[MNDancers] Dance performances at the Southern

[Lois Donnay]

SOLO

The Southern Theater is proud to present SOLO, a
showcase performance of world premiers featuring six
of the Twin Cities' finest dancers and recipients of
the 2004 and 2005 McKnight Artist Fellowship for
Dancers.  As part of their awarded fellowship, the
Southern Theater has commissioned a choreographer of
each dancer's choosing to create a new work expressly
for them.  Join us for this captivating biennial
celebration of solo debuts, three nights only at the
Southern Theater.

DANCERS and CHOREOGRAPHERS:
Mariusz Olszewski:  Choreographers:  Tomas Howlin
(Montreal), Jean-Mark Genereux (Montreal)
Stephanie Fellner:  Choreographers:  Susana di Palma
(Mpls) and Myron Johnson (Mpls)
Megan Flood:   Choreographer:  Dylan Skybrook (Mpls)
Toni Pierce-Sands:  Choreographer:  Ronald K Brown 
(New York)
Peggy Seipp-Roy:  Choreographers:  Stehane Andre 
(Montreal), Wynn Fricke (Mpls), Uri Sands (St. Paul)
Julia Tehven:  Choreographer:  John Kelly  (New York)
May 5 - 7 Friday and Saturday 8:00 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM
Tickets:  $22.00
Post-show discussion Saturday May 6
 Box Office:  612-340-1725
 Southern Theater
1420 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55454
 
Please be advised that a portion of the program
includes adult content.
The McKnight Artist Felowships for Dancers and SOLO
are made possible through the generous support of The
McKnight Foundation.
Mariusz is a native of Poland and graduate of the
Institute of Culture Theater Department in Opole. He
danced in Poland's first professional modern dance
company-The Silesian Dance Theater--from 1991-95,
touring throughout Poland, Europe and the United
States. In 1995 he was honored with the President of
Silesia's Award for Outstanding Artist.
Mariusz moved to Minneapolis in 1996 to join
JAZZDANCE! By Danny Buraczeski. Since 2003, Mariusz
has served as co-director of Beyond Ballroom Dance
Company, whose work combines the technical mastery of
ballroom dance with the artistic freedom and
innovation of theater.

http://www.southerntheater.org/onstage/solo_5-2006_onstage.php

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