VON HOWARD PROJECT
Grace Street Theater - October 2010
Directed by Christian von Howard
Grace Street Theater - October 2010
Directed by Christian von Howard
On Friday, October 15th and Saturday, October 16th, 2010 at the Grace Street Theater, a dynamic evening of artistry and fierce dancing exploded onto the stage as part of the Richmond production of RE-GENERATE. This performance showcased two days of astonishing dance works from African American artistic directors Charles O. Anderson, founder of Dance Theatre X (PA), Camille A. Brown, founder of Camille A. Brown and Dancers (NYC), Duane Cyrus, founder of Cyrus Art Production (NC), Iquail Shaheed, founder of DANCE IQUAIL! (NYC), and Christian von Howard, founder of the VON HOWARD PROJECT (NYC/VA).
The RE-GENERATE project was founded by Christian von Howard and Iquail Shaheed in 2008 and premiered in New York City in 2009 at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. This mission of the project is to bring together artistic directors of African American decent and their dance companies in order to collectively present a dance concert that is a current cultural representation of dance as art. These directors and other invited choreographers creatively converge to elevate, enrich and empower enthusiastic audiences. Collectively these dynamically diverse dance artists are dedicated to the pursuit of artistic excellence and the accessibility of the Performing Arts to everyone.
"It is crucial that the current and future generation of choreographers and dancers hold fast the blood, sweat, tears and steadfast dedication that our mentors have laid down before us. We continue to walk in the footprints of the pioneers who created the foundations for our artistic freedoms." - RE-GENERATE artists.
Been There, Done That had original lighting design by Philip Trevino, which was re-created by Michael Jarett for this performance.
The RE-GENERATE project was founded by Christian von Howard and Iquail Shaheed in 2008 and premiered in New York City in 2009 at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. This mission of the project is to bring together artistic directors of African American decent and their dance companies in order to collectively present a dance concert that is a current cultural representation of dance as art. These directors and other invited choreographers creatively converge to elevate, enrich and empower enthusiastic audiences. Collectively these dynamically diverse dance artists are dedicated to the pursuit of artistic excellence and the accessibility of the Performing Arts to everyone.
"It is crucial that the current and future generation of choreographers and dancers hold fast the blood, sweat, tears and steadfast dedication that our mentors have laid down before us. We continue to walk in the footprints of the pioneers who created the foundations for our artistic freedoms." - RE-GENERATE artists.
Been There, Done That had original lighting design by Philip Trevino, which was re-created by Michael Jarett for this performance.
