The Cowles Center presents Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum's "Three and Three"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Joe Chvala
608.692.4291
Dana Munson, The Cowles Center
dmunson@thecowlescenter.org
612.206.3630
Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forums
Three and Three
Featuring Musicians
Orkestar Bez Ime, Victor Zupanc, and Peter OGorman
SEPTEMBER 20-21, 2013
Minneapolis, MN (September 3, 2013) Opening Friday, September 20th at The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, Three and Three gives the Flying Foot Forum audience a peek into their future with three new sections of their next three full evening projects and revives three of their most successful repertory pieces from various points in their 21 year history.
Flying Foot Forum is a one of a kind percussive dance company whose mission is to present percussive dance in as many varied, engaging theatrical ways as possible. Following their highly acclaimed 20th Anniversary Concert at The Cowles Center with The New Standards, Three and Three is a wild ride of a concert giving the audience the Flying Foot Forum futurea section of their highly anticipated Alice in Wonderland which will premiere in 2014, a new jazz piece by Flying Foot Forum artistic associate Karla Grotting for their upcoming America Concert, and a section of their new participatory work Dancing through the Halls created collaboratively by Joe Chvala and Ukrainian Singer, Natalie Nowytski. From the past will come an all male version of the dangerously edgy Red Walls, Karla Grotting's haunting folk quartet, All of One Size and the hilarious classical tap pieceAll Creatures Now Are Merry-Minded. Live music will be provided by the incomparable Orkestar Bez Ime, Victor Zupanc, and Peter O'Gorman. The musicians will perform with the company and by themselves in short vignettes throughout the evening. Add to that a surprise piece choreographed collaboratively by Chanhassen Dinner Theater's Tamara Kangas-Erickson and long time company member, Jeremy Bensussan.
Three and Three Performances and Tickets
Friday, September 20 at 8 pm
Saturday, September 21 at 8 pm
Tickets, $30, are available in-person at The Cowles Center Box Office, on-line at thecowlescenter.org, and by phone at 612.206.3600
DANCERS:
Joe Chvala, Rush Benson, Jeremy Bensussan, Brian J Evans, Kory Jacquart, Billy Mullaney, Jesse Neumann-Peterson, Charles Robison, Joe Spencer, Timmy Wagner, Edward Williams, Aleutian Calabay, Karla Grotting,
Leila Awadallah, Emily Broeker, Jan Campbell, Alexandra Ferreira,
Karla Grotting, Sarah Polis-Mares, Christina Harstad, Michelle Lemon,
Emma Marlar,
MUSICIANS:
Peter O'Gorman (percussion), Victor Zupanc (accordion), and
Orkestar Bez Ime--Colleen Bertsch (fiddle), Scott Keever (guitar),
Matt Miller (bass), Katrina Mundinger (clarinet), and Natalie Nowytski
(drums and vocals)
CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Joe Chvala, Karla Grotting, Tamara Kangas-Erickson, Jeremy Bensussan, Natalie Nowytski
COMPOSERS:
Ted Nash, Natalie Nowytski, Joe Chvala, Peter O'Gorman, Savage Aural Hotbed
FUNDING:
The Mcknight Foundation, Target, The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, The National Endowment for the Arts, St. Paul Cultural Star Grant (for "Alice in Wonderland").This activity is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Reional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. This production is part of the U of M/Department of Theatre Arts & Dance Re-imagining Community and Arts Partnerships (RiCAP) initiative which explores, strengthens and supports meaningful relationships amongst the department, our community and performing arts groups throughout the metropolitan area.
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