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Jane Franklin Dance Presents The Migration Project
The Migration Project explores stories of relocation. Whether it is a family history dating back from multiple generations, or a recent relocation, something is shared through the pull to find better opportunity or the push to leave because of no choice. The extraordinary increase in global migration over the past 500 years has left traces in our DNA. An immersive experience evolves as Jane Franklin Dance and voices from within the community share stories of relocation and interact with locations inside Dogtown Dance Theater. The performance is contained by the physical boundaries yet transforms in the process of being viewed from different vantage points.
Rosemary Feit Coveys art, originally shown as The 0 Project, is a large-scale sculptural piece meant to give voice to the underrepresented and traditionally ignored. Printed on Dupont Tyvek banner media, it is installed at several positions and in conjunction with the performers. Dawn Whitmore adds brief video statements containing hand-drawn images inspired by words and phrases provided by the interview participants. One such theme that re-echoes is the American Dream.
There will be a master class at 10AM on Saturday Feb. 11 with Jane Franklin. Price for the class is $20. You can purchase a class and performance combo ticket for $30.
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About Jane Franklin Dance
Jane Franklin Dance crosses disciplines in partnership with music, media, visual artists and community participants. A vibrant part of the Washington DC/Northern Virginia cultural community, Jane Franklin Dance has been presented at multiple venues and festivals and internationally in Mexico. A recipient of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Creative Communities Award, Jane has developed innovative and collaborative projects combining dancers with the round wall skateboarding community, with a life size kinetic sculpture, with the architecture of a specific site, with dogs & owners, and with interactive live video and sound for numerous public art projects. Jane Franklin is a recipient of the American Association of University Women Elizabeth Campbell Award for the Advancement of the Arts in Arlington, and Jane Franklin Dance has been recognized by Virginias Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts. The company tours for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program and the Virginia Commissions Tour Directory.
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About Rosemary Feit Covey Rosemary Feit Covey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work is housed in over forty major museum and library collections worldwide, including the New York Public Library, the National Museum of American History, Harvard University, and the Papyrus Institute in Cairo, Egypt. In 2012 five-hundred of her prints were acquired for the permanent collection of Georgetown University Library, Special Collections. She is the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship (Bellagio Italy), an Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation National Fine Art Award and a fellowship to Georgetown University Medical Center as the 2007-2008 Artist-in-Residence. Her solo museum exhibitions include the Butler Museum of American Art, the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts and the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago. Articles on her work have been featured in magazines including Art in America, Juxtapoz and American Artist Magazine. Her work can be seen at Morton Fine Art in DC and the Torpedo Art Center in Alexandria.
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About Dawn Whitmore Dawn Whitmore (b. 1983) is a photographer/artist based in Washington, DC. Her work focuses on gender, identity and technology in culture (specifically social media). Whitmore earned a BFA in fine art photography from Corcoran School of Art. Whitmore has exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), Hemphill Fine Arts Carroll Square Gallery (Washington, DC), and the Spring Gallery (Brooklyn, New York). She recently won second place in the Photo Review International Competition on and will have work published in the Winter 2015 edition of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR). Read about her work in LintRoller - Dawn Whitmore s photo - collage seri es, Environments" and see her work in PLATFORM Magazine Issue 07: Still Life (page 62).
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LocationDogtown Dance Theatre (View)
109 W. 15th Street
Richmond, VA 23224
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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