Annex Dance Company is a classical modern dance company, with an edge, committed to promoting the arts its home location, the Lehigh Valley (Pa), as well as around the globe. Artistic Director and Choreographer Kristin Fieseler, has created over 12 new works for the company, including an evening-length work based on the poetry of W.B. Yeats told through dance, spoken word, and American Sign Language entitled Out of the Rose (2009).  Since the 2007 premiere, the company has performed throughout the east coast including the Philly Fringe Festival and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival (SC).  This coming fall Annex Dance Company will be moving to Charleston, SC to begin an exciting new adventure as a member of the Charleston arts community.                                                                                     Photography: Amanda Swenson

annexdance.org

 
Photography: Stephen Aubuchon

Manifesto is a movement interpretation of a fashion revolution. Arguably the most influential designer of his time, Yves Saint Laurent “gave [women] power,” Pierre Berge said on France-Info radio. Saint Laurent was a “true creator,” going beyond the aesthetic to make a social statement, Berge said. Set in the 1960s, “Manifesto” follows revolutionaries (dressed in pantsuits and safari jackets made famous by Saint Laurent) as they struggle with feelings of power, anger, and emptiness during this volatile time in U.S. history.

Code f.a.d. Company (where f.a.d. in an acronym for film—art—dance) is a group of artists committed to combining film, visual art, and dance into precisely designed performance experiences. Artistic Director Autumn Mist Belk is a choreographer, dancer, filmmaker, and graphic designer and has previously shown her choreography and visual artwork in venues across the southeastern United States.

http://codefadcompany.org/

Letter (to Ed) premiered as part of Tzveta’s solo concert at Dance Place, June 2009. The piece explores change, anger, beauty, understanding and sorrow, related to the absence of a close friend.

 Dwell is the start to an evening length piece.  Inspired by Sylvia Plath's poem mushrooms, the piece is a study on how an individual or community lives in a given condition. processing. fixating. coping. 

Photography: William Knight

pro ekoh dance is a small, emerging contemporary dance company based out of Washington, D.C.  Founded by Sara Hoke, the company has been planting its roots since 2007 through performance, collaboration and education.  pro ekoh dance strives to engage audience members by evoking imagery and atmosphere through performance.  We are dedicated to staying true to the physicality and aestheticism of movement and the intricacy of dance composition.

 Inside the Absence, Revisited is a retrospective work exploring the journey of relationships and the absolute change it evokes inside of us.

Kara Priddy is a solo performer, currently teaching and performing in the greater Richmond area.  She is pleased to be presenting her first professional solo performance in DDS. Kara received her dance education through James Madison University where she had the opportunity to work with choreographers Donna Costello, Meisha Bosma and Monica Bill Barnes. Supplemental to her undergraduate training, Kara attended Dance New Amsterdam's Summer Intensive in New York City and the American Dance Festival in Durham, N. C. where she trained and worked under choreographers David Dorfman, Paul Matteson and Jennifer Nugent.

Photography: Richard Finkelstein

color examines the life and art of artist Frida Kahlo through personal interpretations.

Photography: Lee Francis 

rva dance collective sprung from the creative collaboration between artistic directors Jess Burgess (jessburgess dance) and Danica Kalemdaroglu (DK Dance Productions). The company is geared towards the inclusion of all forms of art for creative and lifelong inspiration. Burgess and Kalemdaroglu layer their artistic voices while giving support to the other’s individuality. The result is work that pushes boundaries leaving preconceived ideas about concert dance behind.

http://rvadancecollective.weebly.com

 Stay Cool Fool exists in a world of jazzy awkwardness, where the performers are anything but the cool they try to embody.

UpRooted Dance is a contemporary dance company based in the Washington DC Metro Area.  UpRooted uses a variety of visual elements in addition to dance movements to allow a deeper connection and understanding of the work.  These elements often take the form of original costume designs, set design, props, video, and more.  Keira Hart-Mendoza, the artistic director of the company, aims at getting an emotional reaction out of the audience whether it be laughter, sadness, or a deeper understanding of our humanity.  

 Photography: Stephen Baronovics

Freedom. Beauty. Death. Revolution. Isadora Duncan, mother of modern dance, lived them and transformed them through her great art.  Witness “dance waves, sound waves, light waves…all the same”, a scene from Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan, the stunning dance/theater production of Duncan ’s life story.  Brilliant, authentic reconstructions of Duncan ’s most famous dances illuminated by Duncan ’s own words as presented by actress Sarah Pleydell. 

Word Dance Theater (WDT) was founded in 2001.  Our mission is two-fold — to provide professional level modern dance concerts and to provide strong dance education outreach into our community.

worddancetheater.org

clouded is an exploration of how one may perceive regrets. An evaluation of the past and present while simultaneously analyzing the future. The ever changing way to make life livable, not perfect.

Dawn Marie Young is a solo performer, currently residing in Brooklyn, NY.  As a professionally trained dancer, choreographer, and teacher she is pleased to be presenting her first solo performance in DDS 2010.  Young received her dance education through James Madison University where she had the opportunity to work with a variety of professional artists and attain the responsibility as co-director of the Associate Dance Ensemble - JMU's freshman performing company.  Supplemental to her undergraduate training, Young attended Dance New Amsterdam's Summer Intensive in New York City, the Contemporary Theatre and Dance Intensive in London, and the Tiffany Mills Summer Intensive in New York City. Young is open to collaboration and continues to look for artistic opportunities while advancing in a career as a National Broadcast Media Buyer for Warner Bros. at MediaCom.