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Sarasota News Leader November 29, 2013 Page 109 The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, and at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. Tickets are $28, or $10 for students. They may be purchased online at fuziondance.org or by calling 359-0099, Ext. 101. movements to represent the past, as well as isolation movements and floor work." The choreographers are Fuzión Dance Artists company members Molly Nichols, Erin Fletcher, Rolando Cabrera and Xiao-xuan Yang Dancigers. Also on the December program is a new piece featuring company members and dancers from Sarasota's Parkinson Place, who will come together in a work choreographed by Bolaños Wilmott. This piece features original music by two of Fuzión's favorite composers, Scott Blum and Francis Schwartz, the release notes. It was commissioned by the Parkinson Research Foundation. Fletcher's piece, titled Sigue Para Lante, "explores the randomness and symbolic thoughts of a dreamer visited by past love experiences taking place in a dreamscape," "The word 'fuzión' means a mixture, which, the release continues. in our case, reflects both the individual danc- The work choreographed by Cabrera, titled ers and the styles of dance that we present," Three Accents, is an expansion of his piece explains Bolaños Wilmott in the release. Accents from Fuzión's August In the Round "What makes our company so eclectic is the performance. "In it, he explores the styles individual voices of the artists. In this program of animation and break-dancing," while givwe will explore what inspires those individ- ing audience members "an opening to create ual dancers; we will witness their strengths, their own stories based on what they see," the release adds. passions and varying styles." "My piece, Toll, is inspired by the strength and serenity of the women in the work," says Nichols, who has been with the company for two years and is a graduate of the University of Florida's dance program. "Toll brings a sense of time and arrival and with that the end of striving, all within travel sequences and group phrasing. I am honored to continue such a sacred movement work and to share it with new audiences," she adds. "I continue to be drawn to creating work that is physically integrated, such as last season's Propel, for a dancer in a wheelchair and company members," says Bolaños Wilmott in the release. "Not only will this new piece be an artistic milestone, but I hope that it will also bring awareness of the disease to our audience, and demonstrate what people with mixed abilities can accomplish artistically, whether it is dance, music or art." Taiwanese-born Yang Dancigers is excited about recreating her work, Faces, for a group of seven women, including her, the release continues. "The concept of the three-section work is a procession of past selves creating a Bolaños Wilmott leads the Dance for ritual," notes Yang Dancigers, who joined the Parkinson's program at Parkinson Place for company in the fall of 2012. "I will use reverse individuals with Parkinson's disease.