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Janet Cooper

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Dublin Arts Council

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Stream: Outdoor Contemporary Dance Performances
Sept. 14-15 at Dublin Arts Council
 

DUBLIN, Ohio — (Aug. 16, 2012) Stream is an original, site-specific, outdoor contemporary dance project, presented by Dublin Arts Council and OhioDance in collaboration with The Ohio State University Department of Dance, University of Akron Dance Program and Ohio Department of Education Division of the Arts.

Robin Prichard, University of Akron Assistant Professor of Dance, will choreograph, involving dance students from University of Akron Dance Program and The Ohio State University Department of Dance. The dress rehearsal and the performances will be streamed live via http://dance.osu.edu/stream for a worldwide audience.

In taking the dance out of the traditional theatrical venue, Stream places the audience immediately in relationship to the natural world and asks them to re-imagine their place within it. Stream seeks to foster a sense of interconnectedness – between the performers and the audience, between the audience and the land, and among individual audience members.

According to Prichard, "This artwork engages audience members with the opportunity to comprehend the simplicity of the infinite, and in doing so hopes to inspire thoughts about the interplay of cause and effect between humans and land."

The approximate 40-minute performances take the audience on three distinct and interrelated journeys, from the personal and communal through emotional and physical landscapes to a culminating contrast of contemplation and action.

Prichard's choreography is noted for its wit and vulnerability. It has been seen throughout the United States in venues such as Joyce/SoHo, Dance Space, Highways, California Choreographers’ Festival, Dance Kaleidoscope, as well as venues large and small in Australia. Prichard served as choreographer and performer (via motion capture) for the interactive CD “American Idol.” She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. Prichard holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from SUNY Purchase and a Master of Fine Arts from the University California Los Angeles (UCLA).

Stream is further supporter by Holiday Inn Express Columbus-Dublin.

For more information about any of Dublin Arts Council’s programs, exhibitions and events call (614) 889-7444 or visit www.dublinarts.org. Dublin Arts Council (DAC), is located at 7125 Riverside Dr. in Dublin, Ohio. Hours are Tues., 10am-7pm; Wed./Thurs./Fri., 10am–5pm; and Sat., 11am-2pm. DAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supported in part by an annual endowment from the City of Dublin’s hotel/motel tax and the Ohio Arts Council, which helps fund Dublin Arts Council and its programs with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. DAC is further supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations, fundraising events, membership, classes, gallery and gift shop sales and in-kind contributions. DAC engages the community, cultivates creativity and fosters life-long learning through the arts.

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“Stream” on-site rehearsal photo. Pictured: Akron undergraduate dance students Shannon Evans (in headband) and Darcie Lemons.