Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dance off the EDGE begins with Vibrant Beings
Posted by Andrew Alexander on Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:07 AM
The sprawling, ambitious new dance event technically had its start at the top of the week as prestigious guest artists arrived and began conducting movement workshops and artist-to-artist exchanges with various companies and schools around Atlanta. It's all in anticipation of this weekend's main events: a series of free performances in Woodruff Park and a mixed program by visiting artists on the stage of the Rialto Friday and Saturday nights.
Tonight's "Vibrant Beings" panel will officially begin off the EDGE by considering the event's curatorial theme: "The movement of things permits the formation of identities." The evening starts with a concert by contemporary chamber music group Bent Frequency at 7 p.m., and the panel discussion begins at 7:30 p.m.
Panelists include:
- Sue Schroeder, choreographer and founder of CORE Performance Company
- Dancer Zoe Scofield and visual artist Juniper Shuey of zoe|juniper
- Chris Appleton, co-founder of the Atlanta arts organization WonderRoot
- Louis Corrigan, founder of Flux Projects and Possible Futures
- BODYTRAFFIC contemporary dance repertory company of Los Angeles
The panel will be co-moderated by Atlanta-based art critics Paul Boshears and myself, CL contributing writer Andrew Alexander.
The main events for off the EDGE take place on Friday and Saturday nights with free performances by Atlanta-based artists in Woodruff Park beginning at 6 p.m. each night and a ticketed mixed program by distinguished visiting companies on the Rialto stage at 8 p.m. The closing event will be a free performance by Rina Schenfeld at the Goat Farm, 1200 Foster Street, at 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 29. For more information on these and other off the EDGE events visit the event website.
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