[in]verse

ARLEN HLUSKO & FALL FOR DANCE NORTH

Release Date: March 10, 2023

Arlen Hlusko’s album [in]verse is co-produced with Toronto's premier international dance festival Fall for Dance North and features music curated by Hlusko and poetry readings by Canadian and International dancemakers. Hlusko's second album also features guest performances by Francis Carr, Lun Li and Vicky Chow.

ABOUT

Arlen Hlusko is a dynamic, internationally acclaimed Canadian cellist, who has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician across North America, Asia, and Europe. A Grammy-award winner for her collaboration with The Crossing, and recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Arlen is currently a member of Ensemble Connect (resident ensemble of Carnegie Hall), Bang on a Can All Stars, and Dolce Suono Ensemble. She has recently been a featured performer with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, among others.

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Fall for Dance North (FFDN) is Toronto’s premier international dance festival founded in 2015 in response to the crucial need to fortify the dance audience of the future. Through live and digital programming, FFDN attracts both new and seasoned audiences to experience a diversity of the best established and emerging dance happening in Toronto, across Canada and around the world.

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FEATURED MUSICIANS

DanceMakers Who Lent Their Voices to the Album

TRACK LIST

* Indicates spoken word

1. Footsteps

2. For Terrill feat. Peggy Baker *

3. Nineteen Movements for Unaccompanied Cello: III

4. Sarabande from Cello Suite 5 BWV 1011

5. Blue Head feat. Mthuthuzeli November *

6. We Shall Overcome

7. Grace feat. Margaret Grenier *

8. History, excerpted from Sean Dorsey Dance's "Uncovered: The Diary Project" feat. Sean Dorsey *

9. Mountainweeps

10. The Moon is Trans feat. Emma Portner *

11. Why Did They Kill Sandra Bland?

12. Ain’t You Scared of the Sacred?: A Spiritual feat. Rhodnie Désir *

13. Meditation No 1

14. Last-Quarter Song feat. Michael Greyeyes *

15. Huit Morceaux, Op. 39: Berceuse feat. Lun Li

16. I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud feat. Shantala Shivalingappa *

17. Sonata Va: Aria 2 feat. Francis Carr

18. When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be

19. Siddhartha (excerpt) feat. Anne Plamondon and Victor Quijada *

20. Seven Tunes Heard in China: Seasons

21. Romance Sonámbulo feat. Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya *

22. Salut D’Amour feat. Vicky Chow

23. Varsha

24. Affirmation of Growth of the Everyday Star feat. Esie Mensah and Quentin VerCetty *

25. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 7 feat. Lun Li

26. Haiku

Composers:
Matthias McIntire (1), Scott Ordway (3), J.S. Bach (4), Charles Albert Tindley arranged by Kenji Bunch (6), Alex Kelly (8), India Gailey (9), Daniel Bernard Roumain (11), Leyla McCalla (13), Reinhold Glière (15), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (17), Lenworth Ryan Wilmot (18), Bright Sheng (20), Edward Elgar (22), Reena Esmail (23), J.S.Bach arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky (25), Michelle Ross (26)

Track 11 Commissioned by Bang on a Can with support from Herb Leventer
Track 13 Commissioned by Bang on a Can

Authors:
Patricia Beatty (2), Asisipho Malunga (5), Joy Harjo (7), Sean Dorsey (8), Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (10), George Elliott Clarke (12), Daniel David Moses (14), William Wordsworth (16), Hermann Hesse (19), Federico Garcìa Lorca (21), Quentin VerCetty (24)

Special Thanks:

“This project would not have been possible without an incredible community of people. Thank you to everyone at Fall for Dance North for asking me to be a part of this and giving me so much creative liberty in putting this together. Thank you to each of the dancemakers, poets, and composers who offered up their immense artistry and humanity to make this album what it is, and being open to virtual conversations and brainstorms to make this as meaningful and intimate as possible. Thank you to my dear colleagues and some of my favourite musicians to collaborate with: Lun Li, Vicky Chow, and Francis Carr, for being constant inspirations for me at and away from the cello, and sharing their stunning artistry with us all on this album. Thank you to Alexander Bruscenev, Nolan Thies, Steven Sacco, and Drew Schlegel for their immense efforts and expertise (and patience!) in putting these recordings together. Thank you to my family and close friends for their constant support, inspiration, and patience in letting me brainstorm and work through ideas with them, throughout the project and always. And most of all, thank YOU for picking this up and letting us share this art we care so much about with you in this strange but wonderful way.” - Arlen Hlusko

For more information about Arlen Hlusko, Fall for Dance North, and the album, visit: https://www.ffdnorth.com/programs/inverse