Dance Sampler

Other news first, Jane Franklin Dance was selected to perform Incidence as part of the Reston Arts Festival on May 22. Please catch our free, outdoor performance at 12:30 and 3:00 pm.

We performed last Sunday March 6 as part of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. The overall feeling is mixed...I was completely wrapped up in the artistic process but once again fell way short on the business end. The marketing, marketing, marketing. With 17 performers we performed for an audience of 52 people in a theatre that seats 168. Embarrassing? yes, what else would it be? You can blame the rain but mostly I blame short comings regarding convincing people to come out and see us. The concert consisted of works for Forty+ , the older dancers, and for the company. Too mixed to market? Not clear enough about just exactly we were presenting? Nobody interested. Maybe a little of each.

On another note, VCA found a bookkeeping error and we received an additional GOS amount this month (I wish that would happen every month).

Dance Sampler is moving ahead and here's the news! (photo above Ari-Den Dance Company, photo by Maggie Pickard)

Performance April 2nd at 5pm and 8pm

Dance Sampler celebrates the Washington DC dance community with a showcase of works by six distinctive choreographers. The performances take place in the intimate Melton Rehearsal Hall at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D Street NW, Washington DC. Including works from: Wayles Haynes, an articulate and limber male solo Nancy Havlik (Dance Performance Group), urban isolation explored through text and pedestrian movement Diana Movius, a balletic vocabulary for 5 women breaking out of hurried routines Meghan Pilling, a group work that explores aspects of grief Orit Sherman (Ari-Den Dance Company), the dynamics of the inner world of life inside a cell Jane Franklin Dance rounds out the program with humorous compromise in a male/female duet Tickets: $25; or $20 with advance purchase. call 703-933-1111 or order online at www.janefranklin.com Photo Credits: Maggie Picard, Paul Gillis Photography, Rachel Pearl, and Tony Powell

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