Re-envision your lunch hour with dance at
Several Dancers Core’s “Lunchtime in the Studio”

Atlanta—March 6, 2006—Several Dancers Core is pleased to announce the closing installment for this sixth season of our popular free lunchtime performances, “Lunchtime in the Studio.” 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 fifth and final “Lunchtime” event of Several Dancers Core’s 25th Anniversary season in 2005-06, will take place on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. at Several Dancers Core Studios, 139 Sycamore Street, on the Square in Downtown Decatur.
“Lunchtime in the Studio” offers a free “backstage pass” and complimentary lunch to audience members who witness and participate in the internationally acclaimed collaborative process of CORE Performance Company. Free admission to all and free lunch donated by Willy’s Mexicana Grill and Starbucks Decatur is provided to the first 40 audience members.

The May “Lunchtime” session on “Visual art as inspiration for dance-making” gives community members an opportunity to experience behind-the-scenes aspects of CORE Performance Company’s collaborative creative process, especially in connection with visual art. The company will describe their work on a new piece based on the sculpture of Joseph Havel. The company members will speak about the relationship of visual art to dance, from their personal creative viewpoint, and they will give examples of the process of creating kinetic art from stationary visual art.

Founded as a small performance group in 1980 by Sue Schroeder and Kathy Russell, over 25 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.

“Lunchtime in the Studio” occurs the 3rd Wednesday of alternating months throughout the season, concluding for our 2005-06 season with this event on May 17. The series is FREE and open to the public. 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 for 25 years to innovation, risk 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, by Starbuck’s Decatur and Willy’s Mexicana Grill. Several Dancers Core’s 25th Anniversary Season is supported by AirTran Airways, the John H. and Wilhelmina D. Harland Charitable Foundation, the Pattillo Foundation, 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.

Photo URL: http://www.severaldancerscore.org/press/photos/havelgroup.jpg

Note: For interview requests, contact Claire Horn, 404-373-4154 or claireh at severaldancerscore.org.