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In Her Words

by Stefania de Kenessey

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Mossy 06:09
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Unorthodox 08:47
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In Her Words: Alone (Kyleigh) 03:37
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1: Alone (Kyleigh) My portion of In Her Words was about growing up with a lack of confidence and being curious about what my life would be like if I had believed in myself more – what about my path would be different? I feel like my piece is a bit of a reflection and internal pondering of how much I held myself back. — Kyleigh Sackandy
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In Her Words: All Together (Kristin) 03:35
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2: All Together (Kristin) Did I give up too much or sacrifice things that I may want in my future, giving a hundred percent of my time and energy into my career? Could I have still danced in the same capacity and made a social, relationship, and family life work simultaneously? — Kristin Licata
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In Her Words: With You (Hana) 04:05
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My words tell the story of when I contracted Covid. It was early in the pandemic, and I caught it in the hospital when my twins, Arlin and Zahavi, were born. I missed the entire second week of their lives. Being away from them, and my sweet three year old, Ori, was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I spent ten days trapped in a room with my kids on the other side, and it was agony, and it was also only 10 days. So many women around the world are separated from their kids for far longer, or forever. At the end of my story, I got to open the door and wrap my sweet boys tightly in my arms. ­— Hana Ginsburg Tirosh
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In Her Words: On Our Own (Caitlyn) 04:59
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4: On Our Own (Caitlyn) My In Her Words story was about trying to un-hear or un-remember unpleasant childhood experiences. — Caitlyn Casson
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Lead Me Alone 12:34
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about

This album is a breakthrough for celebrated composer Stefania de Kenessey: it is all electronic, and it is all dance music.

In recent years, de Kenessey has turned increasingly to electronic music composition as a rich source of experimentation, of new sonorities – and of total control. Or something like that. The result is an eclectic combination of vernacular and classical influences that refers, in equal parts, to the Bulgarian and Hungarian folk songs of her childhood; to the historically hallowed Western genres of her education; and to the American popular music of her adulthood.

Her music for dance is infectious, inspiring, rhythmically vibrant, physically compelling. As the composer remarks: “Above all, I search for glimmers of joy and beauty, even in situations (like our current predicament) that are often desperate and ugly.”

In Her Words showcases four results of a fruitful four-year collaboration with choreographer Ariel Grossman, the founder and director of the all-female Ariel Rivka Dance company. The pieces are diverse in sound, outlook, orientation. But they are unified in theme: they all confront the difficulties faced by women everywhere, of all backgrounds, of all stations in life – themes that live close to the composer’s heart.

The album takes its title from one of the pieces which – unlike the others on this release – incorporates spoken word. Four dancers, who lend their names to the four movements, each contributed a moving, sometimes highly intimate confession about their fears, their anguish, their darkest moments. Honored to be entrusted with their narratives but wanting to respect the privacy of the emotionally sensitive material, de Kenessey broke up the dancers’ 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.

New York-based Stefania de Kenessey’s works have been performed widely throughout the city, from Carnegie Hall to Joe’s Pub, and internationally in more than 35 countries, from Australia to Venezuela. Her output ranges from choral, vocal and operatic pieces to chamber and orchestral work, as well as scores for documentary films, theater and dance companies.

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released February 26, 2022

All works composed, performed and recorded by Stefania de Kenessey

Mixed and mastered by Erdem Helvacioglu

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