Hands (2004)
 
Hands (2004) for flute, two dancers with a prerecorded CD. It has three primary scenes in Dance. The original idea of the title “Hands” comes from people praying to God and stretching their hands to receive need and help. Also, she strongly got the idea from a woman comforting a young widow at a funeral Summer 2004. The woman was consoling Marcela Ruiz, the widow of Nicolas Useche, a University of North Texas music student, who passed away unexpectedly. By putting her hands around Marcela’s shoulder and without saying any words, the woman offered her compassion. The comforting hand captured Dajeong Choi’s eyes and it still sticks in her mind and has never disappeared. What a beautiful and moving moment that was! Hands are the most powerful tool that can show human being’s feelings, expression, emotion, and character. The story of the piece includes two dancers. In the first scene, Dancer I expresses hunger, loneliness, and anxiety and falls down with fear by stretching out hands. Dancer II comes up to the stage and helps Dancer I stand up. The two dancers provide expressions of love to each other in a short time. In the second scene, all the sudden they realize that they need to compete with each other to survive on the earth. After they fight each other, Dancer II falls down. In the final scene, Dancer I realizes that there is something missing and makes an effort to cure dancer II with a healing power, who is scared and dying. Dancer II recovers and they love each other again. After they get back together, they put all their energies against the war, terror, famine, disaster, and evil spirits in the world. In the end, they win a victory against war and dance with joy and peace. Choreography by Dajeong Choi The original sound sources: recording flute with flutist Christine F. Moulton, and recording multiple percussion instruments with percussionist Peter James Saleh. Hands (2004) (2004)
Flute and CD accompaniment
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