Corporate Greed Through Dance

By Louise E. Wright, For The Bulletin
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“Pas de bourrée. Tour jeté. Entrechat six.” Rebecca Davis walks Sergey Pakharev through steps familiar to any student of ballet. Then she turns on the alternative rock score, and Mr. Pakharev’s edgy, disjointed movements define the choreography as modern, rather than classical.

The two are rehearsing Greed: The Tale of Enron, which the Rebecca Davis Dance Company premieres this weekend at the Prince Music Theater. The modern dance production chronicles the collapse of the energy giant whose name has become synonymous with corporate corruption.

Mr. Pakharev portrays J. Clifford Baxter, the executive with a conscience whose mysterious death has been ruled a suicide. Other protagonists include Enron chairman Kenneth Lay, chief operating officer Jeffrey Skilling and chief financial officer Andrew Fastow.

In addition to telling the story of Enron, Greed explores the psyches of the individuals involved. The characters’ emotional and psychological states, rather than aesthetic considerations, determine the choreography. Ms. Davis explains that a dancer might work through fourth position or move his hand a certain way in response to the situation in which his character is involved. READ MORE…

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