It was back in March that Mollie Mock told me that she and Jeremy Blair would be collaborating in the creation of a work set to the new 'ohana track "Hidden". Ironically, I had recently begun to really notice Mollie and Jeremy when they dance together; there is a particularly bright rapport between them that you can see clearly whenever you watch them moving together onstage. So I was really enthusiastic when I heard that they would be applying the unique way they can work together to setting their piece, entiltled "Reflect".

Jeremy is noted for his unusually focused, but highly acrobatic energy, and this same high-energy focus has been a feature of his work as a choreographer. At the same time, I know from having worked with Mollie as I composed the 'ohana track for them how broad her artistic imagination could be, and from the early rehearsals I've seen of "Reflect", it's pretty amazing to see these two choreographers combine their artistic vision, very different individually, into a seamlessly dynamic story. I heard from Mollie today that she and Jeremy have now completed the nine-minute work, and over the next couple of weeks, we'll include a series of stories about each of the dancers who will be performing in the NEW DANCES 2009 shows this July.

"Reflect" premieres July 17, 18, 19 at Thodos Dance Chicago's NEW DANCES 2009 at the Ruth Page Center For the Arts in Chicago.