Music & Motion Dance Productions Announces 2006 Season
Music & Motion Dance Productions, a Philadelphia based, teen, pre-professional, modern dance company launches their 6th season with the premiere of a new dance work – “To A Different Beat”.
(PRWEB) February 6, 2006 -- Music & Motion Dance Productions kicks off its 2006 season with the premiere of a new dance work – “To A Different Beat”. Set to a series of pieces featuring “beats” from around the world, the focus of this production is on communication through the language of the drum and the rhythms of one’s body. The beat is depicted as the connection between rhythm and dance. It is a celebration of energy, strength, individuality, spirituality, creativity, colorfulness and expression. The beat is also unifying - a cultural fusion that brings us together.
For the cast of Music & Motion Dance, this is their most ambitious new season to date. High-energy world beats and sizzling rhythms “make the dances more challenging and complex to choreograph” according to senior dancer, Maddie Breslin. But she adds, “they also just make you want to get up and move, stomp, dance and just enjoy this ethno-fusion and celebration of what is a part of all of us.”
Music & Motion Dance Productions is a non-profit corporation, which is both owned and operated by teens with mentoring from outside corporations and individuals. It is a group of pre-professional dancers ages fourteen thru eighteen, who have expressed an interest in pursuing dance and the performing arts. Under the artistic direction of Steven Weisz, this group’s mission has been to empower young people through dance and creative collaboration in the performing arts, building self-esteem and inspiring self-expression and community action.
To that end, Music & Motion performs locally and in surrounding communities throughout the year, as well as performances in a fully professional atmosphere presented for corporations, museums, gardens, and live arts related venues. Music & Motion fulfills the need for providing young dancers with performing experience in a nurturing environment, while continually exciting audiences wherever they perform. The collaborative efforts of the entire company create a synergy rich in imagination, celebration and spirit.
2006 Cast Members are: Gilbert Lewis Bailey II ; Maddie Breslin, Yardley, PA ; Christina Heupel, Newtown, PA; Kristen Konski, Bristol, PA; Kate Lubenetski, Quakertown, PA ; Melissa Martin, Schwenksville, PA; Andrea Piovane, Bensalem, PA ; Lindsay Reuter, Bryn Athyn, PA; and Noelle Tolbert, Harleysville, PA.
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