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Thematically, the piece explores the emotional distance between our raw, grungy real selves and the simple, polite version that we generally show the world. More metaphorically: what happens when a woman unzips her dress in order to breathe? The title is inspired by the book by Deborah Feldman (and the Emmy-nominated Netflix show starring Shira Haas) about a young woman who leaves a very strict Hasidic sect. Unorthodox premiered in a video version at the Gershman Jewish Film Festival on November 17, 2020 in Philadelphia; it was subsequently screened at both Detroit Dance and the Istanbul Fringe Festival. Following the lifting of pandemic restrictions, Unorthodox also returned as a centerpiece of ARD’s fourteenth season of live performances. Unorthodox Redux, an abbreviated transcription for pre-recorded tape and live strings, was commissioned by the Portland-based Orchid Trio (SiYing Ge, violin; Deborah Shuster, viola; Quinn Kun Liu, cello) and had its broadcast premiere on NPR in March 2021. Watch the video here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/43173cb8-74a8-424c-9e58-b26e80b03e08/Screen+Shot+2022-09-17+at+11.40.43+AM.png In Her Words - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/437edbed-4eab-4331-9967-b56c5f74d705/in+her+words+graphic+2.png In Her Words - LEAD ME ALONE Track Seven wrote the music for a piece originally called “Lead Me” during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Part of a virtual residency with Dance Lab New York NEXUS LAB, a program launched by its Founding Artistic Director Josh Prince, this dance was the first attempt by choreographer Ariel Grossman and I to develop new work exclusively through Zoom. We were delighted that the collaboration somehow, almost magically worked, and the virtual premiere took place successfully on August 28, 2020. More recently, my composer friend Ionel Petroi added a (live) piano part on top of the electronic score – another wonderful and unusual collaboration, and our jointly composed Lead Me was premiered (still in a taped version) as part of Ariel Rivka Dance’s fall 2021 gala. I have renamed my earlier, solo electronic score – represented on this disc – LEAD ME ALONE…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/9397c3f0-686d-429e-bd35-a3e9386cebb6/unorthodox+redux.png In Her Words - UNORTHODOX REDUX (2024) Unorthodox Redux is a transcription and reinterpretation of Unorthodox, originally commissioned by Ariel Rivka Dance, loosely based on the book by Deborah Feldman and the Emmy-nominated Netflix show about a young woman who struggles against societal restrictions and ultimately leaves a very strict Hasidic sect. The simple, catchy music was inspired by the drive and tradition of Klezmer music but written entirely using Logic software. In Unorthodox Redux, I have reimagined the piece in a somewhat more traditional concert setting. The result is a new hybrid: the shortened and streamlined electronic track plays in the background, while live musicians now take center stage. The setting for full orchestra plus chorus was commissioned by the Virago Symphonic Orchestra and its founder, Eline Cote. The work received its premiere on March 8, 2025 at the Bourla Theater in Antwerp, Belgium, under the baton of Pascale Van Os, with the Cantemus Merksem Choir. The performance was augmented by Dansstudio Arabesque with choreography by Andres De Blust-Mommaerts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/f702b3ec-6c54-43f9-aafa-25386432616b/in+her+words+graphic+3+%28Real+Estate+Flyer%29+%281%29.png In Her Words - IN HER WORDS Tracks Three Through Six In Her Words is a four-movement work which – unlike my other dance pieces – incorporates spoken word. Four dancers, who lend their names to the four movements, each sent me a moving, sometimes highly intimate confession about their fears, their anguish, their darkest moments. I was honored to be entrusted with their narratives. I also wanted to respect their privacy because the material was emotionally sensitive, so I broke up their monologues into short fragments that hint at despair without becoming too explicit or too revelatory. Like women everywhere, their (our) voices are still struggling to be heard. The initial idea of using the personal histories of dancers as part of the musical score came from choreographer Ariel Grossman, who explains: “For the last 14 years of Ariel Rivka Dance, I have had the privilege to process my own stories and experiences through movement on my company of dancers. Ready to hear someone else's story, I’ve chosen to work with four of my dancers, asking each to share and record something profoundly personal and send it to me and composer Stefania de Kenessey. Stefania created a composition inspired and sometimes dictated by the recording. The cadence, tone, speed, craft, and nuance of the dancer’s voice and words contribute to the score.” In Her Words was funded in part by Nimbus Arts Center and the New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, and the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/43828255-e1fb-4620-a906-4c87cb585781/mossy.jpeg In Her Words - MOSSY Track One Mossy is a dark, haunting duet that reflects the physical, emotional and intellectual consequences of constant intrusion and disruption. The work gives expression to a mother’s daily life, where familial love evokes both positive and negative impulses; where frustration and desire compete with the need for space and independence; where feelings of claustrophobia conflict with a mother’s responsibility to provide a sense of happiness and well-being for her children. I have incorporated some of my own experiences as a mother in the creation of this fully electronic yet melodic score. http://www.stefaniadekenessey.com/pagecd daily 0.75 2022-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/019ca106-7a70-42aa-b494-0c8a231d78c7/gotham+siren+edit.png CD - Gotham Siren Amazon Apple Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/5d7a0bae-9c79-4e68-a27e-6832836604dc/shades+of+light+dark+edit.png CD - Shades of Light, Shades of Dark Amazon Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/656f31bb-c601-4e69-91f0-a4f15f007069/microvids+graphic.png CD - MICROVIDS COMING SOON! