The Zeiterion wants you to love dance! “Dance Discovery” kicks off 9/13 with Tiny Dances

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Zeiterion Performing Arts Center will offer several dance-themed events as part of their Dance Discovery program in the 2018/2019 season, many of which are free and open to the public. The line-up kicks off with Tiny Dances, the work of 10 choreographers on one small stage, on September 13 outside the theater during AHA! night. Dance fans will also be able to immerse themselves in the world of movement with four Dance Barre events that are free. Two cultural road trips round out the schedule, one to Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker in December. Tickets can be purchased for the road trip and reservations for Dance Barre can be made by calling 508-994-2900, online at https://zeiterion.org/, or at the Zeiterion Box Office at 684 Purchase Street in New Bedford.

“Dance belongs to everyone, so The Z is committed to removing barriers to the art form with free events and, in the case of Tiny Dances, dance on the street,” said Rosemary Gill, Executive Director, Programming & Development. “Because dance isn’t as available as other performing arts genres like music, it’s our duty to keep trained dance in the public through our Dance Discovery program.”

The schedule of Dance Discovery events is as follows:

Tiny Dances
Thursday, September 13, 5:30 & 7:00 p.m.
Free

Ten choreographers present their work on one tiny stage outside the Zeiterion during AHA! night. Their performance is dedicated to New Bedford Ballet’s James Brown. No reservations needed.

Dance Barre – Jack of All Trades, Master of None
Wednesday, October 17, 7:00 p.m.
Free
Guest speaker: Shura Baryshnikov

Performers bring their entire world into every creative project. Their studies and training, joys and traumas, and spiritual and contemplative practices are all present every time they step on stage or enter a creative space. Shura Baryshnikov asks, is it possible to dispel our idealization of specialization in performing arts to disrupt the binary of dance and theater? Can versatility and range as dancers and actors begin to transform stage work? What possibilities await us for stagecraft if this becomes the case? Whether or not you’re a performer, this discussion will be inspiration for the jack of all trades in any profession.

Cultural Road Trip to Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Sunday, December 16, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Tickets: $169 / $159 Z Member

Come aboard a motor coach to Boston Opera House for the world-class Boston Ballet performing the holiday classic “The Nutcracker.” Package includes round-trip transportation between the Zeiterion and The Boston Opera House, a box lunch, tickets to The Nutcracker, and the special backstage tour.

Dance Barre – Kicking and Screening: New England Choreographers Showcase
Wednesday, February 27, 7:00 p.m.
Free

Join us for a film presentation of short experimental dances created specifically for the camera. The films collected here represent a diversity of cultural backgrounds and artistic languages; and though all are concerned with the capture of the moving body within the moving frame, each does so in its own unique way – crafting worlds that range from the narrative and familiar, to the abstract and alien.

Dance Barre – Can Dancers Save the World?
Wednesday, March 27, 7:00 p.m.
Free
Guest speaker: Jose Mateo

Dance tangos with social impact! Cuban born Jose Mateo explores the ways dance artists are creating deliberate social change. While the arts have always had an impact on the way social order is perceived, many artists in today’s highly-connected global culture openly declare their intended commitment to “save the world” through their work. Experiments seem to proliferate in dance circles because the medium is so well suited to community building. How much impact do these artists really have and is their work done at the expense of artistic excellence and innovation?

This Dance Barre enhances the experience of the Ballet Hispánico mainstage performance on Friday, April 12.

Dance Barre – Aroundtown Glimpse into Dance Creation
Wednesday, April 24, 7:00 p.m.
Free
Guest speaker: David Dorfman

Join David Dorfman for an inside glimpse into the process he and his company of dancers and musicians used to create Aroundtown. You’ll be drawn into this highly imaginative world where audience members, sitting together in a dark theater, seek a way in to tenderness and then out into the world again. You’ll learn how Dorfman engages highly athletic dance with personal narrative and song to create a world where for one evening, we all belong. A world where everything will be ok. It’s not easy. Hope is not easy. Love is not easy. But Dorfman dares to lead the charge and spread the idea that together we will persist.

This Dance Barre enhances the experience of the David Dorfman Dance mainstage performance on Saturday, May 11.

Cultural Road Trip to Jacob’s Pillow
Summer 2019
Price TBD

Join fellow dance lovers on a day-long excursion to the Berkshires, home of America’s longest-running international dance festival.

The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to provide New Bedford and the region with performing arts programming of excellence that inspires, educates, engages and entertains. Tickets are available for purchase at www.zeiterion.org, by calling 508-994-2900, or in person at the box office at 684 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Mass. Zeiterion Box Office hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and two hours before each performance.

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