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Follow on Google News | Festival Highlights Progressive Approach to PerformanceVermont Performance Lab takes audience members on unique evening tour
By: Mondo Mediaworks The Progressive Performance Festival will feature three premieres: “Theater in the Head” by Adele Myers; “Significant Figures” by Candice Salyers; and “The Thank-You Bar” by Emily Johnson. The event invites audience members to become an active part of the performance experience by visiting three performance sites in one night. The goal is to create a non-traditional performance experience that brings artists and audiences together in a new way. Each night, audiences of 70 will gather at the Blue Moose Café for conversation, food, and refreshments. The group will then travel by bus to three performance sites at various venues in Brattleboro. Musical duet BLACKFISH, who perform live with Johnson in her piece “The Thank-You Bar”, will host a late-night concert on the closing night of the festival. Admission can be paid at the door or by purchasing a VIP add-on with the Festival ticket, which also includes reserve seating at the dance performances. Festival tickets can be purchased in person at the Blue Moose Store + Café and on-line at http://www.brownpapertickets.com. More information about the Progressive Performance Festival, including tickets options and prices, is available at http://www.vermontperformancelab.com. Progressive Performance Festival Information: WHEN: Thursday, June 2; Friday, June 3; Saturday, June 4, 2011. 6:15-10:15PM, nightly WHERE: various venues in downtown Brattleboro, starting at the Blue Moose Store + Café, 29 High Street, Brattleboro WHAT: Join Vermont Performance Lab for a unique festival featuring new work by three emerging choreographers and musicians, whose works bridge, stretch, and deepen the definition of contemporary performance. Ignite your imagination and experience performance in a new way. Each night audiences of 70 will gather at the Blue Moose Cafe to pick up tickets and chat over tapas and refreshments, before traveling by bus to three performance sites around Brattleboro. More info at www.vermontperformancelab.com Funding for the Progressive Performance Festival is made possible in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, and by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. NDP is supported by lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the Metlife Foundation, and the Boeing Charitable Trust. The Progressive Performance Festival is proud to be an advocate of The Strolling of the Heifers. More information at www.strollingoftheheifers.com ABOUT ADELE MYERS: Adele Myers is the Artistic Director of Adele Myers and Dancers, a five-member contemporary dance company that combines robust athleticism, theatricality, and social commentary. The company is dually based in CT and NYC. The mission of Adele Myers and Dancers is to create engaging dances that are accessible to a wide range of audience members. In addition to directing Adele Myers and Dancers, Myers is a Professor of Dance at Connecticut College. Her choreography has been presented at national venues and events. ABOUT CANDICE SALYERS: Candice Salyers is a solo performer and choreographer who creates kinetic installation pieces that juxtapose slow-moving body transformations with visual environments. Her melding of dance and conceptual art results in provocative and inviting performance works that bridge the visual and performing arts. Her works challenge the assumption of the female body as objectified by a viewer’s gaze. Salyers is currently based in Northampton Massachusetts and also teaches and is pursuing a Ph.D. from Texas Woman’s University. ABOUT EMILY JOHNSON: Emily Johnson is a director/choreographer/ ABOUT BLACKFISH: BLACKFISH is James Everest (Minneapolis, MN) and Joel Pickard (Portland, OR) performing live improvised duets in a surround-sound installation series of concerts that accompany live performances of Emily Johnson’s “The Thank-you Bar”. Joel Pickard plays pedal steel guitar and James Everest plays nylon and steel string acoustic guitars through a myriad of effects and looping pedals to create spontaneous sounds and songs that span from the intricate and spare to massive, layered orchestral explosions. ABOUT VERMONT PERFORMANCE LAB: The Lab Program is at the heart of Vermont Performance Lab’s (VPL) mission to support the creation and development of new work by contemporary performing artists. Each year VPL selects three to four artists to participate in the Lab Program – a creative residency where artists have access to various kinds of creative space in a small rural Vermont community. In this retreat-like setting, artists can concentrate on research and experimentation and test performance ideas with small audiences. VPL often partners with local organizations to host such residencies and create meaningful connections between artists and communities. # # # Mondo Mediaworks is a full-service online marketing firm specializing in content development. Online at http://www.mondomediaworks.com End
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