Tucson: O T O Dance present FLYING and FILMS at the FOX

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From: Info at O T O Dance [mailto:info@otodance.org]
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Press Release , March 1st, 2006

O-T-O DANCE

 

  

More Information: Call O-T-O Dance at
624-3799 or e-mail anne@otodance.org

 

Event: 

FLYING and FILMS at the FOX …a first…  O T O Dance continues its 21st season with the first dance performance at the newly restored historic Fox Theater in downtown Tucson.

When:

Thursday, March 2, 2006 at 7:30PM

TWO SHOWS Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 2PM & 8PM

* No performance Friday March 3^rd*

Where:

The Fox Theater, 17 West Congress St.

Tickets:

In Advance -  $12 student/senior and $15 general

Day of Show/at the Door - $14 and $18

Availability:

The Fox Box Office, 17 West Congress St., 10am – 3pm weekdays – 520-547-3040

www.ticketmaster.com or call Ticket master - 520-321-1000

Antigone Books, 411 N 4th Avenue - 792 3715

 

Performance Brief:

O-T-O Dance continues into its 21^st season by celebrating the re-opening of the Fox Theater downtown, a beautifully restored Tucson landmark. Honoring the history of this incredible theatre, the company will be combining the mediums of film and dance into the evening’s performances.  NYC artist/filmmaker Jodi Kaplan is coming to town to share four of her independent films with our Tucson audience.  Joining with Jodi’s films will be four dance works redesigned especially for the Fox stage. The evening will alternate between film and dance, with two works combining the mediums simultaneously.  Choreographers include longtime Tucson favorite Thom Lewis, O-T-O dancer Nicole Stansbury and the 2005 Arizona Artist Award winner Annie Bunker. Teaming up with O-T-O Dance will be Odaiko Sonora Directors, Karen Falkenstrom and Rome Hamner performing the acclaimed Taiko/Dance, Wa-Ei Dansu that premiered last year. Performing in this concert will be: Lena Lauer, Sukie Keita, Nicole Sasala, Danielle Jones, Charles Thompson, Aurelia Cohn, Nicole Stansbury, Thom Lewis, Annie Bunker, Karen Falkenstrom and Rome Hamner.

 

 

Performance Details:

Long time O-T-O Dance friend and  “local boy” Thom Lewis will present his duet EVERLAST, performing with O-T-O Dance Artistic Director and company founder, Annie Bunker. Thom and Anne have been working together for over twenty years. This long time relationship is played out to the music of Lyle Lovitt and Thom’s choreography.  It is a rare treat to watch two veteran dancers performing together in this whimsical and theatrical work.

 

Annie Bunker and composer/videographer Chuck Koesters present their premiere of HAWAIIAN SUITE. Emotional and moving, the work is comprised of dances, “Pahoehoe Dreams”, “Orchids Embrace”, “Pele’s Breath”, and “Beneath the Tide”, that celebrate the raw natural beauty of the earth’s ongoing process of creation in the Hawaiian Islands. Accompanied by a backdrop of video images shot in close proximity to flowing lava, sensual orchids and underwater life, the Dancework combines the physical and imagined into a unified visual experience.

 

Odaiko Sonora joins O-T-O Dance in re-staging for the Fox Theatre a collaboration of contemporary movement and Taiko drumming entitled Wa-Ei Dansu. The piece, in 5 movements, has dancers both dancing and drumming with the Odaiko ensemble of Rome Hamner, Karen Falkenstrom, Zibi Turtle and Rebecca Bushner. Past longtime favorite O-T-O Dancer, Charles Thompson return to Tucson to perform a solo in this work.

 

O-T-O Dancer Nicole Stansbury contributes her premiere of  WIDE EYES a dance for five performed to an original score by local musician Chris Levesque. Quirky and funny, this Dancework adds a humorous balance to the program.

 

Guest Film Maker:

Jodi Kaplan is an internationally renowned filmmaker whose work features the movement of the human body. Her award-winning shorts have screened at over one hundred festivals, museums and venues worldwide including Dance on Camera at Lincoln Center, New Directors/New Films at the Museum of Modern Art, and at the World's Fair in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work has also been broadcast on PBS television and The Sundance Channel. Awards and honors include the Gold Plaque in Experimental Film from the Chicago International Film Festival, Prize for Tomorrow's Cinema from Festival International du Film Independent du Brussels, Cinematography Award from the Northampton International Film Festival, and Best Experimental Short from the Worldfest/Houston International Film Festival.

 

 

O-T-O Dance combines modern dance, aerial dance gymnastics and theatre in totally new ways.  The company has skillfully avoided the “ta da!” style of circus performance prevalent in popular culture entertainment today. Instead, O-T-O Dance relies on the art of “transition”, moving from one sculpted choreographic moment to the next.  The performance literally turns into an aural movement visual meditation

For maps and directions, check the O-T-O Dance web site, www.otodance.org

 

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