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May 9, 2008
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Philadelphia Dance Celebration [Special Events]
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Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
3680 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
- Oct 18 @ 12:00 PM - May 17 @ 12:00 PM
t: 215-898-3900
http://www.dancecelebration.org…
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Companies performing include Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, LDTX Modern Dance Company, the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Limon Dance Company
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Cinderella [Professional Performances]
The Washington Ballet
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A blockbuster bar none, Septime Webre’s Cinderella is a spectacle of opulence and beauty, athleticism and schtick, with ravishing costumes and Prokofiev’s ultra-lush score – all befitting a world-famous fairy tale! Tickets start at $20 - Please call Ticketmaster, 202.397.7328 or visit ticketmaster.com
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Ariadne Unhinged [Professional Performances]
Armitage Gone! Dance Company
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The Playhouse, Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street
New York, NY
- May 7 @ 07:30 PM - May 11 @ 02:00 AM
t: 212-279-4200
http://www.ticketcentral.com
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Gotham Chamber Opera presents the world premiere of a new production, ARIADNE UNHINGED: Music of Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg, from May 7-11, 2008.
Staged by maverick director/choreographer Karole Armitage and featuring one singer, six musicians, and the Armitage Gone! Dance Company, ARIADNE UNHINGED has sets by internationally-renowned photographer Vera Lutter.
Ariadne has just been abandoned by her lover and savior Theseus on the island of Naxos, where she alternates between near-madness and madness. In Ariadne Unhinged, Gotham’s new version of the classic story, three musical works from different centuries intertwine to reflect Ariadne’s emotional and psychological states: Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna, Haydn’s solo cantata Arianna a Naxos, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.
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Communication is Key [Professional Performances]
Deborah Jackson
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The Ailey Citigroup Theater at The Joan Weill Center for Dance
405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue
New York, New York
- May 8 @ 08:00 PM - May 10 @ 08:00 PM
t: 973-886-5757
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Deborah Jackson presents Communication is Key featuring Kevin Zabawa and Deborah Jackson from Thursday, May 8 through Saturday May 10. The performances take the audience on a journey through history with a diverse movement vocabulary and musical score that spans 900 years. Each scene explores elements of communication. Humor, statistics, landscape photography, and quotes from iconic figures accompany the audience through the politics of economics and the satisfying appeal of the symbols of success.
Accompanied by a musical score that spans 900 years, the music winds its way through passages from Berlioz to German liturgical song to French troubadour music as the characters confront themselves and each other. Jazz trumpet, the blues, and house music from India flow in and out of the listener’s ears as history unfolds before the audience.
Communication is Key will be presented at The Ailey Citigroup Theater at The Joan Weill Center for Dance, 405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue. Ticket sales are available online at www.SmartTix.com or via phone (212-868-4444).
DEBORAH JACKSON (Choreographer) has a diverse performance history with career highlights over the last 20 years that include modeling, dance, and theater. Deborah has had the opportunity to perform in venues such as the National Theater Munich, The State Theatre at Lincoln Center, The Joyce, Aaron Davis Hall, Chicago State Theatre, and Houston Grand Opera to name a few. She has also danced with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Jane Comfort & Company, and Rosanna Gamson. Deborah’s theatre credits include performing improvised musical comedy and touring with Chicago City Limits and Some Assembly Required. In addition to her long performance career, Deborah has been working in the financial industry for 20 years. Her tenure includes the firms of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., McKinsey & Company, and JPMorgan Chase. Deborah is a military child and has a BA in Theater and Music.
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European Open Dance Contest [Special Events]
European Show dance Union
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International Dance Competition with 2000+ dancers from 25+ countries and 4 continents.
For children, teens and adults, amateurs and professionals as well.
Disciplines : jazz, tap, modern, ballet, open, production number, hip-hop, acro dance, freestyle/b-boying,musical, song&dance, character dance, vocal
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UF/NYC Dance Xchange [Student Performances]
University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance
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A Free To The Public Informance (A unique high-energy, low-tech performance) of 17 current dance majors from the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance. The program will feature the students' fabulous works as well as guest artists works. Directed by choreographer, Neta Pulvermacher
RSVP required, Space is limited: neta@ufl.edu
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ARIADNE UNHINGED: Music of Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg [Professional Performances]
Gotham Chamber Opera
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Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street
New York, NY
- May 7 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
- May 8 @ 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- May 9 @ 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- May 10 @ 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
- May 10 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
- May 11 @ 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
t: 212-279-4200
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Featuring one singer, six musicians, and the Armitage Gone! Dance Company, the production has sets by internationally-renowned photographer Vera Lutter. Mezzo sopranos Emily Langford Johnson and Brenda Patterson will perform the role of Ariadne in alternating performances. Costumes by Peter Speliopoulos and lighting by Clifton Taylor.
