Fresh off of TEDMED, Black Label Movement Brings Premieres and Brings Repertory Work to The Cowles Center

Minneapolis, Minn. June 6 , 2013 The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts is thrilled to welcome back Black Label Movement June 2830 in The Goodale Theater. One of Minnesotas most dynamic and adventurous dance companies, Black Label Movement (BLM), led by 2012 McKnight Fellow and City Pages Artist of the Year Carl Flink closes the 2012-13 Cowles Center Performance Season with a feast of daringly physical dance, compelling design and original, live music. BLMs sixth Minnesota season features the world premiere of Flinks Whack-A-Mole set to original music created by composer Greg Brosofske. With a cast of 17 performers, Whack-A Mole examines the frenetic, creative and exhilarating physical world of communities responding to the aftermath of natural or man-made disaster and the cycle of rebirth. SAGE Award winning lighting designer Marcus Dilliard and scenic designer Annie Katsura Rollins join Flinks creative team to envision this propulsive new work. The evening concludes with the return of Flinks Field Songs accompanied live by Minnesota roots rock band the Jinnies on a grass-covered stage. In 2009, the St. Paul Pioneer Press declared Field Songs a sod-busting, big-hearted dance where dancers hurtle and bound through space with unfettered athleticism, tempering big, bold moves with a rugged lyricism as shapely and weathered as a piece of driftwood. Tickets are $1626 and can be purchased at www.thecowlescenter.org or by calling 612.206.3600.

When: June 2829 @ 8pm

June 30 @ 7pm

Where: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, The Goodale Theater, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Downtown Minneapolis

Tickets: $1626 (all fees included)

About Black Label Movement

Black Label Movement (BLM) is a Twin Cities based dance theater dedicated to creating wildly physical, naturally virtuosic, intellectually and emotionally engaging art. Led by Carl Flink, this collective of dance artists seeks to push the mind, body, and heart to the edge of what is possible and beyond.

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is the Twin Cities' newest arts center and the flagship for dance in Minnesota. Centrally located in downtown Minneapolis, The Cowles Center includes the newly refurbished 500-seat Goodale Theater; the Hennepin Center for the Arts, home to 20 leading dance and performing arts organizations; the state-of-the-art Target Education Studio, housing The Cowles Centers distance learning program; and the new U.S. Bank Atrium. The Cowles Center fills the need for a place that is a catalyst for the creation, presentation, education, enjoyment and celebration of dance and the performing arts in the Twin Cities. The Cowles Center is a 501(c)3 status non-profit organization. The Cowles Centers 2012/13 Season is presented by U.S. Bank with additional support from Ascent Private Capital Management and the Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank.

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