Title: Upswell

Premiere: April, 1996, Ann Arbor Dance Works, Betty Pease Studio Theater, Dance Bldg., 1310 N. Univ Ct. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Duration: 6 minutes

Music: Trio for Piano, Violin and Violincello No. 1 in D Minor, Opus. 49, Andante con moto tranquillo, by Felix Mendelssohn

Dancer: Terry Wilson

Costume: Blue raw silk tunic and pants, a costume from Connoisseurs of Chaos, designed by John Schak

Props: Jessica Fogel

Lighting Design: Mary Cole

Description: A detailed description of the solo, created soon after the birth of my daughter Annabel, can be found in the talk I gave at the University of Michigan’s Residential College Auditorium in November 1996, linked below.

Public talk by Jessica Fogel for a lecture demonstration performance at the Residential College Auditorium, University of Michigan, “Motherhood and Dance: A Choreographer’s Perspective, ” co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Women Studies Program and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Program

Preview announcement Ann Arbor News, November 1996 (photo of dancer Jessica Fogel by Glenn Bering)

Preview announcement University Record, November 1996 (photo of dancer Terry Wilson)

“Motherhood and Dance: Artists depict pregnancy”, by Stephanie Powell, The Daily

Flyer