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Free
Performances!
A series of free outdoor showings.
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Free
Talks!
Plus
Pre-Show Talks, 30 minutes before every ticketed
performance.
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Wednesday
6/25/08 at
6:30
United
Roots
This
diverse troupe of Boston-based hip-hop performing artists educates
the public on the origins and true culture of this dance form. United
Roots highlights various cultural dance forms that have shaped the
style of hip-hop including Caribbean dance, African dance, Brazilian
capoeira and samba, American "flapper" dance and more.
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Wednesday
6/25/08 at 5:00
A
Visit with Bill T. Jones
The
recipient of prestigious awards too numerous to list, Bill T. Jones
is one of the contemporary dance field's most important voices.
In addition to directing Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company,
he is widely known as an author, opera director, Broadway choreographer,
and provocateur.
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Thursday
6/26/08 at
6:30
Full
Force Dance Theatre
This
eight person Hartford-based modern dance ensemble makes its Inside/Out
debut with Significant Other, a duet that sinks and rises
as relationships do, and When the Fat Sings, a suite of
quirky dances set to classic Opera favorites.
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Thursday
6/26/08
Post-Show
Talk: Compagnie Heddy Maalem
Q&A
with artists from Compagnie Heddy Maalem following their 8pm performance
in the Ted Shawn Theatre.
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Friday
6/27/08 at 6:30
Adam
Miller Dance Project
Led
by Adam Miller, this ten-person contemporary ballet company is elegant,
dramatic, and humorous all at once. The speed and precision of classical
ballet are paired with innovative partnering, daring choreography
and eclectic music.
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Friday
6/27/08
Post-Show
Talk: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Q&A
with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company following the company's
8:15pm performance in the Doris Duke Studio Theatre.
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Saturday
6/28/08 at
6:30
The
School at Jacob's Pillow: Cultural Traditions
Renowned
flamenco dancer Soledad Barrio and artistic director Martín
Santangelo, founders of Spain's acclaimed Noche Flamenca, guide
dancers of The School in the dances, songs, and rhythms of this
robust and complex art form, concluding their first week of study
at the Pillow.
Photo: Paul Rocheleau
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Saturday
6/28/08 at 4:00
Black
Spring
A
powerful exploration of the recurring question of identity, this
film by Benoît Dervaux intercuts dynamic dance sequences with
scenes of everyday life in Nigeria. Heddy Maalem choreographed the
award-winning Black Spring, and he will be on hand to discuss
it after the screening.
Photo: Jessica
Thelen
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