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Sequence
Araber Tanz
Opus Contra Naturam
Play Nice
Impromptu
...And Still We Rise
Superheroes
Reaching for Deucalion
Press Release
Opening
Sequence
Araber Tanz
by Lisa Wilber and Sandy Thistle
Opus Contra Naturam
by Patrick Crean
Play Nice
by Jennifer Ruef
Impromptu
structured by the dancers
...And Still
We Rise by Kate Hewson and Jennifer Ruef
Superheroes
by Amy Bethel
Reaching
for Deucalion by Patrick Crean
PRESS RELEASE
CYCROPIA AERIAL DANCE
presents
“Firefly”
at
The Orton Park Festival
August 23 & 24, 2002
8:30pm
Admission is free
Cycropia Aerial Dance will again dance
below the boughs of a majestic oak tree at Orton
Park Festival for the debut of their show "Firefly".
Performances are Friday August 23 and Saturday August 24
at Orton Park, just 2 blocks off Williamson
Street on Madison’s east side. Both performances begin
at 8:30 pm and are free and open to the public. A rain date
is set for Sunday August 25 at 6:30pm in the case of a double
cancellation only. Seating is first come, first served,
so come early to stake out your spot!
Fresh from their hugely successful May show “Alchemy”
at the Wisconsin Union Theater, Cycropia
brings their astonishing blend of suspended dance and acrobatics
to the 34th annual Orton Park Festival
for the fifth year. Amidst the hum of cicadas and festival-goers,
the huge oak tree will be illuminated against the darkening
summer sky and transformed into a stage for aerial dance.
The works to be presented include old and new. Several pieces
from “Alchemy” will be recreated
in the park setting. One new premiering work features students
from Cycropia’s adult trapeze class.
One of only a handful of aerial dance troupes in the country,
Cycropia Aerial Dance was born in Madison
in 1989 and has been performing publicly since 1991. Using
the single point shoulder-height trapeze rigging style typically
used in aerial dance, Cycropia's performances
create the breathtaking illusion of human flight. Volunteer-run
and collectivist in structure, the troupe not only performs
live, but conducts trapeze classes for children and adults,
as well as educational workshops. Recent appearances also
include First Nite in Rockford, Illinois
(2001), Fiesta Hispana (2001), and Ballet
Madison’s “Performing Artist’s
Spotlight” (2000). In fall of 2001, Cycropia
hosted the Madison Improvisational Dance Festival,
a four-day event featuring guest artists, low-cost workshops
and site-specific performances aimed at community participation.
Cycropia’s appearance is funded
in part by a grant from the Dane County Cultural Affairs
Commission with additional funds from the Madison Community
Foundation, the Overture Foundation, and Pleasant T. Rowland
Foundation.
Contact Kate Hewson (608-347-9789 or kate@glitter-box.com)
or Angela Richardson (608-258-8359 or ang-email@charter.net),
or www.cycropia.org
for more information. Both Kate and Angela are available
for print or media interviews.
Directions: Orton Park is located between
Spaight, Rutledge, Few and Ingersoll Streets. Coming from
East Washington (Hwy 151), take Few or Ingersoll Street
south (toward Lake Monona). Orton Park is two blocks south
of Williamson street.
Click on map for interactive directions
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