Another Language Performing Arts Company

History - A Blank Stare and A Whisper Concert (1993) - Behind-The-Scenes

March 10, 1993 - Close-ups - Another Language Performance Studio, 345 West Pierpont Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah

	Looking For Me (Exerpts) - Close-Ups Created and staged by Michael Larkin and performed by Jimmy H. Miklavcic; this play is adapted from a Pueblo myth retold by Gerald McDermott in Arrow to the Sun.
	Blake: Ten Plates - Close-Ups Choreographed by Jane Gregory Payne, danced by Marianne Benson, Jeannine Chan, Chara Huckins.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: Overture - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic, this thirty-minute work was inspired by the music of Pamela Z. This dance 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. The first section introduces the dancers, movement themes, the costumes reflect society's "proper" look.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: The Wall - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the second section in this thirty-minute work is a solo for Michael Larkin titled The Wall. This dance was designed specifically for Michael's burst and attack energy, the dance was about hitting walls and the effort to break through them.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: Connection - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the third section is a duet between two women, but they really represent one woman split in two. They judge, interact, respond, reflect as if looking in a mirror, looking for connection. In the end as they join into one being.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: The Ache - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the fourth section is a duet, in the sense that the woman figure is present, but it really is a solo for Jimmy H. Miklavcic. The Ache focuses on a couple's tension with the man bearing the brunt of the blame, anger and frustration. His stilted movements are a response to receiving and trying to throw off the negative energy.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: Buddies - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the fifth section in this thirty-minute work is a duet for Michael Larkin and Jimmy H. Miklavcic titled Buddies. This work examines the complexity of adult male relationships; the socially acceptable and more hidden levels as well.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: Flight - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the sixth section in this thirty-minute work is a restrained balletic adagio choreographed specifically for Jeannine Chan titled Flight. The dancer is grounded but the continuous effort is to defy gravity, to lift off - physically and metaphorically.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: Pushing Ahead - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the seventh section in this thirty-minute work brings the quartet back together, interacting but on a different level as if they know each other more intimately.
	A Blank Stare and A Whisper: The Unveiling - Close-Ups Choreographed by Elizabeth A. Miklavcic inspired by Pamela Z's music, the eighth and final section in this thirty-minute work. The quartet exposes their raw vulnerability. Interactions come and go, shift and change until the four become one being moving in unison. The vocalizations in this section are not heard in other recordings of this work.