PHILADELPHIA, PA: KORESH DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS 6th ANNUAL COME TOGETHER DANCE FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 20-24, 2019
Company:
KORESH DANCE COMPANY
Koresh Dance Company is proud to announce its 6th annual Come Together Dance Festival, November 20-24 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. This festival celebrates Philadelphia’s rich and diverse artistic landscape over 5 nights. Dance companies from near and far unite to give audiences an experience like no other.
The Festival, which began in 2013, celebrates the diversity, creativity, and technical excellence of Philadelphia’s dance community. From November 20-24, 5 mixed programs will stage an eclectic range of styles, juxtaposing genres from hip hop, tap, and jazz to ballet, modern, contemporary dance, and acrobatic physical theatre…and not to miss the Festival’s Saturday night program which will feature some of Philadelphia’s staple touring companies performing all in one program!
Koresh Dance Company aims to increase access to dance and awareness of the city’s rich movement cultures by assembling these diverse artists and dance companies in a single festival – at no cost to the Festival’s dancers. This festival is proud to be one of its kind highlighting dance in Philadelphia. In 2017, Broad Street Reviewwrote “Dance functions as a luminous symbol of truths; this festival brings with it plenty of fresh truth for our times.” In a similar light the TheDance Journal called the Festival “a panoramic view of where dance in America is in ethnic diversity, independent voices and choreographic range.”Philadelphia Weeklyhailed the 2014 Festival as “tak[ing] the art to a whole new level.”
Over 100 dance companies were either invited or applied to participate in the 2019 Come Together Dance Festival. The final roster includes internationally acclaimed companies Brian Sanders’ JUNK, Koresh Dance Company,Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Pennsylvania Balletc,Rennie Harris Puremovement—and 37 other companies!
This festival gives the opportunity for emerging dance companies and choreographers to share a stage with internationally hailed dance companies. This 5-day dance celebration provides all featured companies with a forum to interact with each other and the community with a goal of cross pollination of ideas and audiences. In an effort to expand the touring opportunities of Philadelphia based dance companies, KDC hosts dance presenters who can provide touring opportunities, as well as providing professionally photography and high resolution video to provide invaluable archival and promotional materials at no cost to the performers. This achieves both short term goals, providing smaller Philadelphia dance companies the opportunity to receive professional production and audience-building support, and long term, building local talent to sustain the future art communities of Philadelphia.
The Come Together Dance Festival attracts support from foundations dedicated to artistic and cultural development. This year’s Festival is supported by The Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation.
PERFORMANCE & EVENT DETAILS
FEATURING Brian Sanders’ JUNK, Koresh Dance Company,Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Pennsylvania Ballet, Rennie Harris Puremovement
WITH Alchemy Dance Company, Alisa Iacovelli & Casey Van Newenhizen, ARTIST HOUSE/Asya Zlatina + Dancers, Ash and Elm Dance Co., Ballet Inc., Britt Whitmoyer Fishel, Dara J. Meredith, Emily Pietruszka, Evalina “Wally” Carbonell, Footwerx Tap Company, Gary W Jeter II, Heather Dutton and Abigail Linnemeyer, Hood Nation, Jim Bunting Dance Company, Jon Lehrer Dance Company, Just Sole! Street Dance Theater Company, Kareem Goodwin and Dancers, Kendall Niblett, Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble, Maria Konrad, Matthew Soojian, Megan Flynn Dance Company, Melissa Rector, Melitta Parzyszek, mignolo dance, PINK HAIR AFFAIR, Project Moshen Dance Company, Rena Rossi Dance, SHARP Dance Company, SharQui, Sonia Dawkins | SD Prism Dance Theatre |ELEVATE|, Susie McHugh + Dancers, The Rock School, Thuy Wyckoff, Tina Croll + Company, Winifred Haun & Dancer, Yu.S.Artistry / Yuki Ishiguro
Wednesday, November 20, 7:30pm
Thursday, November 21, 7:30pm
Friday, November 22, 8pm
Saturday, November 23, 8pm
Sunday, November 24, 7pm
WEDNESDAY
Koresh Dance Company
Brian Sanders’ JUNK
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers
Alisa Iacovelli & Casey Van Newenhizen
Ballet Inc
Footwerx Tap Company
Emily Pietruszka
Melitta Parzyszek
Kendall Niblett
Evalina “Wally” Carbonell
Hood Nation
THURSDAY
Koresh Dance Company
Dara J. Meredith
Just Sole! Street Dance Theater Company
Alchemy Dance Company
Thuy Wyckoff
Ash and Elm Dance Co.
SharQui
SHARP Dance Company
Matthew Soojian
PINK HAIR AFFAIR
Tina Croll + Company
FRIDAY
Koresh Dance Company
Brian Sanders’ JUNK
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Project Moshen Dance Company
Susie McHugh + Dancers
Winifred Haun & Dancers
Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble
The Rock School
Gary W Jeter II
SATURDAY
Koresh Dance Company
Pennsylvania Ballet
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers
Rennie Harris Puremovement
SUNDAY
Koresh Dance Company
Maria Konrad
Sonia Dawkins | SD Prism Dance Theatre |ELEVATE|
Yu.S.Artistry / Yuki Ishiguro
Heather Dutton and Abigail Linnemeyer
Melissa Rector
Rena Rossi Dance
Megan Flynn Dance Company
mignolo dance
Kareem Goodwin and Dancers
ARTIST HOUSE/Asya Zlatina + Dancers
Britt Whitmoyer Fishel
Jim Bunting Dance Company
Updates at: https://www.koreshdance.org/come-together-dance-festival
To Purchase Tickets:
Call the Suzanne Roberts Theatre box office: 215.985.0420
Or head online: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/on-stage/inresidence/
*There is no online processing fee for tickets to Koresh performances
Festival Ticket Prices:
Individual $35
Senior $30
Student $23
Double the Dance 15% off
3 night Pass 20%
Festival Pass 25% off
Groups of 10+ $25/person+ $15/student and senior
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