[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Theatre presents Danceworks 04, March 11 - April 4, 2004

[Dan Kilbane]

For Immediate Release
Contact: Dan Kilbane, Publicist
216.631.2727 ext. 203
dkilbane at cptonline.org <mailto:dkilbane at cptonline.org>
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February 22, 2004

CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE PRESENTS
DANCEWORKS 04
March 11  - April 4, 2004

Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Public Theatre’s Executive Director James Levin
and Artistic Director Randy Rollison are proud to announce Danceworks 04, a
festival of contemporary dance featuring seven area companies performing
over a 4-week period from March11 - April 4, 2004 in CPT’s two theatres.
VERB Ballets, Antaeus Dance, InLet Dance Theatre, MorrisonDance, SAFMOD,
Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre, and GroundWorks Dance Theater perform
imaginative and groundbreaking works that showcase Northern Ohio’s vibrant
dance community.  This festival-like celebration showcases performances from
companies that have been described as “spectacular,” “evocative,” and
“invigorating.”

Danceworks 04 performances are at 8:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and
3:00 p.m. on Sundays.  Ticket prices are $18 general admission, $15 for
students and seniors.  VERB Ballets is holding a Benefit for the AIDS Task
Force of Greater Cleveland with a preview of its dance pieces on March 11 at
7:00 p.m.

The following Dance Companies perform in Gordon Square Theatre:

March 11 - March 14, 2004
March 11 Benefit for the AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland $20/person
VERB Ballets
Hernando Cortez, Artistic Director
One of “25 to Watch” in 2004
--Dance Magazine
Artistic Director Hernando Cortez continues to expand and present VERB
Ballets’ repertoire of contemporary American choreographers with the
Contemporary Artists Collection.  This season has vibrant and
thought-provoking premieres by Sean Curran and Charlotte Boye-Christensen
(winner, National Choreographic Competition), as well as works by Artistic
Director Hernando Cortez and David Parsons.  VERB Ballets, formerly named
The Cleveland Repertory Project, is one of the most exciting companies in
the city.  VERB Ballets discovers, collects, interprets, and stages
choreography that matters to the region and to the world of dance.  Their
steadfast mission is to promote and foster emerging talent, present
excellence in contemporary choreographers, and revive and honor modern dance
classics.

March 11 Benefit for the AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland $20/person
7:00 p.m.
Friday March 12, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 13, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Sunday March 14, 2004		3:00 p.m.




March 19 - March 21, 2004
InLet Dance Theatre
Bill Wade, Artistic Director
“…cheers and a standing ovation from the overflow crowd…”
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
One of Cleveland’s newest companies, InLet Dance Theatre joins Danceworks 04
with playful and nontraditional pieces from choreographers Steve Rooks
(former principal dancer with Martha Graham), Sally Wallace’s “Tides and
Solitude,” Leilani Barrett’s “Dante’s First Night,” a partnering duet
inspired by a residency at the Cleveland Sight Center titled “imPAIRed,” “B’
roke,” which premiered at this season’s Food for Thought, and a new work by
Artistic Director Bill Wade.

Friday March 19, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 20, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Sunday March 21, 2004		3:00 p.m.


March 26 - March 28, 2004
SAFMOD
Young Park, Artistic Director
“…sheer exuberance…”
--The Toronto Star
CPT’s eclectic resident dance company returns to Gordon Square Theatre,
celebrating the power of collaboration between dance, live music, visual
arts, and the rhythms of urban life.  SAFMOD (SubAtomic Frequency Modulation
OverDose) embraces the use of inter-media improvisation and ritualistic
processes to cross traditional barriers and perceptions, and to create
original, interactive performances.  Their piece for Danceworks 04,
“Odyssey,” is a full-length work in which contemporary souls crave the
simple solace of the journey back to where they belong but become frustrated
by the complex and fragmented modern condition, raising the question:  does
the concept of home even exist?  SAFMOD invites audiences to share a
cathartic plunge through the convoluted terrain of today’s emotional
landscape with the combination of dance, theatre, original music, poetic
scripts, stilts, aerial fabric, and visual design.

Friday, March 26, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28, 2004	3:00 p.m.


April 2 - April 4, 2004
GroundWorks Dancetheater
David Shimotakahara, Artistic Director
“Intelligent, fresh, invigorating…”
--The Akron Beacon Journal
Live music pairs with luscious choreography as resident Dance Company
GroundWorks Dancetheater returns home to CPT.  This season, GroundWorks
presents the world premiere of a new work by Artistic Director David
Shimotakahara, the Cleveland premiere of “At Once There Was A House” by
guest choreographer Beth Corning of Dance Alloy in Pittsburgh, and the
revival of Shimotakahara’s riveting solo work “Field Stone,” created in 1998
for artistic associate Amy Miller and inspired by the one act play “Not I”
by Samuel Beckett.  Experience what critics are calling “intelligent, fresh,
invigorating” dance as GroundWorks moves ever closer to becoming one of the
country’s leading contemporary dance companies.  GroundWorks’ vision is to
present new and vital choreography and dance-related forms of theater to the
public, reach new audiences for dance in both conventional and
non-traditional settings, consider economy to be a defining characteristic
of the work and not a limitation, and to find ways to make the public’s
experience of dance more meaningful.

Friday, April 2, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 3, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 4, 2004		3:00 p.m.




