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An open letter from Island Moving Company’s Leadership
FURTHERING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
2/18/2021
An open letter from Island Moving Company’s Leadership
To our community partners, audience members, students and patrons, we wanted to take the time to thank you and invite you to share in the conversation that has begun around IMC’s newest production.
NEWPORT’S RESIDENT CONTEMPORARY BALLET ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES OF STREAMING AND ON-DEMAND PERFORMANCES
NEWPORT’S RESIDENT CONTEMPORARY BALLET ANNOUNCES
NEW SERIES OF STREAMING AND ON-DEMAND PERFORMANCES
IMC announces performance dates and tickets on sale for its new spring repertory production of TOGETHER IN THIS DREAM- Dancing Through The Digital Divide.
Live streaming performances are scheduled for March 5 & 6 at 7:30 pm, and recorded encore performances will be made available through On-Demand streaming starting March 11. Tickets including both the Live & On-Demand productions are $35, and $20 for On-demand only tickets are on sale now at www.Islandmovinco.org.
The program features two world premiere works, one, “Skeleton Crew” from IMC’s Associate Artistic Director, Danielle Genest, and a new work by guest choreographer, Mark Harootian, entitled “Steady Grip”. Genest has also set a previous work “Venus and a Crescent Moon” on IMC for the first time. Rounding out the program are restaged works from Colin Connor, Rodney Rivera, and IMC’s Artistic Director, Miki Ohlsen.
The show will be approximately 60 minutes in length and Live Stream performances will engage creative conversations with artists & audience members immediately following the performances on each of the evenings. The performances will be live-streamed from the Newport Congregational church as part of an on-going partnership between IMC and the non-profit organization that operates the space and oversees the partnerships educational & performance programs in the space.
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Announcing 2021 Summer Dance Intensive & Open Company Auditions
Island Moving Company (IMC) is pleased to share the enclosed information regarding our Summer Dance Intensive for 2021 as well as notice for Open Company Auditions.
Founded in 1982, Island Moving Company (IMC) is a non-profit, professional, contemporary ballet company whose mission is to build the cultural, educational and economic vitality of Newport County, RI through dance creation, performance and education.
IMC is dedicated to the development and performance of original choreographic works, and has commissioned over 120 new dances from modern and contemporary ballet choreographers, as well as a dozen, original musical scores.