Works In Progress (WIP) provides choreographers an opportunity to show new work at various stages of development in front of a live audience. Participating artists receive written and oral feedback from the audience, offering them objective insight during critical points in the choreographic process.
For more information or an application, please visit ourwebsite.
Coming Up:
Open Rehearsal:
SPLICE Artist Kendra Portier
October 29
5:00 - 7:00pm
FREE!
Get a preview of the show and a sneak peak into Kendra's process!
SPLICE: Kendra Portier/Elke Luyten & Kira Alker
November 30-December 8 FRI 7:30pm | SAT 3:00pm and 7:30pm Tickets:7 general, 2 DNA members, 4 students/seniors, 2 advance
*There will be an opening reception at 6:30pm on November 30.
The Business of Making Art is a lecture / discussion series helping choreographers and dancers develop strategies to present and market themselves and their work.
Juggling Art and the Business of Being an Artist
with Monica Bill Barnes Artistic Director and Choreographer,
Monica Bill Barnes & Company
November 2
10:00am - 1:00pm
Battery Dance: 380 Broadway 5th Fl. (2 blocks south of Canal)
This class will focus on the balancing act of building a career which pays you to be a choreographer while at the same time continuing to nurture your own artistic development.
Fee: 0 advance payments, 5 at the door
To pre-register or for more information, contactHannah Seidelor visit ourwebsite.
Experience a centuries-old folk music and dance tradition from the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami-devastated region of Japan. The practice ofKuromori Kagurawhich represents a display of appreciate to the gods of Shintoism, can be traced back to the 17th century when it began in honor of the divine spirit of the Kuromori Shrine in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture. Designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset by the Japanese government, the group will perform a selection of dances from their vast repertoire which includes furious jumps, brisk turns and whimsical moves accompanied by percussion andfue(Japanese flute), and performed with colorful costumes and masks.Pre-performance Lectureled byWilliam Lee, Associate Professor and Director, Asian Studies Centre, University of Manitoba one hour before each performance, free to ticket holders.
photo byYuichiro Kariya
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