‘The Missing Generation’ tells a story of pain and anguish in the AIDS crisis They put their hands on their hearts at the end of an afternoon lesson. And they listened. They listened to lyrically transporting cello undertones. They listened to raw voices tell unheard stories from an era before they were born. They listened to their […]
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Artists announced for Bates Dance Festival 2015
DanceNow, Sean Dorsey Dance,Delfos Danza Contemporanea, Robert Moses’ Kinamong performances LEWISTON — The Bates Dance Festival announces its 2015 season of public events, taking place July 1 through Aug. 8 on the Bates College campus. Presenting stunning new works, the renowned contemporary artists performing at the six-week festival are Sean Dorsey Dance, Delfos Danza Contemporanea […]
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Effort afoot to tell Lewiston’s story through dance, movie
LEWISTON — Dancers rolled, curled into balls and lay motionless on Simard/Payne Memorial Park’s derelict railroad tracks. In a few minutes, the wet grass soiled the dancers’ clothes. Black flies bit. And another four-member group of dancers threatened to step on them. And yet, with limbs askew, they lay still as choreographer and director Stephan Koplowitz […]
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Video preview: Choreographing Lewiston — Sunday in the Sun Journal
Dancers and filmmakers from the Bates Dance Festival are currently making an avant-garde film in Lewiston that they hope will one day become one piece of an epic live multi-media performance telling the story of Lewiston’s environment, its industry, its history and its people. Read more about the project and creator Stephan Koplowitz’s fusion of […]
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Getting into the rhythm of the Bates Dance Festival
The rhythm of African drums echo from the open doors of the Gray Cage on a muggy Monday afternoon on the campus of Bates College. Inside, young dancers from across the country and beyond undulate, jump and move to the beat. Shani Collins-Achille, assistant professor of dance at Connecticut College and artistic director of Eternal […]
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Twin Cities arts, performance groups join forces
LEWISTON — A group of 19 Twin Cities arts groups — ranging from theaters to galleries to special events — are ready to unveil their alliance. “We’ve been working on this for a year,” said member Michael Dostie. “The purpose now is to tell everyone that we exist. This collaboration exists and now we can […]