Dogtown Dance Theatre - May 2014
Directed by Rob Petres, Rebecca A. Ferrell, Robbie Kinter, Johnnie Mercer, and Rachel Rinehardt
Directed by Rob Petres, Rebecca A. Ferrell, Robbie Kinter, Johnnie Mercer, and Rachel Rinehardt
Bringing together dancers from multiple generations and highly varied backgrounds, the first annual Richmond Dance Festival took place at Dogtown Dance Theatre.
Ground Zero Dance started out as Steve's House Dance Collective, a well-known collective of dancers, choreographers, sculptors, and poets who took turns putting on concerts around Richmond. Ground Zero Dance is the resident company of Dogtown Dance Theatre. Pam England, Victoria Fink, and Rob Petres contributed work to Ground Zero's RDF program.
FDANCE exists as a vehicle for Artistic Director Rebecca A. Ferrell to express her unique personality to the world. Sexual situations are at the forefront of both pieces Ferrell produced for the RDF. "Let's Go Back To The Part Where You Lie On Top Of Me is a duet inspired by contact-oriented improvisational dance and the physical intimacies that occur during romantic relationships. The piece's theme is "that weird part just before you know a relationship's about to end." In "Homemade (House) Grenade", Ferrell put the painful dark side of romantic relationships on display.
The latest edition of Robbie Kinter's Unheard-of Practices featured live music by Rattlemouth and Ruckus Watusi. Kinter choreographed 6 pieces for the concert. Ground Zero choreographer Pam England and VCU Dance alumnae Beau Dobson also premiered new pieces.
Movement House debuted at the Richmond Dance Festival. VCU alumni Johnnie Mercer and Rachel Rinehardt co-created the company "dedicated to deconstructing the idea of 'contemporary dance' in an effort to break the generational assumption of what dance can and will be." This emerging collective blends the old with the new and pulls from various aesthetics.
Ground Zero Dance started out as Steve's House Dance Collective, a well-known collective of dancers, choreographers, sculptors, and poets who took turns putting on concerts around Richmond. Ground Zero Dance is the resident company of Dogtown Dance Theatre. Pam England, Victoria Fink, and Rob Petres contributed work to Ground Zero's RDF program.
FDANCE exists as a vehicle for Artistic Director Rebecca A. Ferrell to express her unique personality to the world. Sexual situations are at the forefront of both pieces Ferrell produced for the RDF. "Let's Go Back To The Part Where You Lie On Top Of Me is a duet inspired by contact-oriented improvisational dance and the physical intimacies that occur during romantic relationships. The piece's theme is "that weird part just before you know a relationship's about to end." In "Homemade (House) Grenade", Ferrell put the painful dark side of romantic relationships on display.
The latest edition of Robbie Kinter's Unheard-of Practices featured live music by Rattlemouth and Ruckus Watusi. Kinter choreographed 6 pieces for the concert. Ground Zero choreographer Pam England and VCU Dance alumnae Beau Dobson also premiered new pieces.
Movement House debuted at the Richmond Dance Festival. VCU alumni Johnnie Mercer and Rachel Rinehardt co-created the company "dedicated to deconstructing the idea of 'contemporary dance' in an effort to break the generational assumption of what dance can and will be." This emerging collective blends the old with the new and pulls from various aesthetics.
