IAN SPENCER BELL

Ian Spencer Bell--dancer, choreographer, poet

11 Pieces

contemporary and historical dance, personal poetry, and live classical music, with pianist Lauren Aloia

June 19 and 20, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Chesterwood, 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts

A link to purchase tickets will be available soon.

11 Pieces

Lovers Loop (2023)

Choreography by Isadora Duncan (Musical Moment No. 3, 1908)

and after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa (Giselle, Mad Scene, 1841)

Poem and additional choreography by Bell

Duncan choreography staged by Catherine Gallant

Lyric Pieces (2024)

Choreography by Bell

Music by Edvard Grieg, Lyric Pieces (Notturno, Gone, Remembrances)

Thanks to University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Keenan Institute for their support of this dance.

Chopin Waltzes (1904)

Choreography by Isadora Duncan (Minute Waltz and Narcissus)

Music by Frédéric Chopin (Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Waltz Number 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major)

Duncan choreography staged by Catherine Gallant

Two Impromptus (2025)

Choreography by Bell

Music by Franz Schubert (Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899, No. 1 in C Minor and No. 3 in G-Flat Major)

On July 20, 1898, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Isadora Duncan danced at the home of Mrs. John Winthrop to raise money for the Red Cross. Here, on February 11, 2023, in Sandisfield, Mass., Bell dances Duncan’s 15th Brahms Waltz from The Many Faces of Love. Click here to donate to the Ukrainian Red Cross.