Ariadne has just been abandoned by her lover and savior, Theseus, on the island of Naxos, where she alternates between near-madness and madness. In ARIADNE UNHINGED, Gotham’s new version of the classic story, three musical works from different centuries intertwine to reflect Ariadne’s emotional and psychological states: Monteverdi’s Lamento d’Arianna, Haydn’s solo cantata Arianna a Naxos, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. In another first, internationally renowned photographer Vera Lutter provides the stunning visual backdrop for this daring exploration. This production was conceived by Artistic Director Neal Goren for the Gotham Chamber Opera as a continuation of the company’s ongoing series of operas based on the myth of Ariadne. The first installment in this series was the US stage premiere of Handel’s Arianna in Creta, performed in February 2005; audiences can look forward to a Gotham production of Strauss’s original 1912 version of Ariadne auf Naxos in a future season, among other Ariadne offerings.
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Evenings of Dance [Special Events]
College of San Mateo and the CSM Performance Dance Ensemble
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College of San Mateo Theatre
1700 W. Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo, California
- May 9 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- May 10 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
e: eggerth@smccd.edu
t: 650-574-6243
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On May 9 and 10, College of San Mateo and the CSM Performance Dance Ensemble are hosting “Evening of Dance,” an annual concert that features professional, college and high school dancers working side-by-side. The event begins each evening at 8 pm in the campus theatre. Tickets ($10 for adults, $6 for students and seniors) may be reserved by calling (650) 574-6243 or purchased at the door.
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City Ballet presents DON QUIXOTE [Professional Performances]
City Ballet of San Diego
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This great classic ballet, based on the story behind “Man of La Mancha,” presented in its entirety, fully staged with breathtaking sets and costumes, is any ballet lover’s dream. The ballet will feature City Ballet’s own principal dancers in the demanding lead roles and will also include the company’s fine soloists and corps de ballet. This ballet has it all – emotion, humor, romance, and brilliant dancing that City Ballet is known for.
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Faculty and Dance Residency concert [Professional Performances]
danceTactics performance group by Keith A. Thompson
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danceTactics performance group by Keith A. Thompson will be showing his latest work entitled 'Silent Echo'. Thompson's work returns to the New York dance scenesince the companies New York debut at Dance Theater Workshop in 2006. Thie latest investigation is a variation of the ongoing investigation of ‘cause & effect’. Looking at how a movement or movement idea recently experienced becomes the remote past, but then revisiting some part of it (an echo), that places it in relevant present time again. This of course becomes a cycle onto itself.
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KWENDA VUTUKA (Come Go Return) [Professional Performances]
Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group & Andreya
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FIAF - Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
(between Park & Madison Aves.)
NYC, NY
- May 9 @ 08:00 PM - May 10 @ 08:00 PM
t: 212-355-6160
http://www.fiaf.org/events/spri…
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A Program Featuring: -- Rhetta Aleong in "Untitled" -- Reggie Wilson in "INTRODUCTION" -- NEW YORK PREMIERE: Andreya Ouamba an d Fatou Cisse in "Improvise II" -- Reggie Wilson and Andreya Ouamba in a Work-in-progress Excerpt of "The Good Dance" ----- The ancestry of Cameroon, Gabon, and the Congo resound throughout, as New York choreographer Reggie Wilson and Congolese choreographer Andreya Ouamba create an anthropological exploration of movement and its origins. A wildly inventive collaboration, this excerpt of work in progress "The Good Dance," continues both men's fascination with the genealogy of culture. They use movement and music drawn from blues and worship traditions to consider the influences--both real and metaphorical--of Central African culture on world performance forms. Additionally, both choreographers will present works from their diverse repertoires. ----- Presented by French Institute Alliance Francaise, as part of "World Nomads," and 651 ARTS, as part of the "Mississippi Delta Heritage Project."
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Sinatra, Shadows, and Stars [Professional Performances]
American Repertory Ballet
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Experience an outstanding evening of dance with American Repertory Ballet featuring two new works by The Company’s Artistic Director, Graham Lustig, and international choreographer, Lisa de Ribere, in addition to two works by Twyla Tharp. Shadows in the Attic by Graham Lustig is a new work inspired by the powerful spirit of survival expressed by the family of Anne Frank and their extraordinarily brave Dutch friends whose daily help was essential to the family’s safety. Starry Nights by Lisa de Ribere is a part of American Repertory Ballet’s commissioning program, Dancing Through the Ceiling, which promotes classically-based women choreographers. De Ribere’s piece about the creative muse is inspired by three paintings by Van Gogh, Starry Night Over the Rhone; 1888, The Café Terrasse, Arles, at Night; 1888, and The Starry Night; 1889. In addition to these two pieces, American Repertory Ballet will perform two Twyla Tharp pieces, Sinatra Suite, a duet choreographed to five songs sung by Frank Sinatra, and Octet, one of Tharp’s most distilled creations. Rarely seen in New York, in this “fully abstract” ballet, Tharp presents men and women in equal measure numerically, but shows off the women somewhat more prominently using the music of bassist Edger.
