Evento

Ten Tiny Dances

An experiment in confined space, Ten Tiny Dances is a performance series dedicated to fostering inventive dance/performance art and providing an accessible performance experience for a diverse audienceall on a 4 by 4 foot stage.

Ten Tiny Dances is dance/theater performance in confined space, which challenges artists to invent ways of collapsing known and recognizable vocabulary as well as to invent new vocabulary that responds to the possibilities of 16 sq. ft. It interrupts the usual expectations for dance vocabulary, performance, and viewing, and affects the way people move and are perceived in space.

In the Methow Valley version of the series, the ten dances will be performed by six local dancer/choreographers and five from Seattle. Local dancers are Lyndsay Frady, Sara Jinks, Joseph Weaver, Brook Bourn, Danbert Nobacon, and a duo of Salyna Gracie and Mary Graham.

As well as the delight that comes from innovation, the event also offers an experience of tension for the audience as they ponder and witness how each performer meets and deals with the challenge of the space.

Ten Tiny Dances was founded in Portland, OR, by Mike Barber and is produced with permission in Seattle, WA, by Spaeth Projects. www.tentinydances.org www.spaethprojects.com

DATE: Saturday, May 12, 7pm. LOCATION: Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp. TICKETS: $15 advance/$18 door. $5/18 and under. RESERVED SEATING: $25 adults/$10 kids. Reserved group seating available, call Methow Arts. Daily Business, Riverside Printing, and BrownPaperTickets.com, MethowArts.org, 509.997.4004, info@MethowArtsAlliance.org. Beer, wine, refreshments available for purchase.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS: Washington State Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, River Run Inn, Sun Mountain Lodge, KTRT-97.5 the Root, Humanities Washington, and numerous community members.