Woodruff Art Center Presents…Dance @ the Rialto welcomes
Alicia Sánchez y Compañía: El Teatro de Movimiento
Atlanta (Oct. 11, 2005) – Woodruff Dance @ the Rialto announces the dynamic Mexican dance troupe Alicia Sánchez y Compañía El Teatro de Movimiento, Oct. 28, 2005, 8:00 p.m. at Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Performing Arts. Presented in partnership with the Woodruff Arts Center and Several Dancers Core, this program brings international contemporary dance to the Rialto stage. Tickets run $26 - $52 and are available at the Rialto Center’s box office, (404) 651-4727 or www.rialtocenter.org/buytickets.
Alicia Sánchez y Compañía (ASYC) El Teatro de Movimiento is a contemporary dance company founded in 1993 by Mexican choreographer Alicia Sánchez. To date, the company has presented 25 original productions and is known for adapting dramatic elements into its choreography, creating subtle emotive nuances combined with expressive physicality. The company has developed a distinctive style they call “theatre of movement” that places them in the vanguard of Latin American contemporary dance. “Theatre of movement” relies on the inherent dramatic effect of movement to convey emotion and express a sense of narrative in dance performance.
The company will be performing two pieces: Fuera de Tiempo (Out of Synch) and Entre tu, yo y los otros (Between you, me and the others). Sánchez explains Fuera de Tiempo by saying, “There are events in life that do not belong to time, but rather to memory… Memory is the history, the account of our lives written in folios and stamped with disproportionate expiration dates.” Entre tu, yo y los otros is a movement theatre piece parting from a single premise, “Is the place where you and I believe to be and the place where others believe us to be really the same? Is it geography which determines us, or is it culture?”
ASYC has represented Mexico in international festivals in New York, Montreal, Prague, and other cities and has won numerous awards and much critical acclaim. The choreographer, Alicia Sánchez, was named one of the 100 most important Mexican creative artists of the 20th Century, and ASYC dancer, Virginia Amarilla, was named one of the best dancers in Mexico by one of that country’s most important dance critics, Gustavo Emilio Rosales, in his annual review last year.
Other performances in the Woodruff Dance @ the Rialto series include the essence and spirit of hip hop portrayed by Rennie Harris PureMovement, the nationally acclaimed company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; and CORE Performance Company with Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. All performances will take place at the Rialto Center. For more information, visit www.rialtocenter.org.
About the Woodruff:
The Woodruff Arts Center opened its doors in 1968 and has grown into the largest performing and visual arts center in the nation. As home of the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta College of Art, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14th Street Playhouse, the Woodruff is dedicated to excellence in the performing and visual arts. The Woodruff Arts Center offers its patrons a unique, multi-faceted experience of many distinctive arts institutions on a single campus and offers visitors a bold variety of performing and visual arts exhibitions.
About the Rialto:
Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Performing Arts, an intimate, cultural centerpiece in downtown Atlanta, inspires, educates and entertains diverse audiences by presenting innovative and exceptional arts programming and cultivating community partnerships. Rising from the shell of a once-popular movie theater dating to 1916, the Rialto is the result of an ambitious, state-of-the-art, $14 million renovation and a firm, forward-thinking commitment on the part of the University to the revitalization of the city’s central business district. Each year, the Rialto offers its own unique and extensive subscription series featuring world-class artists, focusing primarily on the best in world music, jazz, contemporary dance, and intimate vocal performance. Throughout the year, the Center is also home to numerous other local performing arts organizations as well as visiting companies and has become a center for independent film in Atlanta. The Rialto also offers an innovative educational outreach program to students and the general public alike.
About Several Dancers Core:
For 25 years, Several Dancers Core has been building its international reputation and success by centering on a commitment to deepening the experience and education of movement for communities and audiences. Several Dancers Core creates, performs, and presents multi-layered contemporary dance expressions with an intentional collaborative process that integrates risk and innovation. The organization promotes dance awareness and education through professional performances, artists’ forums with interactive dance presentations, workshops, and classes in contemporary approaches to movement. Several Dancers Core is home to CORE Performance Company, the first Atlanta dance company to present in the Rialto’s season.
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Subscriptions are now on sale through the Rialto Center Box Office by telephone at 404.651.4727; by fax at 404.651.0966; online at www.rialtocenter.org; or by mail at P.O. Box 2627, Atlanta, GA 30301-2627. Patrons may subscribe in two ways: purchase 5 or more shows and receive a 15% discount or purchase 7 or more shows and receive a 20% discount. Single tickets will go on sale September 1 through the Rialto Center Box Office. Starting at $16, ticket prices vary by event and seat location. Free parking is provided for all Rialto Series events at the Equitable Building deck on Fairlie Street. Paid valet parking is also available.
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Rennie Harris PureMovement
Friday, Nov. 4, 2005, 8 p.m.
In conjunction with the 30th Anniversary of Hip Hop, Rennie Harris PureMovement, founded in 1992, a group dedicated to preserving and disseminating hip-hop culture through workshops, classes, hip-hop history lecture demonstrations, and public performances, is coming to the Rialto. They are a company whose work encompasses the diverse and rich African-American traditions of the past, while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation through its ever evolving interpretations of dance. The Company is committed to providing audiences with a sincere view of the essence and spirit of hip-hop rather than the commercially exploited stereotypes portrayed by the media. Rennie Harris PureMovement comes to the Rialto in collaboration with the contemporary dance series: Woodruff presents Dance @ the Rialto.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2006, 8 p.m.
Under the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Jim Vincent, 21 culturally diverse dancers represent Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) throughout the world, with its exuberant, athletic, and innovative repertory. HSDC’s dancers display unparalleled versatility and virtuosity in performances that inspire, challenge, and engage audiences worldwide. Continually expanding its eclectic repertory with work by leading national and international choreographers, the company also contributes to the art form’s evolution by developing new choreographic talent and collaborating with artists in music, visual art, and theatre. From the inception of HSDC, it has captured public attention and garnered local, national, and international critical acclaim. In 2004, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago showed itself to be one of the most renowned dance institutions in America, serving as an emblem of Chicago’s international cultural profile. One of the only American dance companies to operate year-round, HSDC will continue to produce bold and passionate performances for Chicago, national, and international audiences, always changing and evolving while maintaining the highest artistic standards. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago comes to the Rialto in collaboration with the Woodruff presents Dance @ the Rialto Series.
Messiah: CORE Performance Company
with Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
Saturday, April 1, 2006, 8 p.m.
This centuries-old sacred music score has been performed many ways since its premiere in 1742. Now, this classic work is re-envisioned with contemporary sophistication as CORE Performance Company, the professional dance company within Several Dancers Core, collaborates with conductor Antoine Plante of Houston’s Mercury Baroque, and Atlanta Baroque Orchestra to create a new take on the classic through contemporary dance. Sue Schroeder, founder and Artistic Director of Several Dancers Core, said of the piece, “My impulse to create this new dance begins for me with the astonishing beauty of Handel’s music…It is my desire to approach this new work as an illuminated manuscript, where the dance adds color, movement, and meaning to an already rich text and score.”