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A.H. Dance Company presents Berita [Professional Performances]
A.H Dance Company
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A.H. Dance Company presents Berita
Alaine Handa and Dancers is proud to present its first full performance engagement, opening May 9th (9pm) & May 10th (8pm), 2008, at Merce Cunningham Studios in the heart of Manhattan’s West Village.
Berita, the Bahasa word for “news,” is a series of performances examining the depth of media in everyday culture and the ways it infiltrates our society and individual consciousness. It features choreography from a variety of dancers studying different disciplines
What happens when the path you are on is no longer the way to go? Sasha Soreff Dance Theater’s If You Can’t Get There From Here, Stand Still opens the show with an exploration of the vicissitudes of motion and the impulse to slow down.
Drifting in Delta will be Khoi Le’s first piece presented in New York. It follows concepts laid down by Erick Hawkins’ and Martha Graham’s techniques. Madina Agenor’s following duet delves into the complexities of human affectivity. It tells the story of an emotional connection between two people that transcends the boundaries of time, place and gender.
Alaine Handa’s first performance mirrors latchkey kids wasting away in front of television and video games. It is followed by Caber Tossed, a sneak peek into the two-dimensional world of childhood games such as Super Mario Brothers and Super Bonk.
Themes of pop culture continue into Alaine Handa’s and Jenny Boissiere’s duet regarding the unnecessary expectation on resembling the superslim goddesses of runway models and Barbie dolls. Homage to La-La-Land explodes this stereotype into a comical snapshot of the fashion industry and hyper-sexuality of the media, transforming innocent starlets to look “Hollywood perfect.”
A trio performed by Emily Vetsch, Khoi Le and Yayoi Hirano follows, dealing with two lovers suffering through the loss of each other in times of war and witnessing the schism through a haze of drugs and alcohol. Red Satin Puppets shows dancers Melanie Monterey and Sarah Gelband bound to each other in a dark examination of pawn governments, blurring the line between puppet and puppeteer.
A penultimate solo performed by Molly Campbell shows courage in the face of war as a Muslim woman from a poor family who is “sold” to an organization that thrives on violence. Berita ends with Salaam, a piece about Muslim women in a war-torn nation, facing extremes of emotion and brutality every day.
Alaine Handa and Dancers has a mission: to present and support independent contemporary artists and companies in New York and worldwide. Through collaborations with local dancers and artists of other mediums, Alaine Handa and Dancers hope to share modern dance to communities that lack exposure to it. Ms. Handa's movement vocabulary is quirky, athletic, and lyrical.
Berita will be presented at Merce Cunningham Studios, 55 Bethune St. (btw. Washington St. & West Side Hwy.) on May 9 & 10, 2008 at 9 pm & 8 pm respectively. Tickets are available for $15 ($12 Seniors/Students, TDF/V).
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2nd Annual Destined 2 Dance Awards [Professional Performances]
Destined 2 Dance Awards
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This event is filled with great performances from different area individuals and studios that have dynaminc dancers and instructors. It is filled with information on different dance genres and how they orginated. Dance Scholarships for students who take dance seriously. Special recognition to deserving instructors, students, and studios for a job well done. This event will take place first in Memphis, TN. Next stop Oklahoma City, Oklahoma be on the look for a state around you. Remember this event is Semi Formal. Tickets go on Sale APRIL 1, 2008.
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Masters of Dance Seminar [Workshops]
Cal State University, Long Beach
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Use Promotional code: STUTE for $50.00 off registration. Spend a day learning techniques from some of the hottest dancers and choreographers in the entertainment industry today. Come be inspired by remarks from Carrie Ann Inaba, a judge on ABC's hit show Dancing with the Stars. Learn from professionals who've worked with Janet Jackson, Cher, Madonna, Twyla Tharp, Baryshnikov, Kenny Ortega (Choreographer for High School Musical), and with other world class artists in jazz, ballet, tap, lyrical, hip-hop, modern, and Latin dance. You will get tips from artists who've been soloists in the LA Opera, San Francisco Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Company and have appeared in hit shows like So You think You Can Dance, FAME, Star Search, and Dancing With the Stars. The Masters of Dance Seminar will be a day you'll never forget. Who Should Attend? Professional dancers interested in increasing their repertoire; Dance students interested in learning new steps and routines; Novice dancers interested in learning the form and structure of various dance styles; Anyone interested in enhancing their skills in dance and movement. Seminar participants will be placed in groups by age and will learn routines in: Modern, Latin Ballroom, Broadway, Hip Hop, Jazz, and Lyrical. The day will end with the awarding of two Carrie Ann Inaba Dance Scholarships. Instructors: Aaron Cash, Adesola Osakalumi, Kelly Connolly, Charles "Bubba" Carr, Artem Chigvintsev, Nathan Prevost, and Carlton Wilborn. For registration and scholarship information, please visit: www.modsuniversity.com. Don’t forget to use promotional code: STUTE for $50.00 off registration
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The Reality Series [Professional Performances]
Louise Reichlin & Dancers/ LA Choreographers & Dancers
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The Reality Series (Premiere)
About: Do you dream of performing on stage with a dance company? Come to a performance of Louise Reichlin & Dancers and you might get your chance. "The Reality Series" is an interactive dance/multimedia work based on parts of our lives that we often don't pay too much attention to. Each will use members of the audience either as volunteers, or to propel the work as it unfolds on stage. Some participate on stage, others watch from their seats.
