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Outlawed
October 22 of ‘94
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Outlawed” was a dance company under the direction of Ann
Law, promising a night of wild and whimsical dances. The performance
represented a range of segments of the Chattanooga dance community.
The program included the 1994 Nashville Choreographic Showcase
winner, “Safe Sex”, a collage of the Rolling Stones
hit, “Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” and much
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Introduction to Kinetic Awareness
October 29 and 30 of ‘94
This two day workshop was led by Elaine Summers, the founder
or Kinetic Awareness, a technique for improving alignment, preventing
injuries and enjoying strength, flexibility and coordination.
It was open to health professionals, athletes, and those simply
interested in achieving a healthier body through movement theory. |
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Kinetic Awareness Dance Intensive
November 3, 4, and 5 of ‘94
This second three day workshop was again directed by Elaine Summers
of the Kinetic Awareness technique. It explored the theory as
a warm-up, in relation to dance technique and as a resource for
choreography. It was open to professional dancers and performers
who were interested in developing their own individuality and
style in movement. |
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The Grifters
November 4 of ‘94
The Grifters are from Memphis, Tennessee and for years have been
one of the country’s most critically-acclaimed independent
rock-and-roll acts. The group combines roots-based style with
brash post-punk sounds. They are sure to never stray to far from
the pop melodies and earnest vocalizations that are the basis
of their sound. |
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Southern Legs
November 5 of ‘94
This was a collaborative dance performance involving some of
the Southeast’s finest professional dancers and performers
ranging in origin from Miami to Nashville. The piece, all improvisation,
was directed by Elaine Summers.
-Community Outreach: Classes were at Phoenix III and at GPS. |
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1st Year Anniversary
November 19 of ‘94
Barking Legs celebrated its first year anniversary in high style
with a “cast of millions.” The program boasted 24
performance acts, all adding their talents to make the evening
a wonderful success. |
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Bridges
November 26 of ‘94
Three musicians, Randy Craftan (frame-drum/percussion), Amy Pratt
(clarinet/saxophone), and Jorge Alfano (bamboo flutes/bass),
each with his or her own unique background, form a group that
crosses musical, cultural and spiritual boundaries. The band
came to Barking Legs for a night that proved to be unforgettable
experience for all. |
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Talk of the Town
December 3 of ‘94
Texas native Paul Bonin-Rodriquez performed his one-man piece,
which, as The Austin Chronicle put it, “does everything
with amazing energy and flair.” “Talk of the Town” focused
on Johnny, the irrepressible small town sissy boy who finds love,
lust and Lady Bird Johnson at the local Dairy Queen. Community
Outreach: A donation from the proceeds was made to Chattanooga
Cares. |
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1995 (fall)-1996 (spring) Performance Series
This performance series was funded, in part, by grants from Allied
Arts of Greater Chattanooga, The Lyndhurst Foundation, the
Community Foundation, and from The National Endowment for the
Arts through the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with
The Tennessee Arts Commission. |
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Conversations: Homegirl/Whiteboy
September 15 & 16 of ‘95
Staring Ray McNiece and Shawn Jackson, “Conversations:
Homegirl/Whiteboy” was a black and white Romeo and Juliet
for the Nineties. The play explores issues of race and identity
and the challenges faced by lovers crossing racial boundaries.
It was based on interviews with interracial couples and their
own experience across the country.
-Community Outreach: The artists gave a lecture/demonstration
and workshop at Baylor and Chattanooga State. |
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Café Bizzoso:
Fundraiser for Alternate Roots
October 5 of ‘95
Normando Ismay from Atlanta, Georgia, hosted Café Bizzoso,
an insane, anything-goes evening that encompasses the range of
modern performance in an intimate setting, featuring performers
form all over the Southeast.. |
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Cinderella: A Tale of Survival
October 26 & 27 of ‘95
A dance/ theater piece. The all-female, multiracial cast of the
Dance Brigade performed this fractured fairy tale about the cycle
of abuse, domestic violence and women who fight back in self-defense.
The stunning choreography in the piece utilized modern, jazz,
hiphop, ballet, and sign language.
-Community Outreach: The Dance Brigade gave a lecture/demonstration
at Chattanooga State and movement classes with women and children
at Family & Children Services. |
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Planet Dog
November 18 of ‘95
This was CoPAC’s only annual fundraiser. It was a totally
festive, brilliant, all-night event that highlighted the best
of Chattanooga-area performers. |
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The Bible Belt and Other Accessories
December 1 & 2 of ‘95
Attacking homophobia with humor, San Antonio performer Paul Bonin-Rodriguez
returned to Barking Legs. Indefatigable small town sissy boy
johnny confronted small-town “moralists” with the
help of an African American home economics teacher and a feminist
Chicana Dairy Queen coworker. |
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Collaborative Improvisation
with Dancers & Musicians
January 13 of ‘96
The noted composer/violinist, Malcolm Goldstein, who has been
a seminal figure in the presentation of new music and dance since
the early 1960's, made his Chattanooga debut, in a collaborative
event with dancer and musicians from the Southeast. |
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A White Wedding
March 1 & 2 of ‘96
Using as its inspiration Polish poet Tadeuz Rozewicz’s
play, Mariage Blanc, this collaborative theater event, directed
by Sydney Roberts and choreographed by Ann Law, explored the
coming-of-age of two sisters. A White Wedding was a sexually
charged black comedy that audiences couldn’t resist. |
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Lost in Utopia
March 8 & 9 of ‘96
Chattanooga joined Katherine Griffith and her Texas twang on
a “Psychic Detective Hunt for Missing Joy,” in a
New Age spoof featuring host of channeled ghosts and strange
goings-on inside a Greek coffeehouse on Manhattan’s Upper
West Side.
-Community Outreach: Katherine Griffith gave a lecture/demonstration
at Chattanooga State. |
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Women in Improv
March 15 & 16 of ‘96
This was a two day dance and music collaborative event smack
dab in the middle of Women’s History Month. Directed by
CoPAC’s own Ann Law, the celebratory event featured some
of the best female improvisors in music and dance, including
Linda Austin, Annie Gosfield, Ann Law, LaDonna Smith, S. Sycamore
Toffel, Gwendolyn Watson, and Thea Windeer. |
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Portraits of Women
March 22 of ‘96
Jill Becker of Ithaca, New York, danced her way through the lives
of Marie Antoinette, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Caddy Stanton,
among others, in her solo piece, “a wistful, amusing, and
reverting expose of individual vulnerability.” (Dance Magazine)
-Community Outreach: Jill Becker gave a lecture/demonstration
at Barking Legs Theater for Howard High School. |
