Today, he is considered one of the greatest Western composers of all time.īorn in Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany, on Ma(N.S.) / Ma(O.S.), Johann Sebastian Bach came from a family of musicians, stretching back several generations. Johann Sebastian Bach had a prestigious musical lineage and took on various organist positions during the early 18th century, creating famous compositions like “Toccata and Fugue in D minor.” Some of his best-known compositions are the “Mass in B Minor,” the “Brandenburg Concertos” and “The Well-Tempered Clavier.” Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, on July 28, 1750. cities, in three cities in Israel, and was recently featured in an Emmy Award-winning PBS documentary, Sharing Light.Ī magnificent baroque-era composer, Johann Sebastian Bach is revered through the ages for his work’s musical complexities and stylistic innovations.
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Mills contributed a podcast about Light to the Voices on Anti-Semitism series at The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and was invited to speak about the work at The United Nations in 2014. In 2005 Mills developed a community-wide human rights collaborative dialogue culminating in his signature work Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project for which he received the Audrey and Raymond Maislin Humanitarian Award from The Anti-Defamation League. Mills’ works showcased at The Kennedy Center include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, and performances at the Ballet Across America Festival in collaboration with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet.
In his inaugural season as Artistic Director of Ballet Austin in 2000, Mills attracted national attention with Hamlet, hailed by Dance Magazine as “…sleek and sophisticated.”
His international career began in 1998 after being chosen Prix d’Auteur at les Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris. Known for his innovative and collaborative choreographic projects, Stephen Mills has works in the repertoires of dance companies across the United States and around the world. Run time 65 minutes with one 20 minute intermission. Michelle Schumann, Austin Chamber Music Center, & Austin Classical Guitar featuring Austin Guitar Quartet with special guest Jeremy Waldrip MUSIC: Johann Sebastian Bach, Steve Reich, & Frédéric Chopin Find your happy place as we celebrate the JOY of dance! Finally, PRELUDES/BEGINNINGS is an uplifting and forward-looking piece inspired by Frédéric Chopin’s enduring Preludes for Solo Piano. Counterpoint has dancers bounding through fascinating patterns and canon work while moving to the electric rhythms of Steve Reich. The Pink Confetti Dance is a playful homage to the court dances of yesteryear, set to effervescent music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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