"The Shampoo" "Los(t) Angeles" "Identity"
Also excerpts from "The Tennis Dances" including "Harem" not seen since 1999.
Plus tribute to tapper Alfred Desio.
Where: Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park CA 91303
When: Saturday, May 10, 2008, 2 performances @ 2:00 and 7:00 pm.
Tickets: $25, $20 general, $20, $15 DRC/senior/student
Box Office: 818-347-9938 or www.culturela.org/madridtheatre/tickets.html
Low-priced group sales 213-385-1171
See videos on YouTube.com/LouiseReichlin
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Dance Makers & Ground Breakers [Student Performances]
Loco-Motion Dance Theatre for Children
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Dance Makers & Ground Breakers will give audiences a glimpse into the minds and hearts of its young choreographers and dancers ages 6 -17. In addition to participating in Loco-Motion’s curriculum of modern dance, dance composition, ballet, and improvisation techniques, 80 students from seven different classes have spent the last nine months in extensive choreography workshops. Under the tutelage of Artistic Director Lisa Pilato, they have been conceptualizing, creating, editing and executing their own pieces in a unique dance environment that allows for individual creative expression and artistic autonomy. There will be 13 pieces in the performance including: Dear Mr. President, a political plea to President Bush with dancers representing underserved Americans and one representing Bush as an out of touch leader. Included topics are homelessness, no child left behind policy, gay rights and over-crowded jails. It is a fusion of ballet, hip hop and jazz dance styles; Free, a civil rights dance to “A Symphony of Brotherhood” by Miri ben Ari and inspired by the teachings of Martin Luther King, JR., the dance focuses on the progress made during the civil rights movement towards racial equality and acknowledges how much work has yet to be done. It is a fusion of modern and West African dance; Legacy, a modern dance piece with choreography based on research and photographs of turn of the last century immigrants and utilizes six foot long thin sticks of plywood as props that transform from oars, to bridges to tenements, etc. It juxtaposes the initial hope of the immigrants against the harsh realities of finding their place in a new world as they seek a better life for their future generations; and Vintage Cartoon Dance (untitled) where the plots and themes take actual choreography and sound from old cartoons to explore and examine the psychological and relational dynamics between the characters of some of our favorite cartoons. Included is the relationship between Tom and Jerry (I love to hate you); a tango between Pepe Le Pew and Penelope, the manipulation and cunning apparent in the antics of Bugs Bunny; and the savior and the need to be saved dynamic between Popeye and Olive Oyl. The choreography is a fusion of jazz and vaudeville styles. Dance Makers & Ground Breakers will prove to be an entertaining and thought-provoking experience for audiences of all ages.
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Until Nostalgia Sets In [Student Performances]
The New School
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Tishman Auditorium
Johnson Building
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY
- May 8 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
- May 10 @ 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
t: 212 229 5488
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Premiering five original dance works choreographed by students in the 2008 senior seminar in dance, led by Professor Rebecca Stenn. Pieces explore the intersection between identity, heritage and the bodily experience while manipulating perception and the relationship between subject and object.
Sponsored by the Arts program at Eugene Lang College.
General admission, $5
Tickets available at the box office
66 West 12th Street lobby / 212.229.5488
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Programm XXVI []
ballettmainz
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Staatstheater Mainz
Gutenbergplatz 7
Mainz, 55116 Germany
- May 10 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Mar 30 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Apr 6 @ 02:00 PM - 04:15 PM
- May 28 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Apr 17 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Apr 21 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Feb 23 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Mar 2 @ 02:00 PM - 04:15 PM
- Mar 4 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Mar 5 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Apr 27 @ 02:00 PM - 04:15 PM
- Mar 8 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
- Mar 21 @ 07:30 PM - 10:15 PM
http://www.staatstheater-mainz.…
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PROGRAMM XXVI
Philipp Egli: Contredanse (World Premiere)
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Decor: Florian Etti, Costumes: Sabine Schnetz
Antony Tudor: Jardin aux Lilas
Poeme für Violine und Orchester op. 25 von Ernest Chausson
Set: Thomas Ziegler, Einstudierung: Donald Mahler
Martin Schlaepfer: Reformationssymphonie (World Premiere)
Sinfonie Nr. 5 d-Moll op. 107 von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Costumes: Marie-Therese Jossen
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Wiebe Moeys Dance Project: scultura in musica [Professional Performances]
Wiebe Moeys Dance Project
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Wiebe Moeys Dance Project: sculpture in music
A new project mixing dance, live music and sculture. Starting from various fragments, it will evolve into a vivrant fusion between the various art-forms in which we can see have many aspects in common that unite one to the other. The project grew out of collaborations between artists of different origins, especially Yuri Goloubev and Wiebe Moeys.
