Another Language Performing Arts Company

Elizabeth A. Miklavcic - Performance Roles

1990 - 1999

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	(1998) Drive Me Crazy Directed by John Shultz, Elizabeth Miklavcic played Melissa Joan Hart's teacher, as a featured extra, in this popular feature film.
	(1995) Approaches Elizabeth A. Miklavcic, performed in this physically challenging quintet about how time and events keep approaching into one's life. The dancers rarely stop moving as they execute continuous traveling patterns.
	(1994) Three Ballads For Mother Choreographed by Spencer John Powell, this dance was a touching tribute for Spencer's mother, who had passed away from cancer in 1993. Elizabeth A. Miklavcic dances the mother role.
	(1994) That Woman Another Language artist-in-residence and guest choreographer Hilary Carrier choreographed this trio on Elizabeth, Jimmy and Hanelle Miklavcic. This dance marked Hanelle Miklavcic's first performance with Another Language.
	(1994) A Love Hate Relationship This duet performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Spencer John Powell examined the emotional shifts between love and hate in a close relationship.
	(1993) The Sale This fun dance created for the See and Share children's concert was choreographed by Marianne Benson. The Sale was inspired by her years spent working in the retail business.
	(1993) Freedom This high energy dance created for the See and Share children's concert was Spencer John Powell's debut choreography with Another Language Performing Arts Company. Performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic and Spencer John Powell. The beautiful sets and costumes were created and constructed by Scott Michelson.
	(1991) Eglantine Choreographed and performed 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) Cow Chronicles Choreographer Karen Frank-Ramos created this work as a statement of family and ranching, using local Utah composer Phillip K. Bimstein's music. Elizabeth A. Miklavcic dances the lead female role.
	(1991) Don't Walk Choreographed by Hilary Elmore-Carrier inspiried by - The Line-Up written by Clarence Socwell, this quartet with multiple locomotor phrases while the dancers formed a variety of square floor patterns and different variations of traveling in a line.
	(1991) Sojourn of the Florid Muses Choreographed by Sarah Hudelson inspiried by - Fire Within the Rose written by Kolette Montague, this quartet symbolically used chairs to represent the building and changing of configurations just as one would change designs and layouts in a garden.
	(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. Elizabeth performed in this work for the Brown Bag concert at the American Towers/Red Lion Plaza in Salt Lake City. The performance was held outside, at noon, in August, the temperature between 95-100 degrees fahrenheit.
	(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) Avoid Your First Inclinations Choreographed by Jimmy H. Miklavcic, this work is a whimsical look at the creative decisions one makes after one avoids first inclinations. It also incorporates Jimmy's past experiences in the Williamstown New Jersey High School Marching Band, replacing traditional instruments with squeeze toys and PVC pipe.
	(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. Elizabeth played the outsider, dressed in pajamas as if she was dreaming the experience. This performance was for the Another Language Performing Arts Company 1991 Home Movies and Other Family Secrets Concert.
	(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) A Sliding Soft Shoe Choreographed and performed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic she was working toward combining tap dance and modern dance movements. This street dancing performance was for the Utah Arts Festival.
	(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. This street dancing performance was for the Utah Arts Festival.
	(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. This street dancing performance was for the Utah Arts Festival.
	(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. This street dancing performance was for the Utah Arts Festival.
	(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. This street dancing performance was for the Utah Arts Festival.
	(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. The toy tops the dancers pull out of their pockets at the end of the dance represents the earth spinning. In hindsight this work was about fifteen years ahead of its time.
	(1990) Corn Husks Choreographed by Gunild Pak the essence of this work stems from the bonds between women and nature, earth and light, seasons and submission, sound and silence. The sounds of paper wrinkling and swaying becomes part of the score. Paper is torn and wrapped around bodies, thrown into the air and used like sand in the sand paintings as in native cultures. This work debuted for Another Language Performing Arts Company's On The Gutting Ledge Concert June 1-3, 1990.
	(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. This work debuted for Another Language Performing Arts Company's On The Gutting Ledge Concert June 1-3, 1990.
	(1990) Foibles of Faith 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.
	(1990) Company Tasks in Clapping Stacks Choreographed by Gunild Pak this high energy dance is a statement about the pace of keeping an independent performance company going and the hoops company members must jump through to perform. This work debuted for Another Language Performing Arts Company's On The Gutting Ledge Concert June 1-3, 1990.