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Summer of Love Shoe Festival begins July 31
with a New Way to Experience Dance
Five events offer casual and personal interaction with world-class artists in Ithaca, NY
Ithaca, NY (July 30, 2007) – The Summer of Love Shoe Fest is coming to Ithaca. What is the Summer of Love Shoe Fest?
It's an edgy and off-beat celebration of movement, performance, dance and shoe stories featuring local and  international performance artists and members of the Ithaca/Tompkins County community. Each event offers a new way to experience dance, with casual and personal interaction among local seasoned professionals and world-class artists.
Created by Festival Director Jim Self, who is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Film and Dance at Cornell University, Love Shoe Fest director and dance artist Self collaborates with local performance artists Peter Chwazik, Richard Driscoll, Ruby Max Fury, Jeanne Goddard, Norm Johnson, Dan Kiely, Polly Kiely, Janice Kovar, Steve Stull, and internationally acclaimed dancers Jonah Bokaer, Holley Farmer, Banu Ogan, Rashaun Mitchell, and Michael Cole.
This event is supported by NYS Dance Force (www.danceforce.org), a statewide network of dance activists committed to increasing the quantity and quality of dance activity across the state of New York. Each year DF members create exciting and innovative projects that connect dance artists with communities. The Festival is also supported by the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, The New York State Council on the Arts, Altria, Cornell University, The Common Ground and Bool's Flower Shop.
EVENT BREAKDOWN:
"Walk a Mile Minute in My Love Shoe" - 7/31/07 @ 7:30pm
The first event is Walk a Mile Minute in My Love Shoe, premiering July 31, 2007 at 7:30 pm at the Cornell Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, 430 College Avenue, Ithaca. Admission is free and open to all. In this event the musicians, actors and dancers play movement games based on stories of love, loss and shoes. It is spontaneous and informal allowing the audience to witness the creation of each section as the evening unfolds. This event is also a part of the Cornell Summer Events 2007 series and features Peter Chwazik, Richard Driscoll , Ruby Max Fury, Jeanne Goddard, Norm Johnson, Janice Kovar, Jim Self and Steve Stull.
Master Dance Class by Banu Ogan - 8/7/07 @ 5:30-7pm
On August 7 from 5:30-7:00 pm, world-renowned dancer, former company member and current faculty instructor for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Banu Ogan will give a Master class in Modern Dance Technique at the Community School of Music & Arts, 3rd floor studio, 330 East State Street, Ithaca, NY. This class is free, courtesy of NYS Dance Force. For more class information, call 607. 272-1474. This workshop will be of interest to all dancers, particularly for modern and classically trained dancers. This supportive, challenging, in-depth class will focus on articulating the torso and major appendages of the moving body, with a focused center warm up building strength, speed and clarity. Combinations across the floor including turns, jumps, and extensions will be involved and fun is encouraged!
Jonah Bokaer's "Invention of Minus One" - 8/9/07 @ 6:30pm
The Love Shoe Fest features the hometown return of Jonah Bokaer along with four fabulous acclaimed dancers from the international modern dance world. Holley Farmer, Banu Ogan, Rashaun Mitchell and Michael Cole, all former or current members of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, will be in residence working with Jonah on his epic yearlong investigation into motion capture called The Invention of Minus One (see attached detailed description of this project). There will be an informal showing of this work on August 9 at 6:30 pm in the gymnasium of the Henry St. Johns Building on the corner of Clinton and Geneva Streets. This event is free and open to the public, and will feature a lively Q&A session after the showing.
Love Shoe Laff Fest: On the Loose - 8/10/07 @ 4-5pm
This eclectic and interactive entourage event will take place on The Ithaca Commons, August 10 from 4-5 pm. The Love Shoe Entourage will perform Love Shoe Laff Fest: On the Loose, a moving improvisation with laffers, dancers and other performers featuring Jonah Bokaer, Holley Farmer, Norm Johnson, Dan Kiely, Polly Kiely, Banu Ogan, Jim Self, and others. The event begins in front of Bool's Flower Shop on 209 N. Aurora Street, travels to Bank Alley through Center Commons and concludes in front of the Historic Clinton House, 116 N. Cayuga Street. This event literally brings the performance to the people in an extremely comic and unpredictable manner.
Queer Love Shoe Fest - 9/8/07 @ 9:00pm (adults 21+ only)
The final Summer of Love Shoe Event features three exciting internationally-acclaimed performance artists delving into the subject of queer love and fabulous shoes: they include False Start by Jonah Bokaer, "myendlesslove." by Miguel Gutierrez, and a spanking new piece by Glen Rumsey a.k.a. Shasta Cola. On September 8, 2007 at 9:00 pm, the Queer Love Shoe Fest will dare to go where no man has gone before at The Common Ground, 1230 Danby Road (96B). Admission is $15 at the door/$12 in advance. For tickets and info go to: www.IthacaCommonGround.com
Performance Dates:
JULY
July 31, 2007, Tuesday at 7:30pm - "Walk a Mile Minute in My Love Shoe" at Cornell Schwartz Center, free admission
AUGUST
August 7, 2007, Tuesday from 5:30-7:30pm - Master Dance Class by Banu Ogan at CSMA, free admission
August 9, 2007, Thursday at 6:30pm - Jonah Bokaer's "Invention of Minus One" at Henry St. Johns Building, free admission
August 10, 2007, Friday from 4:00-5:00pm - "Love Shoe Laff Fest: On the Loose" on the Ithaca Commons, free admission
SEPTEMBER
September 8, 2007, Saturday at 9:00pm - Queer Love Shoe Fest at Common Ground, $12 in advance / $15 at the door
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