"Awakenings & Beginnings Dance Festival 2017" is proud to present these incredible artists & choreographers for our Opening Night Gala & Showcase Program in an intimate showcase setting this year at DIAVOLO Space. Please take the time and get to know a little bit more about them and their artistry. Stay plugged in to find out who the winner(s) of our Emerging Artist Showcase is as they'll have the opportunity to present their work at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre the following weekend on January 21, 2017 8pm. Date: January 14, 2017 Time: 8:00pm DIAVOLO Space 616 Moulton Ave, LA, 90031 Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2685127
Awakenings and Beginnings Dance Festival (official trademark) featuring emerging artists to seasoned professionals produced by Rubans Rouges Dance presents its Opening Night Showcase and Gala featuring Emerging Artists, Established Choreographers and lots of surprises. Join us for a fun and artistic evening.
AkomiDance represents the collaboration of two of Southern California’s finest dance artists. Marie Hoffman and Anthony Aceves began directing the company together two years ago, with the shared vision of creating choreographic works to showcase not only their strengths as dance makers, but also the beautifully diverse talents and expertise of their dancers. Ms. Hoffman has spent a lifetime studying classical and contemporary ballet along with multiple methods of modern dance. Her pedigree spans 30+ years of educational training and professional performance experience. Mr. Aceves brings a youth and vitality to the company. Along with his years of experience as a Disney performer, he is an accomplished contemporary dancer with an organic style of movement that is uniquely his own. After actively researching and experiencing dance in southern California via attendance at conferences, forums, festivals, and invitationals, Marie and Anthony made an important addition to the mission of AkomiDance. They recently adopted, as one of their primary tenets, the practice of unifying the SoCal dance community. As the proud proprietors of the Orange County Dance Festival, AkomiDance will continue its efforts of unification when they play host to concert and commercial dancers from Los Angeles and Orange counties on April 2 at the Rose Center Theatre in Westminster.
Brockus: RED has been labeled “ the single most important person in Southland Dance”, an “impresario”, “ the mother superior of LA dance” and “indefatigable” by the Los Angeles Times for her involvement in establishing the local dance scene as a producer, choreographer, and teacher. “Followers of LA’s modern-dance scene know that, when is comes to talent Deborah Brockus is a big name, with a great company (Brockus Project Dance Company) and a keen eye for talent” City Beat.
FUSE Dance Company is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and foster the growth and development of the performing arts in southern California through performances, dance education, and dance community collaboration programs. The company was established by director Joshua Romero in February of 2010. Since then fuse has participated in many southern California dance festivals and events including the Vox Dance Theatre showcase in Los Angeles, nebula's HHII dance festivals in Santa Barbara, and twice for the Palm Desert Choreographer Dance Festival. For four consecutive years fuse has performed for the Lineage Dance Festival in Pasadena and the Socal Dance Invitational produced by Nannette Brodie Dance Company. FUSE has also been privileged to perform outside of California by Participating int Men in Dance Festival in Seattle, Wa, the Dumbo Dance Festival in Brooklyn, NY, the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, and at the Ballet Austin Ventures Theatre.
Choreographer Hazel Clarke graduated with a BA in dance from San Jose State University in 2001. In 2006, Hazel founded Kairos Dance Company and their debut performance of ‘Choices’ was presented at the Hermosa Beach Playhouse. Kairos has performed throughout Los Angeles, Palm Desert, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Colorado and Utah. The company was a finalist at the Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival in 2007 and 2009, and Artistic Director Hazel Clarke took home the award for the Rocky Mountain Choreography Festival in 2013. In 2014 Hazel’s second full-length work, '…Am I or are the Others Crazy?’ was presented in Utah and California. In 2015 Kairos received the Audience Choice Award at sjDANCEco ChoreoFest. 2016 performances included Women Manifest in Hollywood, Front and Main Dance Festival in Temecula, Mixmatch Dance Festival in Santa Monica, San Pedro Dance Festival, and Brockus’ dance/Back in Canoga Park. As a choreographer in musical theatre, Hazel received a Scenie for Outstanding Choreography for the LA Times Critic’s Choice of ‘A Chorus Line’ at Chance Theatre, Anaheim. The company’s goal is to use dance as a platform for bringing awareness to social topics and inspiring audiences with the human experience. Kairos’ recent September debut of ‘Light in the Moonless Midnight’ was a multimedia and dance experience in efforts to erase the stigma of mental illness, and was met with an emotionally stirred audience response. Kairos Dance Company will continue to bring social awareness to the stage in 2017.
