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Goose Route Dance Festival Schedule - July 16-26, 2009

The 9th Annual Goose Route Dance Festival promises to be better than ever! Great dance artists, four different performances, the Dance Teacher Institute, master classes, classes for kids, and post-performance discussions following each of the matinee performances.

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THURSDAY, July 16

10:30 am : Outreach Dance Class at the Boys & Girls Club in Martinsburg, taught by Hannah Seidel from the Erica Essner Performance Co-Op (Free to B&G Club members).

FRIDAY, July 17

10:30 am : Open Dress Rehearsal/Family Show (pay-what-you-can; no adults admitted without a child)

7 pm : Opening Night Dance Concert (Show A)

  • Erica Essner Performance Co-Op (New York City) - Moon Uprising
  • YelleB Dance Ensemble/Ella Ben-Aharon (NYC) - Pericardium Part A: The Meating
  • James Hansen (Rochester, NY) - Ophelia's Reclamation and Shaken with a Twist

    TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

SATURDAY, July 18

9:30-10:15 : Dance Class for Kids, ages 5-9, taught by Hannah Seidel of the Erica Essner Performance Co-Op (Free)

Boys and girls are invited to use their own energy, creativity, and curiosity to combine new movements with their own interests, exploring a new way to dance and discovering how much they already know. By the end of class, everyone will be his or her own choreographer and dancer.

10:30 am-noon : Master Class - Modern Dance, taught by Erica Essner ($12; or all four classes for $40) buy now

A class focusing on movement invention, partnering, and choreographic skills.

3 pm : Dance Concert (Show A) * followed by a moderated post-performance discussion

  • Erica Essner (New York City) - Moon Uprising
  • YelleB Dance Ensemble/Ella Ben-Aharon (NYC) - Pericardium Part A: The Meating
  • James Hansen (Rochester, NY) - Ophelia's Reclamation and Shaken with a Twist

    TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

7 pm : Dance Concert (Show B)

  • Erica Essner Performance Co-Op (NYC) - Back to Tijuca and You Go, I Go
  • Anne Burnidge and Dancers (Buffalo, NY) - Conversation Pieces and Discesa in Bianco
  • Goose Route Dance (Shepherdstown) - Trace and Voyeurs in my Head #428

    TICKETS ::$12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

SUNDAY, July 19, 2008

10:30-noon : Master Class - Modern Dance, taught by Anne Burnidge ($12; or all four classes for $40) buy now

An intermediate-advanced somatically based contemporary dance class.

3 pm : Dance Concert (Show B) * followed by a moderated post-performance discussion

  • Erica Essner Performance Co-Op (NYC) - Back to Tijuca and You Go, I Go
  • Anne Burnidge and Dancers (Buffalo, NY) - Conversation Pieces and Discesa in Bianco
  • Goose Route Dance (Shepherdstown) - Trace and Voyeurs in my Head #428

    TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

Wednesday, July 22- Sunday, July 26, 2008

West Virginia High School Dance Teacher Training

Sponsored by the Appalachian Education Initiative (open to WV high school teachers by application). Contact Lou Karas at Appalachian Education Initiative for more information.

THURSDAY, July 23, 2008

10:30 am : Outreach Dance Class for Kids at the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library, taught by Ashley Thorndike (Free)

10:30 am : Outreach Dance Class for Kids at the Boys & Girls Club in Charles Town, taught by members of CityDance2 (Free to B&G Club members).

FRIDAY, July 24, 2008

10:30 am : Open Dress Rehearsal/Family Show at the War Memorial Building, Shepherdstown. (pay-what-you-can; no adults admitted without a child)

7 pm : Dance Concert (Show C)

  • CityDance2 (Washington, DC) - Givin' Up and Cheating, Lying, Stealing
  • danceTactics performance group/Keith Thompson (NYC) - Remembering Your Paradoxical Whisper
  • Nu Dance Theater (NYC) - Elle d'elles

    TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

SATURDAY, July 25, 2008

10:30 am-noon : Master Class - Integration through Movement Technique, taught by Keith Thompson ($12; or all four classes for $40) buy now

A class that draws on elements of basic alignment and structural soundness which direct the student toward flexibility, fluidity, and power. Keith will offer movement phrases that involve multiple pathways, quick changing rhythmic patterns, and dynamic shifts of energy.

3 pm : Dance Concert (Show C) * followed by a moderated post-performance discussion

  • CityDance2 (Washington, DC) - Givin' Up and Cheating, Lying, Stealing
  • danceTactics performance group/Keith Thompson (NYC) - Remembering Your Paradoxical Whisper
  • Nu Dance Theater (NYC) - Elle d'elles

    TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

7 pm : Dance Concert (Show D)

  • CityDance2 (Washington, DC) - Girl Friends and Limbo
  • danceTactics performance group/Keith Thompson (NYC) - Blueprints of Relentless Nature
  • Ashley Thorndike/Peter Swendsen (Columbus, OH) - Coldness and Lightness and 5 Blackouts; 5 minutes

TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

SUNDAY, July 26, 2008

10:30 am-12 noon: Master Class - Moving Through Space! Modern Dance Class, taught by Ashley Thorndike ($12; or all four classes for $40) buy now

A class that emphasizes the thrill of driving through space with a sequence of movements that gradually increase in complexity. Improvisation and set movement patterns mix in this open-level modern class.

3 pm : Dance Concert (SHOW D) * followed by a moderated post-performance discussion

  • CityDance2 (Washington, DC) - Girl Friends and Limbo
  • danceTactics performance group/Keith Thompson (NYC) - Blueprints of Relentless Nature
  • Ashley Thorndike/Peter Swendsen (Columbus, OH) - Coldness and Lightness and 5 Blackouts; 5 minutes

TICKETS :: $12/$10 (students/seniors); at the door: $15/$12 (seniors/students); all four shows: $42/$38 (in advance only) buy now

Festival events are wheelchair accessible.

If you are in need of large print information, please contact us at 304-876-6751.

 

 

Anne Burnide and Dancers (above)

CityDance 2 (photo: Paul Gordon Emerson)

 

above: danceTactics Performance Group

above: Erica Essner Performance Co-Op

above: James Hansen in Ophelia's Reclamation

above: Elle d'elles - Nu Dance Theater

above: YelleB Dance Ensemble

 

 

 

 

 

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