This isn't a blog for me to write up my personal reviews of shows, so I won't, but I just want to say thank you to George and Greg and all their dancers for the performance of the Dance Project I made it to (just barely, yuk weather and last minute "oh crap" parking money ATM stop later) last night.
What's coming next, everyone? I hear there's a bunch of stuff in March. And of course the end of Feb. is MAD Festival. Anything else in early Feb.? If so, do you want to host the dance table?? :)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Dance Table on Sunday--free ticket!
So we have the Dance Table up at George/Greg's show, but we're also putting it up at the Trocks show at the Ferst on Sunday evening. Is there anyone who'd like to staff the table that night (the show starts at 7, so from maybe 6:30-6:40 till curtain? and at intermission, ideally?) The Ferst has generously offered a free ticket to see the show for our lucky volunteer! :)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Interview with George Staib about this weekend's performance
From Cynthia Bond Perry at artscriticatl.com: Choreographer George Staib talks about culture and identity for Staibdance debut
I'm excited for George and all the dancers having their debut as Staibdance. George has been making some fantastic work for a while (I was in one piece a couple years ago, the one with the poles...but seriously, not pole dancing ;) and I'm glad he's had the backing to make this happen.
We've got the dance table all set up in the lobby at 7 Stages, and if you have more information you'd like to include on it for your upcoming events etc., you can drop it off there. Just promise you'll make room and make it look pretty when you leave it? Thanks :)
I'm excited for George and all the dancers having their debut as Staibdance. George has been making some fantastic work for a while (I was in one piece a couple years ago, the one with the poles...but seriously, not pole dancing ;) and I'm glad he's had the backing to make this happen.
We've got the dance table all set up in the lobby at 7 Stages, and if you have more information you'd like to include on it for your upcoming events etc., you can drop it off there. Just promise you'll make room and make it look pretty when you leave it? Thanks :)
Monday, January 18, 2010
meetings
So it looks like we won't be having our first meeting until February. I don't want to announce details until it's confirmed, but I'll post the info as soon as I have it and we hope you can make it!
As for the meeting itself, we've been bandying about ideas for a topic and two that have come up are production (inviting tech folks as well as dancer/choreographers for a sort of meet up) or marketing (this one might be more directly concerned with the mission of DanceATL, since the org will hopefully be a tool for marketing dance in Atlanta.) Any thoughts on other topics you might be interested in, either for this meeting or future ones?
As for the meeting itself, we've been bandying about ideas for a topic and two that have come up are production (inviting tech folks as well as dancer/choreographers for a sort of meet up) or marketing (this one might be more directly concerned with the mission of DanceATL, since the org will hopefully be a tool for marketing dance in Atlanta.) Any thoughts on other topics you might be interested in, either for this meeting or future ones?
Monday, January 11, 2010
Preview of Staibdance "The Dance Project"
From ArtsCriticATL.com: Cynthia Bond Perry's preview of the upcoming Staibdance show at 7 Stages. There's also a showcase of other local contemporary/modern choreographers (and if you're a contemp. dancer who's not dancing in one of these yourself, you probably know somebody who is!:)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Dance Truck
So some of us went outside despite the cold for the Dance Truck yesterday evening--then to be, luckily, led inside where it was warm to watch the Gravediggers perform. (I think the best links with info about this project are all on Facebook, so if you're one of the two people out there not on FB, you may be out of luck.)
I set up what was an admittedly pitiful version of the Atlanta Dances/Dance Atlanta/DanceATL (just when I thought we'd decided on the name...but we WILL have to finally make up our minds soon because they're going to be making us a website!) dance table. If you have materials, get them to me PLEASE. The next event where we'll set up will be George Staib/Greg Catellier's show in a couple weekends and I'd love to have more info to put out there! Thanks guys! Yay dance!
I set up what was an admittedly pitiful version of the Atlanta Dances/Dance Atlanta/DanceATL (just when I thought we'd decided on the name...but we WILL have to finally make up our minds soon because they're going to be making us a website!) dance table. If you have materials, get them to me PLEASE. The next event where we'll set up will be George Staib/Greg Catellier's show in a couple weekends and I'd love to have more info to put out there! Thanks guys! Yay dance!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Happy New Year and New Decade!
Hi everyone!
Hope your holidays were warm and restful (that's something I've found isn't possible with a 14 month old, but it was fun nonetheless).
I'm re-posting links to Cynthia Bond Perry's Dance Magazine articles that Keif attached in a comment. They weren't active links in the comment so I'm re-posting so that you can follow them (though of course they don't have all the nice photos that are included in the print magazine, so I recommend checking that out too.:)
Atlanta Ballet article and the general dance scene article
And in other good news, I have found an intern from Emory who will be helping with the Dance Atlanta project during this coming semester. And there's also a project class at the Art Institute of Atlanta that will be taking on the design of a real website! I plan to have the intern contact folks to get information and photos/video we can use in the design of it.
I'm also hoping we will be starting our monthly meetings this month. Maybe I'll put up a poll here on the blog for times and days generally that work for the most people?
And of course, the dance table will continue. This is another reminder if you have any materials to get them to me for the table that will be at the Staib/Catellier show. Or let me know if you have other shows we should bring the dance table to.
Thanks to you all for making the Atlanta dance community as vibrant and exciting as it is. Here's to a year of continuing to build our community! Yay dance!
Hope your holidays were warm and restful (that's something I've found isn't possible with a 14 month old, but it was fun nonetheless).
I'm re-posting links to Cynthia Bond Perry's Dance Magazine articles that Keif attached in a comment. They weren't active links in the comment so I'm re-posting so that you can follow them (though of course they don't have all the nice photos that are included in the print magazine, so I recommend checking that out too.:)
Atlanta Ballet article and the general dance scene article
And in other good news, I have found an intern from Emory who will be helping with the Dance Atlanta project during this coming semester. And there's also a project class at the Art Institute of Atlanta that will be taking on the design of a real website! I plan to have the intern contact folks to get information and photos/video we can use in the design of it.
I'm also hoping we will be starting our monthly meetings this month. Maybe I'll put up a poll here on the blog for times and days generally that work for the most people?
And of course, the dance table will continue. This is another reminder if you have any materials to get them to me for the table that will be at the Staib/Catellier show. Or let me know if you have other shows we should bring the dance table to.
Thanks to you all for making the Atlanta dance community as vibrant and exciting as it is. Here's to a year of continuing to build our community! Yay dance!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)