The Wiebe Moeys Dance Project is preparing a new production; this won't be an exhibition of songs and dance steps, but a constant moulding and transformation of living scultures towards an imminent moment which will stick in your minds for it's simplicity and truth. It starts with the sound of a breath, then man, woman, the couple moving towards the musician and his instrument. The relationship and the transformation in order to create something that today we can only immagine, but in reality will be different. This is a show that can stimulate the ideas of artists ( in particular scultures, painting, musicians and choreographers).
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VARIA [Professional Performances]
Odyssey Theater Ensemble
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VARIA is a showcase of four works by five choreographers that depict the simplicity of everyday moments and the journey of both emotional and personal discovery. Cecilia Ceresa and Anthony Giorgio’s "Vita" incorporates jazz, 80s funk and comedic flare to illustrate a young woman’s struggle to maintain her grasp on strength, hope and love. John Paolillo (aka Johnnie P) offers up a few Latin flavored and Gospel-infused selections from his body image inspired production, "lbs: the musical with weight behind it." Shana Solomon’s "Vanishing Point" combines modern, lyrical and urban styles with a dash of slapstick to create a multi-vignette piece about New Yorkers. Bossa Nova beats and sensual stirrings spring forth from Tracie Stanfield’s "Mucha Muchachas," "UnRavel" and "Ellington."
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Tuesdays@Noon [Professional Performances]
Dance Currents, Marjorie Morgan&Karl Cronin, Prometheus Elders, Aparna Sindhoor
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Part of Cambridge's DanceMonth, a city-wide celebration of dance. Tuesdays@Noon is a concert and luncheon series held every Tuesday in May in The Julie Ince Thompson Theatre at The Dance Complex. For only $12, a live dance performance, followed by lunch with the artists. Catered by some of the finest restaurants in town, a series ticket is only $40 and it is transferable.
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TAKE Dance Company Celebrates its 4th New York Season with the Premiere of Three Contemporary Works [Professional Performances]
Take Dance Company
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Miller Theatre
Columbia University
116th and Broadway
New York, New York
- May 15 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- May 16 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- May 17 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
t: 212.868.4444
http://www.takedancenyc.com
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New York City – TAKE Dance Company, a 12-member modern dance ensemble known for its “gentle blend of eastern and western sensibilities,” presents a three-night performance series soaked in stage-filling structural patterns, exuberant play, and human dancescapes.
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Border [Professional Performances]
GERALDCASELDANCE
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GERALDCASELDANCE is pleased to announce the premiere of Border, the company’s first evening-length piece. Border holds up and examines cultural identity by commenting on both the figurative and literal experience of movement across borders. This work explores society’s fascination with and quiet repulsion against that which is foreign. Border asks, what if there were no physical borders? Do boundaries unite or stratify? Can a person live invisibly and still maintain their dignity? How does one create a life of balance from a state of disorientation and displacement?
As the piece progresses, metaphors expand beyond these questions making way to an elegiac meditation on how humans treat one another. The melodic textures of Claude Debussy and Jeff Hanson provide a counterpoint to an original sound score played live by Robert Poss (guitar and electronics). The dance will be performed by Lindsay Ashmun, Ben Asriel, Tim Harvey, Na-ye Kim, Kai Kleinbard, Toni Melaas, Omagbitse Omagbemi, Paul Singh and Isadora Wolfe. Lighting designer Joe Levasseur collaborates with Casel for the first time and fashion designer David Quinn creates original costumes.
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Romeo & Juliet [Professional Performances]
North Carolina Dance Theatre
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Find yourself transported to fair Verona as the tragic story of Romeo & Juliet comes to life once again with Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s choreography. The star-crossed lovers will dance amidst grand scenery to a score by Hector Berlioz. This is a ballet for those who are in love, have lost love and those who yearn to feel such love.
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Dance Recitals [Student Performances]
Encore Studio of Dance
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50's/60's inspired theme rectial. Come dance with us back in the day before there were cell phone and computers! Just malts and jukeboxes!!
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Spring Forward! [Professional Performances]
The Center Dance Company with Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co.
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Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre
3501 South 2nd St.
Arlington, VA
- May 16 @ 07:30 PM - May 18 @ 02:00 PM
t: 703-522-2414
http://www.arldance.org
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In celebration of the Company's long history and its' leap' to a magnificent new facility we are delighted to announce a unique collaboration presentation - "Spring Forward" - a festival performance with the renowned Dana Tai Soon Burgess and Co. The program consists of a classical divertissement from Act III of Swan Lake "Fiancees Pas de Six"; "Fractures" and "Khaybet" choreographed by Dana Tai Soon Burgess; and a revival of one of The Center Dance Company's signature works"A Bluegrass Portrait."
