The Bates Dance Festival presents company nora chipaumire, a Zimbabwean choreographer known for challenging and embracing stereotypes of Africa, art and the black performing body. Chipaumire and company perform “portrait of myself as my father,” a piece using a boxing scenario and elastic bands linking the performers to question family ties. Chipaumire’s residency includes a show and […]
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Falmouth's Sara Juli featured at Bates Dance Festival
The Bates Dance Festival presents comediennes Claire Porter and Sara Juli at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 27 and 28, at Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St., Lewiston. Juli, of Falmouth and Porter, of New Jersey, use an arsenal of stage techniques to effect a comedic upending of the everyday protocols, manners and laws that […]
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Bates College hosting dance festival in Lewiston
Maree ReMalia, center, leads a Bates Dance Festival class at Lewiston Middle School on Friday. The Gaga class teaches movement through nuanced gestures, over-the-top physicality, meditative moments, and absurd exchanges that aim to uncover new ways of moving, accessing the subconscious and cultivating fluidity between following bodily impulse and making decisions. The festival continues through […]
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'Musicians' Concert' puts Bates Dance Festival composer-players in spotlight
Terrence Karn is one of the Bates Dance Festival musicians who will perform at the festival’s annual “Musicians’ Concert,” 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 23, at the Gendron Franco Center. Music takes center stage when these composers, known for their collaborations with dancers, perform original and improvised works that blend musical styles from around the globe. Tickets […]
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Lewiston library to screen 'Making Mill Town'
The Bates Dance Festival and the Lewiston Public Library will hold a screening of the documentary film “Making Mill Town” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. The program is free, open to the public and will be held in the library’s Callahan Hall. “Making Mill Town” delves into the four-year process of making the immersive dance […]
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Rennie Harris PureMovement returns to Bates Dance Festival
LEWISTON — The Bates Dance Festival presents Rennie Harris PureMovement performing their show “Lifted” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 20 and 21, at Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St., Lewiston. A gala reception precedes Friday’s performance. Harris is known for taking hip hop dance from the inner city to a mainstream audience. Delving into the […]
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Lily Dines, left, and Riley Hopkins work together during Friday afternoon’s improvisation class taught by Lida Winfield at Bates College in Lewiston. They are part of the Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival. For more information on the dance festival and upcoming performances, visit batesdancefestival.org. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Lily Dines, left, and Riley […]
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Renowned transgender choreographer brings show to Bates Dance Festival
The Bates Dance Festival presents “Boys in Trouble,” performed by Sean Dorsey Dance, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, July 12 and 14, at Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St., Lewiston. Led by the nation’s first prominent transgender modern dance choreographer, Sean Dorsey, the company performs the New England premiere of a festival co-commission. Full-throttle dance, […]
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Inside dance conversation with Lauren Warnecke & Sean Dorsey at Lewiston library
LEWISTON — The Lewiston Public Library and the Bates Dance Festival are hosting an informal discussion with leading trans choreographer Sean Dorsey and Chicago Tribune dance writer Lauren Warnecke at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, in the library’s Callahan Hall. This is an opportunity to learn about dance, arts and culture, and the social context […]
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Bates Dance Fest expanding free public events
Performers, choreographerstaking knowledge, skillsoff campus to the public LEWISTON — In her inaugural season as Bates Dance Festival director, Shoshona Currier has enlarged the number, scope and locations of festival events open to the public at no cost. In the days leading up to their festival performances, choreographers and performers will fan out across Lewiston-Auburn […]