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Kramer, Culture Rover Solo with poem Length: 10 minutes Premiere: March 11, 2015, Poetry Foundation, Chicago, Illinois Dancer: Ian Spencer Bell Photo: Eric Brown Chicago Reader preview https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f47661e4b00513cb67d665/1558894681258-P1EC4CTROM80B1NG2ENK/90-_KCF3843.jpg Dancing 2022 GEOGRPAHY SOLOS “At a time when so much of contemporary dance looks—and sounds—alike, Ian’s solo performance was like a breath of fresh air.” Oberon’s Grove “A dancer of gentle but defined precision.” The New York Times Six solos with poems Length: 20 minutes Premiere: September 1, 2013, Ille Arts, Amagansett, New York Dancer: Ian Spencer Bell Photo: Kyle Froman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f47661e4b00513cb67d665/1637019532733-NGNJCOXH2M2HHDP57J57/ISBD+Reinhardt+3.jpg Dancing 2022 WALLKILL Quartet with poem Length: 25 minutes Premiere: November 1, 2013, Doris Duke Theater, Jacob’s Pillow (Creative Development Residency), Becket, Massachusetts Original Cast: Ian Spencer Bell, Mairéad Filgate, Jenna Liberati, Justin Rivera (understudy), Joshua Tuason Lighting: Nicholas Houfek Photo: Eric Brown Notes on Wallkill Video clip Video clip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51f47661e4b00513cb67d665/1433969905762-PLD7LFNGJBMYZKJ0FHLT/image-asset.jpeg Dancing 2022 SOCKET “Mr. Bell’s choreography hewed with remarkable fidelity to the shape of the Massiaen’s isolated gestures, the volatile dynamics and densities of the score. 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