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XX [Student Performances]
Imagination Stage Dance Ensemble
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The Imagination Stage Dance Ensemble (ISDE) works as an ensemble, creating works around an idea or theme. The choreographer, Veronika Farkas, serves as the architect with the dancers working as developers. For 2008, ISDE is focusing on issues that present themselves within a woman’s life. What does it mean to be a woman? What are the expectations from society, from other women, from the other sex? Throughout the year, ISDE dancers will explore their own feelings through music and movement, culminating in “XX,” a full-length dance performance. Dance pieces will specifically spotlight issues such as motherhood, work, self-image, the “ideal” woman, woman in war, and the question “do the clothes make the (wo)man?”
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Ausdruckstanz Dance | Imprints in Motion - presents new work by Brigitta Herrmann: "Physiognomy of the Spirit" [Professional Performances]
Ausdruckstanz Dance | Imprints in Motion
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CEC Meetinghouse Theater
3500 Lancaster Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
- May 16 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
e: knarcowich@yahoo.com
t: 215.438.2744
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Performances: May 16 & 17 @8 PM (Fri./Sat.), & May 18 @2 PM(Sun)
at the CEC Meetinghouse Theater, 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia
http://www.cecarts.org/
Tickets: $20 General admission
$15 students/seniors/Dance PASS holders
RESERVATIONS: 215.438.2744 or bodyintuition@cs.com
In "Physiognomy of the Spirit", choreographer Brigitta Herrmann reintroduces the concept of a dance/movement choir, with an intergenerational group ranging from teen- to senior age. Investigating layers of consciousness, each section portrays aspects of a shift in perception between the internal/ external worlds, utilizing choreography and structured improvisation in juxtaposition with text/voice/music, along with video by Peter Price. This concept of a dance choir, as an entity of group consciousness was explored and favored by Mary Wigman, Expressionist dance pioneer, and Herrmann’s teacher/mentor. The piece explores images of relationship, reflecting on our interconnectedness with the planet and one another through solo, duet, and group forms.
Participating dancers include: Kristin Narcowich, Rebecca Patek, Josie Smith, Zornitsa Stoyanova, Emily Sweeney, Sheila Zagar, and Group Motion Workshop community dancers: Kathie Brown, Vickie Seitchick, Nina Sherak, Elizabeth Weinstein, & Suzanne Wright.
"Physiognomy of the Spirit" is supported in part by Dance Advance, a program of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by the University of the Arts.
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Dedicated to DANCE ART and music making for nearly half a century, in 2008 Brigitta Herrmann celebrates her 40th anniversary working with Group Motion and living in the US (Philadelphia); also, this year marks her 70th birthday, and 20 years of activities with her own company: Ausdruckstanz//Imprints in Motion.
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The Sleeping Beauty [Professional Performances]
Orlando Ballet
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Orlando Ballet closes its 2007-08 Season with its full-length production of The Sleeping Beauty accompanied by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. The Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale classic with fairy godmothers, evil witch’s curses and a handsome prince. The ballet begins during a celebration for Aurora’s sixteenth birthday. Suddenly the festivities are cut short when Aurora pricks her finger on a poisonous rose. The entire kingdom falls into a deep slumber and only true love’s kiss can break the spell. In the final act, a wedding celebration takes place and Aurora and her prince are joined by Bluebird and Princess Florine, Puss in Boots and the White Cat.
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MEN DANCE MICHIGAN [Professional Performances]
dANCEpROjECt
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Knickerbocker Theatre
86 East 8th Street
Holland, Michigan
- May 16 @ 08:00 PM - May 17 @ 08:00 PM
t: 616 395-7092
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MEN DANCE MICHIGAN is a forum for male choreographers designed to showcase the works of men who live, work and create dance in the State of Michigan. The project is committed to keeping the distinctive male vision on dance energized within its home State and to encourage men and male dancers to remain in Michigan, or come to Michigan, to create and present dance. Performances and videos by state residents Shawn Bible, Steven Iannacone, Gregory Patterson and Peter Sparling will be featured along with other established and emerging choreographers at the historic Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland, Michigan on May 16 & 17 at 8 PM. Call (616) 395-7890 for tickets.
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Burden [Professional Performances]
6th Day Dance Company
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6th Day Dance Company, a Seattle-based contemporary dance company, presents “Burden,”
a collection of new works that explore life’s questions and answers about the purpose of life and death. It will premier on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 3pm and 8pm at MainSpace Theater 915 E Pine Street Suite 200, Seattle 98122. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors over 65 and children under 12. However, this show may not be suitable for children under the age of 6. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance via www.sixthdaydance.org or by phone at 206-406-5465. For more information on tickets, contact info@sixthdaydance.org
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Newport Stories [Professional Performances]
Island Moving Co.