The following Dance Companies perform in CPT’s Upstairs Theatre:

March 12 - March 14, 2004
Antaeus Dance
Joan Meggitt, Artistic/Executive Director
“…richly detailed choreography…”
-The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Antaeus Dance returns to CPT after performing in last season’s BIG [BOX]
series. Their piece, “Moments of Repose,” is an evening-length
transcendental new work created by Joan Meggitt, in collaboration with guest
artist Doug Lodge, and features original music by Paul Cox and Greg D’
Alessio.  “Moments of Repose,” based on reclining figures, explores the
intimate landscapes of the body and its expansive possibilities by dealing
with movement through space as generated and fulfilled by an outside force
or “unseen others.”  Doug Lodge’s quirky, meditative sensibilities combine
with Artistic Director Joan Meggitt’s assertive movement style in an aural
landscape that shifts between subtle meditations and complex, insistent
rhythms.  Experience what The Cleveland Plain Dealer has called “richly
detailed choreography” with Antaeus Dance’s intelligent and well-crafted
work.

Friday March 12, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Saturday March 13, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Sunday March 14, 2004	3:00 p.m.


March 19 - March 21, 2004
MorrisonDance
Sarah Morrison, Artistic Director
“Spectacular”
--Cool Cleveland
MorrisonDance presents an inventive evening of dances.  Inspired by theories
of human behavior, “Human Behavior 101” is a kinetically stimulating
collection of pieces that explores theories of psychology, neuroscience, and
other behavioral concepts, and is performed by MorrisonDance company
members, guest performers, and community volunteers.  Artistic Director
Sarah Morrison introduces new choreography born from her studies in
neuroscience and behavioral research at Case Western Reserve University.
MorrisonDance continues to push the boundaries of dance by exploring unusual
presentation and rehearsal venues, by experimenting with cross-disciplinary
approaches to creation and education, and by encouraging creative
collaborations with other artistic media, science, nature, and technology.
Through this exploration and experimentation, the company has been able to
discover the power of dance as a form of communication and expression in a
variety of settings, while continuing to cultivate the appreciation of
traditional dance forms in conventional spaces.

Friday, March 19, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 21, 2004	3:00 p.m.


March 26 - March 28, 2004
Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre
Michael Medcalf, Artistic/Executive Director
“Impressive, lyrical, evocative.”
--The Cleveland Plain Dealer
CPT’s resident dance company presents a roster of electric and soulful dance
featuring the choreography of Dianne McIntyre, Young Park, and Linda Kahn,
entitled “When Women Gather.” This multicultural ensemble of
African-American, Asian-American, and Jewish-American women offers a diverse
perspective of their experiences as minorities in America with the visceral
essence of African-American dance traditions.  With what has been called
“intelligent, fresh, invigorating” dance, these women present the
exploration of human connections between men, women, their emotions, and
conflicts within themselves.  Additionally, Artistic/Executive Director
Michael Medcalf choreographs “Insurrection,” a piece exploring masculine
expositions from a feminine perspective.

Friday, March 26, 2004		8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 27, 2004	8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28, 2004	3:00 p.m.

The CPT Art Pak is a great way to see Danceworks 04.  Tickets are available
at a discounted rate by purchasing a $60 CPT Art Pak, which contains 5
vouchers ($12 a ticket) that can be used for any performance, at any time.
Tickets can be reserved in advance with your Art Pak voucher by coming to
the Box Office in person, or providing the serial number on the voucher over
the phone.  Vouchers can be used for Danceworks 04 productions and all other
CPT performances for the 2003-2004 season.

Danceworks 04 is generously supported by The Cleveland Foundation, The
Codrington Foundation, The Cyrus Eaton Foundation, The George Gund
Foundation, The Kulas Foundation, and many individual contributors.

Cleveland Public Theatre and its artistic and education programs are funded
in part by funding from Cleveland Foundation, George Gund Foundation, Ohio
Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Nord Family Foundation, John
P. Murphy Foundation, Kulas Foundation, Theatre Communications Group, Doris
Duke Charitable Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bruening
Foundation, Codrington Foundation, Giant Eagle Foundation, Thomas White
Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Lorain, Family Foundations of
Jewish Community Federation, Dolphin Trust, Saint Ann Foundation, Deaconess
Foundation, O’Neill Foundation, Stocker Foundation, Key Foundation, Nordson
Foundation, Wolf Foundation, The Doll Family Foundation, Raymond John Wean
Foundation, The Ellie Foundation, Cyrus Eaton Foundation, Forest City,
Alcoa, Third Federal, Huntington National Bank, National City Bank, and
other corporate and individual contributors.

The mission of Cleveland Public Theatre is to inspire, nurture, challenge,
amaze, educate and empower
artists and audiences, in order to make the Cleveland Public a more
conscious and compassionate community.

Please note that all programming, times and locations are subject to change.

Cleveland Public Theatre
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Cleveland Public Theatre Fact Sheet
Production

Danceworks 04
Seven Northeast Ohio area contemporary dance companies in a 4-week festival
at CPT

Performance Dates and Times

Opening		Friday, March 12, 2004		7:00 p.m.

Closing			Sunday, April 4, 2004		3:00 p.m.

Run			March 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28; April 2, 3, and 4

Times			Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.

			Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

Benefit			VERB Ballets performance to support the AIDS Taskforce of Greater
Cleveland, Thursday, March 11, 7:00 p.m., $20/person

Ticket Prices

General Admission $18

Students and Seniors $15

“Pay What You Can” Policy
Patrons who can’t afford the regular ticket price can request a “Pay What
You Can” ticket by coming to the CPT Box Office the day of the performance.
There is a $1 minimum, with a maximum of a four-person party.  Patrons will
either be sold a ticket, or depending on demand, placed on a waiting list
for tickets to be released at curtain time.  “Pay What You Can” is not
available for advance purchases.