Alex, Laura and I have been working on a dance that creates experience – for both dancers and viewers.

In just over a week, Alex and Laura arrive to start making a new dance with me.

2016 wild goose chase/the landing 

I just heard the first goose of the season over the estuary early yesterday morning. Once again with the support of the village of Columbia Falls, I am able to dive headlong into what I love: making and sharing dance.

More to come …

DanceTCU premiered On the Far Shore last night. Performed by BFA modern dance candidates, we are fortunate to be working with professional musicians Kurt Sprenger (violin) and Moira Hopfe-Ostensen (piano). Lighting design is by senior Katerina DeLawyer. Performances:

Friday, April 1: sold out – no joke!

Saturday, April 2: 1 pm and 7 pm

Saturday, April 3: 1 pm and 7 pm

Erma Lowe Hall, Studio Theatre/TCU Campus ~ $10 general public/$5 students with ID and children: go to dance.tcu.edu (Home Page – upper right corner) to purchase tickets.

Alex Breeden, Allie Liles, Cassidy Pinkston

Laura will dance Pale Moon on Saturday evening as part of the Chi Tau Epsilon Honor Society’s benefit concert for the AIDS Outreach Center of Fort Worth and Tarrant County.  If you cannot come, consider making a donation.  All Box Office proceeds and other donations go directly to the AOC.

There are four professional companies on this concert – all with exciting work to offer. In addition to wild goose chase dance, Nymbal – new ballet, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance and Out on a Limb.  There are also three quite refined works by TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance graduating seniors – all very different! These three works will represent the SCCD at the  South Central Conference of the American College Dance Association in March.  ‘Twill be a great show!

Photo: Lynn Lane (Houston)

The annual Chi Tau Epsilon [dance] Honor Society AIDS Outreach Center Benefit Concert will be February 20th at 7:30 pm in the Erma Lowe Hall, Studio Theatre. The concert will feature works by four professional companies and three seniors from the TCU School for Classical & Contemporary Dance.

wild goose chase dance will present Pale Moon, danced by Laura Barbee, TCU faculty member and long time performer with the company.

One more photo before performance tonight.  A Modern Night at the Folly – downtown Kansas City! 8 pm.

Here’s another photo from rehearsal with Hannah and David.  Enjoy. February 6th in Kansas City: 8 pm A Modern Night at the Folly!

wild goose chase dance will tour to Kansas City MO next week to perform in a yearly showcase, A Modern Night at the Folly, produced by City in Motion Dance Company. The Folly Theater is a fabulous antique theater – originally on the vaudeville circuit and later a burlesque house. The performance is Saturday, February 6th at 8 pm. If you have friends in the area, please encourage them to come.  http://pressreleases.kcstar.com/release/messages/78587/

I have several photos from a recent rehearsal that show the off-kilter nature of this work and the exciting physicality that Hannah Requa and David Cross possess. Hannah dances full-time with Bruce Wood Dance Project  http://brucewoodance.org and David with Dark Circles Contemporary Dance http://www.darkcirclescontemporarydance.com

Thanks to Maureen Janson Heintz for this photo of Collette during dress rehearsal. It so beautifully captures the way Collette has drawn this moment.

Thanks, too, to Jim Vogel for the otherworldly lighting design.

Collette performed Berceuse last night at the Gates of Heaven (really!) in “One: an evening of solos” –  a concert that Liz Sexe produced in Madison. She wrote to say that there are no pictures yet but Ruthie is working on it. . . .