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Great Friends Meeting House
Corner of Marlborough & Farewell Streets
Newport, RI
- May 17 @ 04:00 AM - May 18 @ 04:00 AM
t: 401.847.4470
http://www.islandmovingco.org
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NEWPORT STORIES
Full Evening Premiere
A collaborative work based on poems, history and contemporary stories of Newport. Choreography by Island Moving Co. Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen & Michael Bolger; music composed by Christopher Eastburn; text by John Pantalone. Performed with members of Boston's Family Folk Chorale at the Great Friends Meeting House at the corner of Marlborough and Farewell Streets in Newport, RI. Tickets: $23, which includes a donation for the restoration and upkeep of the Meeting House.
May 17 performances at 4 and 7pm
May 18 performance at 4pm
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New York City Dance Parade [Special Events]
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begins: between 27th and 28th between Broadway and Sixth Avenue
New York, New York
- May 17 @ 01:00 PM - 08:00 PM
t: 973-886-5757
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Following the Parade down Broadway from 28th Street to University, we dance our way East along Saint Marks to Tompkins Square Park for DanceFest--A four hour free festival with breathtaking staged performances, social dancing, dance lessons and a DJ party. Grand Marshals Luiji (the Father of Jazz Dance), Jonathan Peters (DJ Times ranks him as #1 DJ in America) and others soon to be announced!
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The Little Mermaid [Professional Performances]
North Carolina Dance Theatre
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Dive into the underwater world with the world premiere of Mark Diamond’s The Little Mermaid. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fable, Mark Diamond’s The Little Mermaid chronicles a young mermaid through her adventures of discovering a new world.
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"ANCESTOR CONFIRMATION… A Movement Discourse Inspired by Rumi” [Special Events]
Def Dance Jam Workshop
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Audubon Ballroom at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center
3940 Broadway
New York, NY
- May 17 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
- May 17 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
e: info@defdancejam.org
t: 212-694-0477
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Def Dance Jam Workshop in association with the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center will present the sign interpreted performance featuring a special guest appearance by Mete Horzum, one of Turkey’s leading Whirling Dervish dancers. 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm (two performances). Tickets are $15 (Children 6 years and under admitted free)
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"ANCESTOR CONFIRMATION… A Movement Discourse Inspired by Rumi” [Special Events]
Def Dance Jam Workshop
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Audubon Ballroom at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center
3940 Broadway
New York, NY
- May 17 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
- May 17 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
t: 212-694-0477
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Def Dance Jam Workshop in association with the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial, Educational and Cultural Center will present the sign interpreted performance featuring a special guest appearance by Mete Horzum, one of Turkey’s leading Whirling Dervish dancers. 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm (two performances). Tickets are $15 (Children 6 years and under admitted free)
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Tamburitzans [Professional Performances]
Tamburitzans of Duquesne University
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The Tamburitzans perform the vibrant dance of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. The troop is composed of dancers, from across the globe, who have earned both a spot in the troop and as students at the highly regarded Duquesne University. The performance is a high energy show, filled with unusual steps, moved and rhythms. Don't miss this world dance event!
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TEX FEST SHOWCASE [Student Performances]
Rednerrus Feil
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TEX FEST 2008 is a performance showcase featuring the students of TEX FEST. This 7 day dance intensive features yoga, ballet, anatomy and daily choreography rehearsals culminate in the Showcase performance Saturday May 24th at 8pm at the SHSU dance theater. Guest professional company Rednerrus Feil will be headlining the event.
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Folklorico [Special Events]
Ballet Folklorico Tierra y Libertad
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Sylmar Recreational Park
13109 Borden Ave.
Sylmar, CA
- May 18 @ 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
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Our event is including Folklorico, Aztec and Salsa
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Elements Contemporary Ballet's Spring Concert 2008 [Professional Performances]
Elements Contemporary Ballet
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Under the artistic direction of Mike Gosney, Elements Contemporary Ballet takes a daring and aggressive approach to ballet with Spring Concert 2008, showcasing stunning versatility with innovative works by up-and-coming choreographers.
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Repertory Program [Professional Performances]
Island Moving Company
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Repertory program includes new works by the dancers of the Island Moving Company.
Great Friends Meeting House at the corner of Marlborough and Farewell Streets in beautiful Newport, RI.
Tickets: $23 which includes a donation for the restoration and upkeep of the Meeting House.
Performances at 8 pm each evening.
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Twyla Tharp's Armenia [Professional Performances]
Company C Ballet
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Dean Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA
- May 23 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- May 24 @ 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
t: 925-708-0752
http://www.companycballet.org
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Company C Contemporary Ballet presents the world premiere of Twyla Tharp’s Armenia. Set to six traditional Armenian folk dances compiled by Vardapet Komitas, Tharp’s new duet features challenging ballet technique and difficult partnering as well as Tharp’s trademark humor and off-beat timing.
