The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival sails in to its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from January 4 – 10, 2010. The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies [...]
By Merilyn Jackson, For The Inquirer
The nEW Festival’s public stage performances launched Wednesday night at the Drake Theater with two programs, displays of brilliant dancing and a strong array of interpretations of a single work.
Share, a witty dance-theater piece loosely based on the notions of truth and falsity by Philadelphia’s Gabrielle Revlock, led off the [...]
By Merilyn Jackson, For The Inquirer
“Dance-driven” nEW Festival opens.
Good dance just keeps sweeping into Philadelphia – and sweeping us off our feet (or onto them; see below). This week it’s the nEW Festival, Melanie Stewart’s now-six-year-old brainchild. What began as an artists’ cooperative with workshops and classes for dancers at the University of the Arts [...]
Special Thanks to: Emaleigh Doley, Canary Promotions
Three Interviews with nEW Artists -
Olive Prince Dance, Jeffrey Gunshol, Jen McGinn
OLIVE PRINCE DANCE
nEW Performance Schedule: Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 PM + Saturday, June 6 at 7:00 PM in a shared program with Charles O. Anderson / Dance Theatre X – $15
Emaleigh – You were selected to be [...]
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nEW Festival: DanceHouse
Sunday, June 7, 2009 with Shows at 3pm & 7pm
UArts Dance Theater at the Drake, 1512 Spruce Street, Phila
Upcoming nEW Artists: Sarah Gladwin Camp, Jen McGinn, Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills, Nora Gibson, Guillermo Ortega Tanus, and Abigail Zbikowski. Information & Tickets: http://www.newfestival.net
What do you present to the OUTside world? Who do you appear to be? What happens if I turn you inside/OUT? Smile, it will all be okay.
Olive Prince Dance (ODP) premieres OUT, a dynamic dance montage that combines contemporary physicality with pedestrian realities, blending the lines between reality and make-believe and OUTward appearances and inside [...]
Festival Premieres & Previews June 3–7; Classes June 1–19
The dance-driven artist fueled nEW Festival produced by Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre celebrates its 6th season with a series of dance performances and community classes at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from June 1 – 19, 2009. Throughout the year, nEW serves [...]
The following interview was conducted for The Dance Journal by by Dr. Elisabeth Hostetter, Associate Professor of Theatre Rowan University and Board Member, Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre.
Dr. Hostetter: One of our first goals with this interview is to make sure that people know what the upcoming 2009 Winter nEW festival scheduled for January 5-11 is [...]
Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre presents the 2009 Winter nEW Festival comprised of community classes, workshops, and an informal showing; DanceHouse: Meet the Artists/See the Work from January 5th through 11th, 2009 at the University of the Arts School of Dance Terra Building, 211 S. Broad Street, 4th floor.
Community classes will be held Monday – Friday [...]
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