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Strict Love

Silhouetted dance ensemble on stage with a back-lit warm orange background as one dancer leaps dynamically in mid-air.
Credit: Ian Douglas

About the Performance

Doug Varone's post-modern 1994 work Strict Love, is set to popular music by the Jackson 5 and Diana Ross.

Choreography
Doug Varone, restaged by Alex Springer
Lighting Design

David Ferri

Costume Design

Lynne Steincamp

Music

Radio Broadcast of Popular Music by Various Artists*

Company Premiere Cast

Matthew Baker, Tamisha Guy, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Claude “CJ” Johnson, Catherine Kirk, Marcella Lewis, Jae Neal

Duration
15 minutes
Premiere
Company Premiere, The Joyce Theater, New York, NY (2018)

Gallery

  • Silhouetted dance ensemble on stage with a back-lit warm orange background as one dancer leaps dynamically in mid-air.
    Strict LoveCredit: Ian Douglas
  • Five contemporary dancers in light shirts and dark trousers performing grounded, angular poses under dramatic stage lighting.
    Strict LoveCredit: Ian Douglas
  • Dance ensemble leaning low to the side with outstretched arms against a dark backdrop.
    Strict LoveCredit: Ian Douglas
  • Dancers viewed from behind in a dramatic stage lights, arching backward with arms raised toward the ceiling.
    Strict LoveCredit: Ian Douglas
  • Dancer Tamisha Guy performing a low floor pose in the foreground while ensemble dancers leap and move in the background.
    Tamisha A. Guy and the company Credit: Ian Douglas