L’Anniversaire
L’Anniversaire, a staple of Mannakin Theater and Dance repertoire, was choreographed by Douglas Nielsen after a Chagall painting of the same name. In order to commemorate his 35th birthday, Doug fashioned 35 unique lifts that, if caught in mid-air, seem to form a collection of companion slides to the airborne figures in Chagall’s work. This piece requires strong partnering technique from both dancers as well as the comic theatricality Mannakin Theater and Dance employs in many of its productions.
