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2009/2010 Performances and Events

Baggage (and the Seven Deadly Sins)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Gallery 5, 200 West Marshall Street, Richmond Va.
7pm and 9pm---2 shows only!
$10
An unusual and curious dance experience, Baggage (and The Seven Deadly Sins) will be performed with the audience encompassing the dance. Based on the idea that the seven mortal sins destroy a life of grace and create a threat to eternal damnation, each dancer is bound to a suitcase which represents their own personal sins. Baggage (and The Seven Deadly Sins) develops into a whirlwind of chaos as the dancers struggle to manage and cope with one another while keeping their emotional baggage undisclosed. (*Some material not suitable for children under 12)

POSSESSIONS
October 8th, 9th and 10th, 2009
Grace Street Theatre, 934 West Grace Street, Richmond, Va.
Tickets and Reservations: 804.828.2020
All Shows at 8pm, $10
On the program: Release (premiere), Hiding Exhalation, and the encore performance of Baggage

The Heroes Project
Supported by a grant from the Partners in the Arts/Virginia Arts Council
January-February 2010
In partnership with The Appomattox Regional Governor's School, the project called "What Moves a Hero? 1,000 Stories Celebrating Bravery and Courage." The Partners in the Arts has awarded a grant to work with middle school special education students in a shared exploration of new ways of thinking about heroism. This project celebrates stories of ordinary people who overcome extraordinary obstacles and who, in ways both large and small, accomplish heroic deeds. Starr Foster Dance Project is excited to be working with students from Hopewell and Dinwiddie Counties for this exciting project.


Virginia Dance Festival
Saturday, January 20th 2010
James River High School (off 288 at Huguenot Road), Midlothian, Virginia
Midlothian, Va.3pm and 7pm
Starr Foster Dance Project will be presenting Hiding Exhalation for this great festival that benefits the Children’s Hospital
For more information visit: http://www.jemsone.com/content/view/17/39/


Beth Davis Memorial Fund Benefit Concert
February 20th, 2010
Appomattox Regional Governors School, Petersburg, Virginia
7pm
(More information coming soon)


Old Dominion University Theatre with Andrey Kasparov
March 1st and 2nd, 2010
8pm
In a joint project between the Norfolk Chamber Consort and Diehn Concert Series, two prominent choreographers, Starr Foster of Starr Foster Dance Project and Beverly Cordova Duane of Hampton University, will be joined by a noted Tidewater choreographer Tamika Steeley. They will converge on the stage of Old Dominion University’s Theater for an evening of premieres with live music. Featuring individual works by each choreographer, this performance will culminate in a uniquely conceived collaborative piece. The program will also feature the music premieres of works by guest composers Christopher Cook and Petros Ovsepyan in addition to music composed and arranged by John Corigliano, Aurél Holló, Maurice Ravel and Andrey Kasparov.
For more information visit: www.ncconsort.org
 

ELATION
April 10th, 2010, 7pm
McGuffey Art Center, 201 Second Street NW, Charlottesville, Virginia

(Starr Foster Dance Project will perform Tangle on the lawn at 8:40pm)

Elation, a Minds Wide Open event, is an ecstatic celebration of the progressive arts. An interactive night embracing modern dance, fire spectacle, experimental theater, performance art and international movement, you'll be grooving all night long with the Corner's Chillville DJs. Participants include Scintillation Fire Troupe, this little bird theatre, Fire in the Belly, Ezibu Muntu African Dance, Starr Foster Dance Project, the Mangalam School of Indian Dance, and many more. All proceeds to benefit the Virginia Commission for the Arts.

Grand Opening of Dogtown Dance Theatre
May 29th 2010
8pm
Starr Foster Dance Project will present Heaven as a part of Take Flight, the grand opening event of Dogtown Dance Theatre in historic Manchester, produced by Ground Zero Dance, May 20-22 and 27-29, 2010
For more information visit: http://www.groundzerodance.org/gymnasium.html

2008/ Past Performances and Events

7th Annual Richmond Choreographers Showcase
January 12th 2008, 8pm
January 13th, 2008 2pm
Firehouse Theatre Project, 1609 West Broad Street Richmond, Va.
Tickets $10 at the door (tickets go on sale 1 hour before show)
Starr Foster Dance Project is excited to announce the 7th Annual Richmond Choreographers Showcase. For the last six years the Showcase has provided an opportunity to emerging and established choreographers to premiere new and recent works within one program. The Showcase not only is an opportunity for the artist presenting, but also a chance for the Richmond community to be educated about dance and take pleasure in a performance in an intimate setting. This years choreographers: Sarah Ferguson, Sarah Szymanski, James Hansen, Kevin Jones, danah bella, Travis Steele Sisk, Ami Dowden Fant and Charli Brissey.

 

The Festival of Choreography
March 28th and 29th, 2008
8pm
Imperial Arts Centre
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Invitation performance; shared with the Carolina Ballet and Signature Dance. Bridge, Half Empty and Clutch selected to be performed. The Festival of Choreography will take place at 8pm in the Theatre at the Imperial Centre. Tickets for the Festival are $15 per person, and are available at the Imperial Centre Box Office or by calling 972-1266.


InLight Festival
September 5th, 2008
Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia
Collaboration with artist Sabrina Cordavona for a site specific work
For more information visit www.1708Gallery.org


Yes-Virginia Dance
September 13th, 2008
3pm and 8pm
Grace Street Theatre, 934 West Grace Street
Richmond, Virginia
For more info visit: www.kdance.org
“This concert brings together a large number of talented professional artists for a single, fully produced concert of contemporary dance” KDance is proud to produce the 10th "Yes,Virginia - Dance" festival September 13, 2008 at the Grace Street Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. This yearly event brings together professional dancers and choreographers in the region for a shared concert in contemporary dance.

SUBMERGED: Starr Foster Dance Project Company Performance
October 9th, 10th and 11th, 2008
Grace Street Theatre
934 West Grace Street
Richmond, Virginia
All shows 8pm/$15
Tickets and Reservations: 804.828.2020 or reservations@sfdproject.org
On the Program: Celebrating their eighth successful year, Starr Foster Dance Project presents an evening of choreography by Artistic Director Starrene Foster featuring 3 World Premieres including "Invisible", a new quintet in response to the overwhelming amount of suicides of the Golden Gate Bridge. Also on the program will be the Foster's "Half Empty", originally choreographed in 1996, revived and re-worked for the company


Equality Virginia Benefit Performance
October 14th 2008
Firehouse Theatre Project, 1609 West Broad Street Richmond, Va.
Performance of Crushed as a part of the benefit for Equality Virginia
For more information visit www.equalityvirginia.org

Residency at the Governors School for the Arts
December 7th-13th 2008
Norfolk, Virginia

January 31st, 2009
Virginia Dance Festival
7pm
For more information visit http://www.jemsone.com/content/view/17/39/