February 2010

FEBRUARY 2010Our opening night at NDI was a full house, almost 500 audience members! We can thank Janet Eigner for a thoughtful and detailed article in the PASATIEMPO magazine the Friday before, which expanded public awareness and boosted ticket sales considerably! Thank you Janet for your words which have helped lift DANCING EARTH into visibility, and for your generous cultivation of dance on a local and national level!This article can be seen in hard copy in the NEW MEXICAN's Friday Jan 29 issue, or on Janet's weblink:www.eignerdancereviews.com , which is an amazing resource for dance information!After the opening night, we offered a matinee to 400 Northern New Mexico schoolchildren, thanks to sponsorship from National Hispanic Cultural Center, Santa Fe Opera and Jaime SmithThe following days we are scheduled for showing for 500 more school children at the elementary schools of Chimayo, Abiquiu, Hernandez in Espanola and San Juan PuebloThis weekend Feb 6-7 is the last  chance to catch the show , tickets at www.vsartsnm.org where we are part of the Global Dance Festival AND the Two Worlds Festival!Some of the audience commentary:“A note to say how much I was moved and delighted and excited by last night's performance.You've created a truly original dance/performance form with so many layers of meaning I'm still digesting what I saw and experienced--consciously and below the radar. Bravo for your beautiful work and great success with the upcoming tour.”Lorraine Schechter, founder of ARTWORKS“My name is Jim Hamilton and I attended the performance last night in Santa Fe and wanted you to know that in my many years of seeing dance performances all over the country I have never, never been so moved as I was last night at the Dance Barns. A stunning performance that brought me to tears during several sequences, especially the shadows of the dancers superimposed on the bomb ... WOW. Your dancers are beautiful and so energetic throughout.My own identity and place on this planet was reflected in every movement .... I willingly embraced that place that is often full of terror and violence .... and love, somewhere in it all.Thank you for your wonderful work and I will be telling my friends all over the country about your tour.”Jim HamiltonCochiti Lake, New Mexico“Bravo!!!!!! What an extraordinary piece.....loved the story, choreography was brilliant as are all your dancers.....your presence was very strong throughout the performance which set it apart from anything I have seen.”Pasha Hogan, art therapist“Beautiful premier. Relevant and full of life. I hope it went as well for you as it did for the packed house.”Craig HansenINCREDIBLE, INSPIRING, INNOVATIVE... I am still wowed by last night's performance. Great, great work and congratulations. I am so very grateful to you for your brilliant creativity and vision and performance in this community and in the world at large-       Jamie FigueroaThank you Rulan for inviting the Pueblo youth and elders.  I’ve received nothing but positive, excited feedback about the performance.- Kyle Gray, Santa Fe Opera - Pueblo Opera Program"Unfucking believable"- J R RistorcelliWOW we made it into the NY TIMES, Sunday paper Feb 7 2010: TRAVEL | February 07, 2010 The Art of Being Santa Fe By HENRY SHUKMAN The city is celebrating its 400th anniversary, but its heart and soul are the result of constant renewal. Thank you Henry Shukman for the mention!