Megill & Company, founded in 2001 by sisters Heather and Beth Megill, has produced four original musicals and nine evening length dance programs. MeCoDance is under the artistic direction of Beth Megill, who teaches a variety of dance class and techniques including Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Modern as well as Improvisation and Dance Appreciation at Moorpark College. The mission of Megill & Company is to create dance works that are vibrant, quirky, meaningful, intellectual and entertaining.
Mindy Krasner, a professional ballet dancer who trained in New York City, was a member of major ballet companies in the United States and Europe, including Dutch National Ballet, Basel Ballet, Le Grand Ballet Canadian, American Ballet Theatre II, and Pennsylvania Ballet. For over a decade, she danced in productions such as “Swan Lake,” “Giselle,” “Cinderella,” “The Nutcracker,” and “Mid-Summer Night’s Dream,” as well as other modern and contemporary productions and toured internationally. More recently, she danced Flamenco in the production of Heart Song at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood. Mindy has extensive training and experience for teaching Ballet and Creative Dance to people of all ages from children all the way up to seniors. Mindy also has extensive training in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies and Yoga. She has also received Professional Development Grants, BETA grants, and Development grants for various projects. Ms. Krasner founded and directed the Freedom Dance Company from 2007-2010, which provided dance performances for people facing life-threatening illness. She received a grant from the Met Life Foundation and the National Guild for Community Arts Education for a Creative Aging Project in partnership with the Adult Day Care Center of Las Vegas, which resulted in a successful Creative Dance program for seniors. Her unique approach to teaching combines a high standard of technique along with a holistic view point which embraces the whole person and encourages self expression. Mindy’s passion and love for dance shines through her teaching as she helps people find their joy and creativity through movement.
San Pedro City Ballet(SPCB) was established in 1994 by nationally recognized dancers and teachers, Cynthia and Patrick David Bradley, as a not-for-profit dance company serving greater Los Angeles. It is home to American Ballet Theatre superstar Misty Copeland, who was discovered by the Bradleys at age 13. The company performs The Nutcracker annually at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro, as well as produces original modern works for a variety of venues throughout Southern California. In addition, San Pedro City Ballet, through its outreach programs, holds performance workshops throughout the city of Los Angeles. Thousands of residents see the company perform each year.
Rubans Rouges Dance (roo 'bon rooj), French for Red Ribbons founded in 2009 by dancer and choreographer: Noelle Rose Andressen. READ BELOW about how the company was named. Noelle merged her two artistic passions: dance & film on stage and screen with her contemporary modern dance company to develop a breakthrough piece: "Shattered Innocence (Red Ribbons)". From there she has developed dance performance pieces with passion and theatrical artistry that explore the human condition through narrative story lines. The spirit of Rubans Rouges can be seen in the lavish use of provocative lighting schemes, costume design and the artistic applications of scenery and props. The desire is to have dance pieces of high artistic value, and also be entirely accessible and enjoyable to the audience. Mission: To have each audience member connect on several different levels to these creations; the mind to understand the intent, the heart to feel the depths of the emotional content, and the soul to be ennobled to new enriching heights of creativity. Highly supportive of helping other artists and reciprocating to further share performance venues in a non-competitive atmosphere that cultivates community and camaraderie internationally. Based in NYC, LA, and Europe.
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