations and feelings of love and partnership.
	(1990) Glimpse at the Goober in Your Galoshes Co-created by Christopher Murry Ivins and Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this work is a challenging odyssey into a couples' "day in a life" of kitsch and otherwise fragmented surreal moments tied together with movement strings. The debut was performed for Another Language Performing Arts Company's On The Gutting Ledge Concert, June 1-3, 1990.
	(1990) Foibles of Faith or The Human Side of Holy Worship Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic this work is an examination of two bizarre church stories that represent universal strange worship experiences. The female role represents the abuse or manipulation of symbolic icons. The debut performance was for Another Language Performing Arts Company's On The Gutting Ledge Concert, June 1-3, 1990.