THE ELAN SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO PROVINCETOWN (NEW YORK, NY July 17, 2009)
The Elan Summer Dance Festival, presenting the works of New York and Boston-based choreographers returns to Provincetown, MA on Saturday, August 22, 2009. The choreographers and companies being presented currently include, Synthesis Dance Project (New York), BoSoma Dance Company (Boston), Ryan McNally (New York) Andrea Andresakis (New York), Maria Hackbarth (New York), The Mantis Project (New York), Noelle Patten Dance (New York), Roschman and Artists (New York), BODYART (New York), Beings dance (New York), and Nicole del Pino (New York).
This summer festival is part of The Elan Awards, a dance festival held in New York City that showcases the works of fourteen choreographers and honors choreographers who have made a significant impact on dance altering the way dance is viewed today; past honorees of The Elan Award include Graciella Daniele, Jerry Mitchell, Ann Reinking, Rob Marshall, Lar Lubovitch and Susan Stroman.
Named “ONE OF NINE DANCEMAKERS MAKING HISTORY” by Dance Spirit Magazine in 2001, Geoffrey Doig-Marx is the Creator/Artistic Director of The Elan Awards, Director of Arias Dance NYC and the Artistic Director/Founder of The Mantis Project Dance Company. Mr. Doig-Marx received a Certificate of Excellence in Cultural Achievement from Manhattan Borough President, Office of The Mayor of New York City for his work with The Elan Awards.
The Elan Summer Festival is presented by Geoffrey Doig-Marx and Tricia Arenson and will be held on Saturday, August 22nd from 9:00am-8:00pm in front of The Unitarian Universalist Meeting House (236 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657) Free to the public.
The 2009 Elan Summer Festival Program Information:
Synthesis Dance Project
Choreographer: Tracie Stanfield
Title of piece: From Fever or Forgotten WIngs
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancers:Tara Nixon, Alana Sampietro, Heidi Sutherland, Colleen Aherne, Elissa Teperson
Title of piece: FanFare
Music: Caravan of Thieves
Dancers: Lauren Perilli, Daniele Bower, Colleen Aherne, Ai Shimatsu, Alana Sampietro
Title of piece: You Won’t See Me
Music: Daughter Darling
Dancers: Lauren Perill
Title of piece: Overture & Underscore
Music: J.S. Bach
Dancers: Tara Nixon, Ai Shimatsu, Heidi Sutherland, Elissa Teperson
Title of piece: For Liars, For Sages and For Those Who Are New
Music: Emily Wells
Dancers: Tara Nixon, Ai Shimatsu, Alana Sampietro, Heidi Sutherland, Alana Sampietro
Title of piece: Infinite Loop
Music: Various Artists
Dancers: Tara Nixon, Heidi Sutherland
Synthesisdanceproject.com
Company: Bosoma
Reverie’s Muse
Music: Brian Eno, Paul Anselmo
Dancers: Full Company
Company Members: Becky Anderson, Meghan Hood, Tara McCrystal, Audrey La Vallee, Amanda Rey, Heather Lombardo, Esther Kennedy and Erika Johnson
BoxedMusic: Kodo
Dancers: Tara McCrystal, Heather Lombardo/Erika Johnson, Becky Anderson
Athletique
Music: Vanessa Mae
Dancers: Erika Johnson, Meghan Hood
Tapestry
Music: Baka Beyond
Soldier’s Lullaby
Music: Aaron Martin, Alex Mitchell
Between Lines
Music: Giovanni Sollima
Dancers: Becky Anderson, Tara McCrystal
www.bosoma.org
Choreographer: Ryan McNally
Title of Piece: “Anthem”
Music: “Anthem” by Ryan McNally
Dancer: Ryan McNally
Choreographer/Company Name: Noelle Patten Dance
Name of pieces: Blind Desires
Name of Music (next to pieces):
I. Anodynia: 4. Finale by Break of RealityII. Vintage by Break of Reality
III. Spectrum of the Sky by Break of Reailty
* All from Break of Reality’s cd: Spectrum of the Sky
Dancers Names: Adrianne Chu, Joe Gonzalez, Noelle Patten and Lynda Senisi
Company Name: Roschman and Artists
Choreographer: Sean Roschman
Title of Piece: “First Summer in the New World”
Music: Warsaw Village Band
Dancers: Jennifer Chapko, Alexandrea Mount Campbell, Brittany Pressley, Dannie Flannigan, Katie Quarrier, Ariel Pierce, Kara Zacconi
Choreographer: Nicole del Pino
Title of pieces : Back in Black and For the troops
Music: Back in black by vitamin string quartet
Music: Perpetuum Mobile by the penguin cafe orchestra)
Dancers: Nicole del Pino, Brianna Dooling, Angelica Fernandez, Jamie Hinnant, Kirsten Marbert, and Rachel Rodriguez.
Company Name: BODYART, Artistic Director Leslie Scott
Title of piece: excerpt from ‘Limbo’
Music (next to pieces): Composers: Charles Seich & Max Richter
Dancers : Brett Alan, Allison Ploor, Lindsey Gruber, Stephaine Mas, Nhan Ho, Kristina Skjelberg
Choreographer/Company Name: Emily Bufferd/BEings dance
Title of Pieces: Understanding (Moonlight Sonata,Beethoven), You (It’s You, Greg Tannen. I’ll Be Seeing You, Billie Holiday) W8 (Invention, Bob Siebert), Stop Talking (Stop Talking, Emily Bufferd), You’re It! (Don’t Mean a Thing, Duke Ellington)
Dancers: April Rosenberg, Bridget Perfetto, Jami Shapiro, Lindsey Perfetto, Philip Northington
Choreographer: Andrea Andresakis
Title of piece: Angel
Music: Jimi Hendrix
Dancer: Megan Roup
Title of piece: There’s got to be something better than this”.
Music: Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields
Dancers: Megan Roup, Sarah Shepler and Liz Piccoli
Title of piece: Arthur in the Afternoon
Music: Kander and Ebb
Dancer: Sarah Shepler
Title of piece: I try
Music: Macy Gray
Dancer: Liz Picolli
Title of piece: Don’t ask me (I don’t give a damn)
Music: Country Joe and The Fish
Dancers: Megan Roup, Sarah Shepler and Liz Piccoli
