Choreographers Without Companies 2007

Now in its 13th year, Choreographers without Companies showcases the best new work by the tri-state's leading independent choreographers. The annual concert is one of the highlights of the dance season, giving talented local artists a chance to create new work, supported by the technical capabilities of the Jarson-Kaplan Theater.
	A panel of local dancers selected the work of seven choreographers from 15 applications submitted in January. The seven represent a cross-section of the local dance community and include seasoned choreographers alongside work by relative newcomers. The concert also features a variety of contemporary dance styles, music and ideas.

L to R, from top: Michelle Bump, Jason Hatcher, Judith Mikita, Diane Germaine, 
Rachel James, Tricia Gelmini, Ashley Suttlar and Jeri Gatch 

Artists for Choreographers without Companies 2007 are:

Jeri Deckard Gatch presents a work for four dancers and a couch 
entitled SO-FAr, in which friends gather to tell stories and reveal secrets.

Patricia Gelmini presents an introspective yet playful dance set to Serbian 
brass music. The Longings of the Soles of My Feet is about trying to find 
one's place in the world.  

Choreographer Diane Germaine, collaborating with Michelle Bump, will
premier a five-part work entitled Monologue and Little Deaths, 
set to European klezmer music played live by Alicia 
Svigals and Pete Rushefsky.  

Jason Hatcher has created a work entitled Low Horizon that looks at 
depression and the difficulty of escaping ennui.

Rachel James presents a dance for three dancers, set to lively jazz music 
and tentatively titled (I wanna tell you about) My Good Thing.

Judith Mikita presents a work for eight dancers entitled A Leonardo 
Dream about Leonardo DaVinci's dreams of flying and the ingenuity and
inspiration available to all of us. 

Ashley Lecille Suttlar dances a solo work, Soulsurfacing, about the 
archetypes that constitute human survival.  

Click HERE for more information about the 2007 choreographers.

The seven dances will be performed by a cast of local dancers and 
musicians, including (in alphabetical order): Theresa Bautista, Rick Beard,
Kristin Bickel, Valerie Blackwell-Truitt, Heather Britt, Alaina Diamond, 
Christina DiGiovanni, Jennifer Frank, Melissa Heston, Ron Houck, Annella 
Jung, Chris Knowlton, Renee McCafferty, Julie Mullins, Yutaka Oi, Chad 
Benjamin Potter, Ashley Powell, Pete Rushefsky, Danielle Shoreman, Alicia 
Svigals, Britton Spitler, Kodee Van Nort, James Williams, Karen Wissel and 
Marybeth Wolf.
 Tickets are $27 & $22; $17 Students & Seniors; $12 ETA/Start.  
Available at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office, (513) 621-2787 or 
on-line at www.cincinnatiarts.org.  To purchase tickets for Friday
night, click HERE.  To purchase tickets for Saturday night, click HERE
 
Choreographers without Companies is supported in part 
by a grant from the Summerfair Foundation, Inc.