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A History of Mime in Ann Arbor with Performances by Michael Lee
Join us for a series of short performances and interviews with local mime Michael Lee and special guests O.J. Anderson and Perry Perrault. The performance, which will consist of short 4-6 minute pieces will be for many, an introduction to “the actor’s art” of mime. With credit given to the mime artists that inspired and taught Michael Lee, we’ll connect the dots between legendary mimes, and the local Ann Arbor mimes who knew and trained with them.
This project is part of AADL’s commemoration of the city’s bicentennial year.
Capitol Market - Interior, October 1975 Photographer: Wystan Stevens
Year:
1975
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Local Movement: Five Decades of Dance in Ann Arbor - Directors' Cut
"The national 'dance boom' of the late 1950's through the 1980's expanded audiences and support for dance. Federal grants supported the development of college dance programs and touring dance companies. The University Musical Society brought dance to the University of Michigan’s Power Center for the Performing Arts, built in Ann Arbor in 1971. Both at the University and in the community, Ann Arbor became a destination for dance. Low-cost performance and rehearsal spaces, community support, and grants helped create and nurture a vital dance scene, and Ann Arbor became home to numerous modern and jazz dance companies including Dance Theater 2, Hydra, Whitley Setrakian’s People Dancing, The J. Parker Copley Dance Company, Jazz Dance Theater, and The Peter Sparling Dance Company. Recurring community dance showcases, such as Spring Dances, Fall Dances, Dancing in Summer, and others took place throughout the year, allowing many choreographers to share their work. The film Local Movement, by Aimee McDonald and Terri Sarris, explores modern dance in Ann Arbor from the 1970's through today." - Terri Sarris
This is the directors' cut of Sarris and McDonald's 24-minute original created for Ann Arbor 200.
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Local Movement: Five Decades of Dance in Ann Arbor
"The national 'dance boom' of the late 1950's through the 1980's expanded audiences and support for dance. Federal grants supported the development of college dance programs and touring dance companies. The University Musical Society brought dance to the University of Michigan’s Power Center for the Performing Arts, built in Ann Arbor in 1971. Both at the University and in the community, Ann Arbor became a destination for dance. Low-cost performance and rehearsal spaces, community support, and grants helped create and nurture a vital dance scene, and Ann Arbor became home to numerous modern and jazz dance companies including Dance Theater 2, Hydra, Whitley Setrakian’s People Dancing, The J. Parker Copley Dance Company, Jazz Dance Theater, and The Peter Sparling Dance Company. Recurring community dance showcases, such as Spring Dances, Fall Dances, Dancing in Summer, and others took place throughout the year, allowing many choreographers to share their work. The film Local Movement, by Aimee McDonald and Terri Sarris, explores modern dance in Ann Arbor from the 1970's through today." - Terri Sarris
And for more stories from the film, check out the 46-minute directors' cut.
Common Language Bookstore Moves To 215 South Fourth Avenue, October 1993 Photographer: Linda Wan
Year:
1993
Lynden Kelly Paints New Space For Common Language Bookstore, October 1993 Photographer: Linda Wan
Year:
1993
Lynden Kelly, Co-Owner of Common Language Bookstore, October 1993 Photographer: Linda Wan
Year:
1993
Ann Arbor News, October 7, 1993
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Painting in the Shadows - Wednesday's bright sunshine casts the shadow of Lynden Kelly as she paints near a window of the new space for Common Language Bookstore. The sunshine should continue today and Friday when temperatures will reach into the upper 70s. Common Language, a gay, lesbian and feminist bookstore, will move to its new space, where the Capitol Market used to be at [215] S. Fourth Ave., later this month.
Bookstore Makes A Move
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AADL Talks To: Robin and Jamie Agnew, owners of Aunt Agatha's
In this episode, AADL Talks To Robin and Jamie Agnew, owners of Aunt Agatha’s, their specialty mystery bookstore. The business began in Ann Arbor in 1992, and operated as a brick and mortar for 26 years before moving online in August 2018. Robin and Jamie talk about their experiences working in the store, their favorite memories here in town, and discuss some of the changes in the mystery book genre and bookselling business over the years.
Find more about Aunt Agatha's in our archival collections.
