Several Dancers Core’s series “Lunchtime in the Studio”
“Artist as Educator”
Atlanta—January 4, 2007— Join “Atlanta’s best known contemporary dance company” (AJC) for lunch on Friday, March 2, 2007! Several Dancers Core is pleased to announce the fourth installment of this seventh season of our popular free lunchtime performances, “Lunchtime in the Studio.” The event will take place at the Several Dancers Core studios at 139 Sycamore Street on Decatur Square, from noon to 1 p.m.. Admission to Lunchtime is free. Free lunch for the March installment is provided to the first 40 audience members by Brick Store Pub and Sweet Melissa’s, and coffee is donated by Starbucks Decatur.
Opening the studio doors and inviting audiences into the creative process, “Lunchtime in the Studio” has been called “a close-up and personal look at how contemporary dance is crafted and performed” (AJC). The topic for the March installment of the series will be “Artist as Educator.” The company will discuss their educational programming and the role movement education can have in schools, and with populations at risk. Several Dancers Core offers workshops and residencies for school aged children through college, and an outreach program, Dynamic X-Change, that brings the healing power of movement to populations at risk through partnerships with local service organizations that serve those communities.
Founded in 1980 by Sue Schroeder and Kathy Russell, over 26 years Several Dancers Core has grown into a multifaceted dance organization spanning two cities and generating connections throughout the world. Several Dancers Core has built a sustainable arts organization which provides opportunities, programs and support for artists, students and populations at-risk. The philosophy of Several Dancers Core centers on a commitment to fostering creativity and to experiencing the power of dance as a method of deepening the experience of the present and re-envisioning the future.
Begun in 1999 to give audiences a chance to see behind-the-scenes aspects of dance-making, “Lunchtime in the Studio” is a series of five in-studio performances in alternating months throughout the CORE Performance Company season. “Lunchtime in the Studio” offers a free “backstage pass” to audience members who witness and participate in the process of creating art. The final Lunchtime event for this season will take place on May 4. For more information about this and other upcoming events, please contact Several Dancers Core at (404) 373-4154 or visit www.severaldancerscore.org.
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Committed since 1980 to innovation, risk-taking and collaboration, Several Dancers Core, a professional dance organization, creates, performs, and presents contemporary dance. With homes in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas, the organization promotes dance awareness and education through performances, presentations, workshops, and classes in contemporary approaches to movement. For more information about Several Dancers Core, please call (404) 373-4154 or visit www.severaldancerscore.org.
Several Dancers Core’s “Lunchtime in the Studio” series is supported in part by appropriations from DeKalb County Board of Commissioners and DeKalb County Office of Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Brick Store Pub, Sweet Melissa’s and Starbucks Decatur. Several Dancers Core is supported by AirTran Airways, the Pattillo Foundation, the Ford Foundation and Alternate ROOTS, Woodruff Arts Center’s Celebrate Diversity through the Arts, and by a grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriation of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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