General Admission $15
($13 Opera House Members)
Folk in Fredonia Music Series "Extra"
A unique two-part program of music and dance... In one part, well-known folk singer/songwriter Davy Sturtevant joins with SoMar Dance Works to present DIS-EASE: A COMING OUT, an original 13-movement autobiographical work about the challenges of coming to terms and living with Bi-Polar Disorder. In the program's other part, Sturtevant takes the stage solo to present the traditional folk music for which he's most known.
Sturtevant learned singing and fiddle from his father, who was born in the Appalachian foothills of north central Pennsylvania and performed traditional ballads, camp songs and Lutheran hymns. He studied voice and trumpet in high school and college, and taught himself to play guitar. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia with a degree in sound recording technology, Sturtevant was a finalist in the Kerrville New Folk Songwriting Contest. His songs have been recorded and performed by nationally touring folk musicians including Joe Stead, Dan Duggan, John Kirk, Neal and Leandra, and Sue Trainor. He also performs with the James Madden Quartet.
SoMar Dance Works began in 1999 as a duet company debuting at the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. Now with nine dancers, the company is the company-in-residence at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa. Serving as co-directors, choreographers and dancers, the company's founders, Solveig and Mark Santillano, are seasoned performers who have danced all over the world.
Solveig Santillano spent her early years in the performing arts and theatre programs of Circle in the Square (NYC), Northwestern University and with a variety of modern dance companies including Anna Sokolow's Player's Project, Ruby Shang and Dancers and the Prometheus Dance Co. She toured internationally with MOMIX Dance Co., where she was a soloist and choreographic collaborator.
Mark Santillano worked with Indianapolis' Dance Kaleidoscope and the internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theatre. With Pilobolus, he toured the world as soloist, dance captain, choreographic collaborator and master class teacher. Mark has performed in the national tours of The King and I, West Side Story and A Chorus Line. He currently serves as assistant professor of dance at Mercyhurst College.
Don't miss this wonderfully unique program that takes us "beyond folk."
