Artistic Venture Fund 6.27.14

Artistic Venture Leadership GroupBecome a Producing Partner

1.LIVE MUSIC FUND

One of the things that makes Perry-Mansfield’s programs so unique is that daily technique classes

are accompanied by live music, and whenappropriate, performances are as well.

This tradition of training and performing with live artists is a commitment that our Artistic Directors

cherish and have asked to be #1 on their list of important artistic ventures.

One of our favorite buildings on campus is Louis Horst Studio. It is named after the musician/

composer who accompanied Martha Graham throughout her career. Mr. Horst’s book,

Pre-Classic Dance Forms, is the manual used in every dance department in the country for

composition and choreography classes. Let music ring!

$15,000


2.Mark Morris Dance Group

This year, for the first time, Perry-Mansfield is proud to

announce that Mark Morris Dance Group

will be part of our summer curriculum with a

Repertory Residency.

One of the founding artists of the Company, Teri Weksler,

will spend a week on campus, teaching modern dance

technique and Mark Morris repertory.

The MMDG residency will culminate in an informal open

rehearsal of the repertory that our

Pre-Professional Intensive students have been learning.

And, an extra wonderful bit of trivia . . .

five Mark Morris dancers are Perry-Mansfield alums!

It is so wonderful to deepen our connection to this

important choreographer and to have

MMDG dancers back on campus.

$2,500


3.NO HERO Residency

We are thrilled to announce that choreographer Alex Ketley and two of his dancers will be in residence at

Perry-Mansfield in March, 2014. The project they are working on is called “No Hero,” and it has received

funding from The Princess Grace Foundation to prepare a tour of the southern United States. We are offering our studios to them to work together before their tour begins,

and the benefits are many. Mr. Ketley will teach a choreography workshop to our local high school dancers; the trio will perform and screen their

film of “No Hero” at Bud Werner Memorial Library on March 26th; and, they will also dance at

Perry-Mansfield’s 2nd Annual Snowshoe+Chili Event — now called “Dancers on Snowshoe,” on March 29thThis is our second artist residency project this year,

and with your help, we will continue to share wonderful artists with the City of Steamboat Springs.

$3,000

No Hero


4.Choreographer:

Amy Seiwert

One of the most important contemporary ballet choreographers of her generation, Amy Seiwert has agreed

to set a work on our dancers for the Evening of Dance. Some of you may know her because she has had a

Colorado presence over the last few years by creating work for Colorado Ballet and Ballet Nouveau.

About Ms. Seiwert: “ballet is an expressive and vital voice relevant to our times. The artists I work with share the belief that through collaboration & experimentation, vibrant and courageous ideas are expressed and habitual

reactions are discouraged. Our mission is to expand the definition of ballet by exploding preconceptions

of what ballet is and can be.”

Help us bring Amy to camp!

$1,500


6.Choreographer:

Alex Ketley

Following up on his “No Hero” residency in March, Alex Ketley’s choreography, SPAN, will be included in this year’s Evening of Dance. His work will be set by

dancer Courtney Maseika.

Alex Ketley trained with the Royal Danish Ballet, School of American Ballet, and the Washington Ballet.

He joined San Francisco Ballet in 1994, where he performed repertory including William Forsythe,

James Kudelka, and George Balanchine.In 1998, Alex co-founded The Foundry in order to

explore his deepening interests in choreography, improvisation, mixed media work, and collaborative

process. In addition to his initial years directing The Foundry, Alex worked for Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet

as both a dancer and choreographer from 2000-2002

$1,500


7.Choreographer:

Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones performs in the United States and abroad with a variety of choreographers and companies,

including Bebe Miller, Urban Bush Women, Ronald K. Brown, Min Tanaka, Ralph Lemon

and KOKUMA Dance Theater. He has collaborated with other choreographers (Fiona Millward, Jeremy Wade, Angie Hauser), writers (Cheryl Boyce Taylor), musicians (Brian Schulur, Jesse Manno, NOMAD), and designers (Mahwish Syed), in dance films, documentations and interactive multimedia installations. His choreography

has been presented in London, South Korea, The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Judson Memorial Church in New York City. His classes are informed by his training

in a variety of contemporary dance techniques, improvisation, Butoh and Traditional Dance forms. He is a

member of the faculty of Columbia College in Chicago.

$1,500


8.Choreographer:

Anjali Austin

Anjali Austin is a former member of Dance Theatre of Harlem and has worked with choreographers such as

Agnes de Mille, Alexandra Danilova, Glen Tetley, Geoffrey Holder, and Frederick Franklin.

Her performance credits include Swan Lake (Act II), Flower Festival, Concerto Barocco, Prince Igor, Paquita, Giselle and Frankie and Johnny.

During Ms. Austin’s career she enhanced her performing and technical skills with intensive training

in Pilates and is a Master Trainer in the GYROTONIC® EXPANSION SYSTEM.

Perry-Mansfield eagerly awaits her contributions as teacher in ballet and somatice practices as well as

choreographer for Evening of Dance.

$1,500


10.July 5th at

Strings Music Festival

Tammy Dyke Compton &

Christopher Compton

This year, we welcome back two favorite dance artists to perform on July 5th at Strings Music Festival.

Tammy and Chris became new parents in May 2014, and therefore cannot join us for the entire season,

so this is your chance to experience their remarkable artistry. If you saw them perform last summer, you know what you can expect.

Friends don’t let friends miss this event!

$3,500

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Artistic Venture Fund 6.27.14