Performed by: Sophie Dow

Choreographer: Carol Anderson

Music: Alexander Scriabin Preludes (13-16)

Music performed by: Erik Geddis

Costume: Nori Pi

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“I created and first performed Allegro Mysterioso in 1983. Making this piece marked a significant choreographic turning point, a beginning of melding my interest in motion and e-motion – finding a ‘character’ as an expression of the work, while seeking to find a place for individual experience within the scope of catastrophic public events – a search that remains oddly resonant today. The dancer is outfitted as a frilly tragi-comic heroine, and accompanied by a quartet of wispy, wildly rhapsodic Scriabin preludes. The piece questioned deeply planted romantic ideals within the early-80s perspective of second-wave feminism, and with its stream-of-consciousness spoken text, Allegro Mysteriso broke the usual “silent dancer” mode. I danced it many times, in Toronto and on Canadian tours. In 1999, Allegro Mysterioso was remounted by the Danny Grossman Dance Company, performed by the divine Pam Grundy. Sarah Murphy’s 2021 interpretation of Allegro Mysterioso is commissioned by Randy Glynn’s FODAR Festival. Sophie first performed Allegro in 2016-17 in a twittering septet version for the York Dance Ensemble.” ~Carol Anderson