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/35427d01-4856-4075-9ae1-6ad435f7fb7b/never+broken+edit.png CD - Never Broken Amazon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/28f9b9c5-6a4d-4e53-bc4b-9b0668adca32/keeping+time+edit.png CD - Keeping Time Amazon Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/8742b2d1-087c-43b7-8a88-03cb9897878a/in+her+words++%28800+%C3%97+800+px%29.png CD - In Her Words Amazon Apple Spotify http://www.stefaniadekenessey.com/vocal daily 0.75 2025-07-01 http://www.stefaniadekenessey.com/piano daily 0.75 2022-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/4d653b54-7f96-4fc6-ab41-20b31f86b844/keeping+time+edit.png Piano http://www.stefaniadekenessey.com/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/ad2d634f-60f8-458f-a3f7-d7a7a258ef75/The+Names+of+Women+%28COVER+FINAL%29+%281%29.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/6118f58d-f3ff-44f5-8c8f-6fb5a22bb83b/Sor+Juana+%282%29.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/554cd5b1-f4cd-44de-a754-6eb72bd13960/Amelia+Bassano+Lanier.png The Names of Woman - AMELIA BASSANO LANIER (1569-1645) was the first woman to assert herself as a professional poet in Elizabethan England; she is thought to be Shakespeare’s “Dark Lady” and possibly the author of some of his work. In this excerpt, she revisits the Bible and the story of the expulsion from Eden; in her retelling, she absolves Eve and blames Adam. (From Amelia Bassano Lanier: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, 1611) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/743fe592-3e73-45ac-97a1-a087ef3c8632/Christine+de+Pizan.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/d40da96c-8e80-4415-af9c-cd2320800d27/Jigonsaseh+%282%29.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/c623a8c1-f807-4c56-89f8-ffc0284cde13/Enheduana.png The Names of Woman - ENHEDUANA (2285-2250 BC) was a Mesopotamian high priestess and a prolific poet who created forms (prayers, psalms, hymns) that are recognized to this day. For hundreds of years after her death, her work was copied by scribes learning cuneiform writing; she was the world’s first author to name herself. Here, she prays to Inana, the all-powerful goddess of life and death. (From Enheduana by Sophus Helle, Copyright 2023 by Yale University. Used by permission of Yale University Press.; last line added by Stefania de Kenessey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/d4c6ff4d-78ca-4a9b-a523-9ed2bed65ea4/Alfonsina+Starni+%282%29.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/ea0d0ba8-a077-4444-9cdf-2f08d50c9e4f/Amelia+Bassano+Lanier+poem+%282%29.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/d63e0ee0-7c04-4eee-a74c-3093f095b837/Sor+Juana.png The Names of Woman - SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ (1648-1695) was a colonial Mexican writer, philosopher and poet, as well as a Hieronymite nun, who wrote in both Spanish and Nahuatl; named "The Tenth Muse" and "The Phoenix of America" by her contemporaries, she was a fierce proponent of education and rights for women. In this excerpt, she mocks the double standards of sexual behavior imposed by men on women. (Excerpts from Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz “Stanzas: The Charge”, translated by Rhina P. Espaillat (The Liquid Pour in which my Heart has Run: Poems by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Wiseblood Books 2023)) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/38bda9bd-6861-477f-82fa-e75bd9d9a310/Enheduana.png The Names of Woman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/a7402165-25a9-4f4d-a366-e3aaa5d6d0d8/Jigonsaseh.png The Names of Woman - JIGONSASEH (ruled 1687-1689) was a legendary Iroquois Peace Woman who battled the French invaders successfully, defeating the largest European force ever assembled in North America. This ballad tells the story of her unprecedented victory. (Lyrics by Stefania de Kenessey; source: "Iroquoian Women: The Gantowisas" by Barbara Alice Mann) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/3e851af9-6df2-4152-ad61-47d4574a707f/Christine+de+Pizan.png The Names of Woman - CHRISTINE DE PIZAN (1364-1430) was a prolific, highly influential medieval author and poet, a critic of men’s treatment of women and of their misogynistic literary representations, and a defender of women’s moral and intellectual equality. She wonders, in her despair, why she was not made a man… (Text based on excerpts from Christine de Pizan’s La Cité des Dames, ed. Eric Hicks & Thérèse Moreau, translated and arranged by Stefania de Kenessey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b77607e4b031fe40c16685/bf5fdb64-f15c-478f-b08b-f53245417d64/Alfonsina+Starni.png The Names of Woman - ALFONSINA STORNI (1892-1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist and playwright, one of the first women to find success in the male-dominated areas of literature and theater in Buenos Aires; following a double mastectomy, she committed suicide by slowly walking into the sea. With humor and irreverence, she mocks the small-minded and small-endowed men who deny her freedom.\ (Hombre pequeñito: Translation by Rhina P. 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