[CI-Announce] 4 Dance companies perform at ARTS NIGHT OUT in NORTHAMPTON FRI OCT 8, 5-8 PM

[Francis Savage]

What?   FREE SITE SPECIFIC DANCE EVENTS!
When?   FRIDAY OCT 8, 5-7:30 PM
Where? THE STREETS OF NORTHAMPTON
During Second Fridays this week, four dance companies will be performing outside in downtown Northampton at 5, 5:45, and  6:30.  Companies are: Wire Monkey, Catalyst Dancers, Lisa Leizman Dance Company, and the Dance Generators with guests Christina Gabriel and Caddy Carlisle (SC 11). Sites: First Churches steps, Unitarian Society lawn, and the plaza between Thorne's and the Parking Garage.


The Lisa Leizman Dance Company is the resident dance company of the Northampton Center for the Arts.  The company of 16 dancers includes musical director Elizabeth Haymaker and composer-in-residence Andrea Kwapien  

  The  Catalyst Dancers is the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter High School’s pre professional Dance Company.  For the past 12 years, Catalyst has performed yearly at their resident Theater and PVPA and toured the US - from NY, to California, and Miami.  Catalyst has also contributed greatly to public education by performing in schools with their Viewing and Doing program that teaches history, music and literature through dance. The company has trained dancers that have gone on to dance with professional companies and productions such as CATS in New York, The Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company and Wally Cardona, as well as dance conservatories such as SUNY Purchase, Connecticut College, Ohio State, and University of the Arts.  This year’s company members have received full scholarships to world-renowned dance programs throughout the country.
 Under the direction of Jodi Falk from its beginning, and for the past 10 years with Jennifer Polins of Northampton, the Catalyst Dance Company has grown from a fledgling modern dance company into a pre-professional national touring group that performs works of all genres from nationally-acclaimed artists.  Catalyst has been a catalyst for young dancers to create the future of their dreams in dance.
 
 Wire Monkey Dance creates highly physical dance installations utilizing steel scaffolding and other industrial materials. Their gravity defying, multimedia dance events feature bold, animalistic choreography, live music and video projections, and address timeless human themes. Under the artistic direction of Saliq Francis Savage and Jennifer Polins, Wire Monkey Dance has a twelve-year roster of performances. Tours have included Pulaski Park, Northampton MA, Lincoln Center Out Of Doors, New York City's Dance Theater Workshop, Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, the Ponderosa Dance Land Festival in Germany and the Macau Fringe Festival and WACFEST in Macau, China. From their headquarters at Tree Studio in Holyoke MA, they create new work and performances for the local community. http://www.wiremonkeydance.com 
    To be presented is a work in progress for an installation performance scheduled to premiere in Northampton in April 2011. Video machines created by Yoann Trellu (http://www.keyframed.org  ) and Wire Monkey Dance. Dancers are from the new KICK ASS DANCE COMPANY OF NORTHAMPTON: Lani Nahele, Cynthia McLaughlin, Krista Denio, Saliq Francis Savage and Jennifer Polins

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