FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

EVENT: MARIN'S 21ST CENTURY DANCE & MUSIC COLLABORATION 2002

DATE/TIME: Friday & Saturday, September 27 & 28, 2002, 7:30pm & Sunday, September 29, 2002, 2pm

LOCATION: MARIN CENTER SHOWCASE THEATER

TICKETS: General Admission. Tickets will be available August 12 forward. Contact Civic Center Box Office at 415-472-3500: $10 students/seniors in advance; $12 general in advance; $15 at the door, all. Advance purchase tickets are also available from the choreographers and producers.

Marin's 21st Century Dance & Music Collaboration 2002, taking place September 27-29, 2002 at the Marin Civic Center Showcase Theater, will showcase and in some cases premiere original works of 10 professional choreographers in collaboration with their composers. The performance will represent a range of contemporary styles and encompass a broad field of inspirational subjects, featuring over 75 performers of all ages. These performance works incorporate video/slide visuals, ornate costuming and props, spoken word, and live musicians. The following artists were selected from a call for entries to participate:

• Jamaica Janowicz (Mill Valley), with composer Randall Sequeira, The Cohorts (Occidental);
• Erica Rose Jeffrey, (Mill Valley), with composer Alexander DeVaron (Harrisburg, PA);
• Cynthia Krempetz (San Anselmo & Dallas, TX), with composer Steve Munger (San Francisco);
• Ayako Kurakake (Osaka, Japan & NYC), with composer Keith Moore (Novato);
• Joe Landini (SF), guest choreographer for Big Moves Dance Co. (Santa Rosa), with composers/sound designers Annick Crawford (Sunnyvale) & Eliza Perkins (San Rafael);
• Janie Miklaunus (San Rafael), with composers Scott Railsback (Orinda) and Ray Regan (Vallejo);
• Charlotte Moraga, Chitresh Das Dance Co. (San Francisco), with composer Chitresh Das (San Anselmo) and guest musician Swapnamoy Banerjee (Calcutta, India);
• Danny Nguyen, Danny Nguyen Dancers & Musicians (Alameda), with composer Jonathan Segel (Oakland);
• Lisa Rie, Stockton New Dance Co., with composer Gary Scheiding (Stockton);
• Erika Tingey, High Release Dance (Cambell), with composers Chris Coen, Sharon Gong, Yuki Takaishi (SF/South Bay);

Highlights of this year's diverse program...

...Danny Nguyen, who escaped from Saigon, Vietnam in 1982 with 47 other "boat people," and went on to graduate with a BFA from California Institute of the Arts and an MFA from Mills College, and who claims his modern choreography brings with it a unique twist of Vietnamese culture and experience, will bring his company of dancers and musicians to perform in Marin...

...Joe Landini of Landini Dance Company is guest choreographer for Big Moves, a community educational outreach organization that opens up the world of dance to people of all sizes; together they explore the thoughts and challenges of dance and size-acceptance in 'They'll eat the fat ones first...'

...Mills graduate Erika Tingey of High Release Dance in San Jose will collaborate with San Francisco Taiko Dojo musicians Chris Coen, Sharon Gong and Yuki Takaishi to bring you the intense excitement of dance and drumming...

...Ballerina and Wells Scholar Erica Rose Jeffrey will combine her interests in dance and in her conflict resolution education program through dance, Movement Toward Peace, in a collaboration with composer Alexander DeVaron, who has for many years combined his study of music with the study of Buddhism and meditation...

...Janie Miklaunus collaborates with composers Scott Railsback (didgeridoo) and Ray Regan (multi-instrumentalist) to bring to life four aboriginal myths: Birthplace of the Moon, Garden of the Sun Goddess, Darambal of the Dreamtime and Creation of the Jenolan Caves, all inspired by the artwork and writings of Ainslie Roberts. As an aside, Scott is currently working on a didgeridoo made out of a 15-foot long agave plant...

...Marin's 21st Century Dance Collaboration welcomes guest artist Ayako Kurakake, from Osaka, Japan and recently from NYC, collaborating with local composer Keith Moore...

Directions:

From 101 North

Take North San Pedro Rd./Civic Center Exit
The exit splits immediately, so go to the right, heading east
Merge immediately to left turn lane because you will be taking the next immediate left onto Civic Center Drive

From 101 South

Take North San Pedro Rd./Civic Center Exit
After exiting turn left (onto Merrydale Rd)
Take next left onto N. San Pedro Rd.
Go under freeway
Take next left onto Civic Center Drive

From either direction, continue...

Turn right on Avenue of the Flags
If you do not have tickets, take a right into the first parking lot and visit the Marin Center Box Office in front of the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, or come directly to the Showcase Theater from one hour prior to show.
If you do have tickets, follow Avenue of the Flags straight back to the parking lot at the end of it
Park, and head into the theater from the back entrance