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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company New York Season 2008 [Professional Performances]
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
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Ailey Citigroup Theater
455 West 55th Street
New York, NY
- May 23 @ 08:00 PM - May 24 @ 08:00 PM
t: 800-650-0246
http://www.nainichen.org
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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents its New York City Season for 2008 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. The exciting and diverse program celebrates the work of artistic director Nai-Ni Chen, and includes two New York premieres - "The Way of Five, No. 2 - Fire" and "The Way of Five, No.3 - Water." Tickets are already selling fast - don't miss this opportunity to see this cross-cultural, groundbreaking company at one of New York's premier venues for modern dance. Call 800-650-0246 for reservations, or visit www.nainichen.org for online purchases.
Tickets: $30 Adult
$15 Child/Senior/Student
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Loco-Motion Dance Theatre for Children Performs in La MaMa Moves Dance Festival [Student Performances]
Loco-Motion Dance Theatre for Children
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Loco-Motion Dance Theatre for Children will perform in the La MaMa Moves Dance Festival on May 25, 2008, at 2:30pm. Loco-Motion’s young choreographers and dancers, ages 8 to 17, conceptualized, created, and choreographed their performance through a unique creative process under the guidance of artistic director Lisa Pilato. Loco-Motion will perform 10 original dances, including: “We Are The People We've Been Waiting For”- Inspired by the teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr., this dance celebrates racial unity while acknowledging the work that remains to be done. The dancers perform this fusion of modern and West African dance to “A Symphony of Brotherhood” by Miri Ben-Ari. “Legacy” — This modern dance piece contrasts the hopes of recent immigrants with the struggles of finding a place in a new world. The dancers use six-foot wooden sticks as props that transform from oars to bridges to tenements. This is a fusion of modern and West African Dance. “Dear Mr. President” — This piece, a fusion of ballet, hip hop and jazz, is a plea to President Bush, exploring topics such as homelessness, th e No Child Left Behind law, gay rights, and overcrowded jails. Other dances explore the loss of childhood, the war in Iraq, friendship, and the joy of being part of a creative community.
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FRAME DANCES [Workshops]
Susan Marchall and Company and Music-Theatre Group
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Music-Theatre Group is thrilled to announce the inauguration of its new performing space at 10 Jay Street, in Brooklyn, with eight workshop performances of
Susan Marshall & Company in FRAME DANCES, a brand-new performance installation created by Susan Marshall with music and video May 28 – June 1, 2008. (Details attached.)
FRAME DANCES presents movement-based art specifically created to inhabit the confined spaces of relatively small frames. Each FRAME DANCE will be captured on video in live time, in full view, and the different perspectives will be presented side by side. Audiences become part of the work as they move freely through the space, making choices about how they view the various pieces. Composer Peter Whitehead has created a series of layered scores for this installation, which he will perform live.
FRAME DANCES is commissioned and produced by Music-Theatre Group, extending MTG’s long tradition of working with artists as they experiment in real time to develop new expressive techniques.
Tickets $15 through Smart Tix at www.smartix.com or 212 868 4444
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Danceforms' "The 40th International Choreographers' Showcase" [Professional Performances]
Dance-Forms Productions
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Dance-Forms Productions presents "The 40th International Choreographers' Showcase" featuring "Sardonyx" by Dutch choreographer Ivo Van Zwieten with principal dancer Attila Joey Csiki, "Future Memories" by Karen Peterson & Dancers from Miami, Florida, "Tribe" by Birute Letukaite & Aura Dance Company from Lithuania, "L'Eclat des Lucioles" by Balkis Manoukian from France, "Desdemona" by Michael Fichtenbaum with the St. Poelten Ballet from Austria.
Popular Prices are 8.00 Euros for the general audience.
Make your reservations by phone calling Dance-Forms Productions at (502) 222-2273. By e-mail writing to danceformspro@aol.com
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FRAME DANCES [Workshops]
Susan Marshall and Company and Music-Theatre Group
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10 Jay Street
10 Jay Street
Brooklyn, New York
- May 29 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
- May 29 @ 09:30 PM - 10:30 PM
- May 30 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
- May 31 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
- May 31 @ 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
- Jun 1 @ 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
t: 212 868 4444
http://www.musictheatregroup.co…
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Music-Theatre Group is thrilled to announce the inauguration of its new performing space at 10 Jay Street, in Brooklyn, with eight workshop performances of
Susan Marshall & Company in FRAME DANCES, a brand-new performance installation created by Susan Marshall with music and video May 28 – June 1, 2008. (Details attached.)
FRAME DANCES presents movement-based art specifically created to inhabit the confined spaces of relatively small frames. Each FRAME DANCE will be captured on video in live time, in full view, and the different perspectives will be presented side by side. Audiences become part of the work as they move freely through the space, making choices about how they view the various pieces. Composer Peter Whitehead has created a series of layered scores for this installation, which he will perform live.
FRAME DANCES is commissioned and produced by Music-Theatre Group, extending MTG’s long tradition of working with artists as they experiment in real time to develop new expressive techniques.
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