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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.
'Dance/Partners' full of redefining duets
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At PerfNet, dances that overleap confines
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Rev. Fr. Andrew Missiras shows children his Christmas vestments, December 1955 Photographer: Eck Stanger
Year:
1955
Ann Arbor News, December 23, 1955
Caption:
Old World Vestments Displayed: The Rev. Andrew Missiras, pastor of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, shows children of the parish the robes he will wear for Christmas midnight services. The specially designed robes come directly from Greece. Cerene Tangalakis (left), Chris Kentes (holding plate), Peter Kentes and Dede Valvanis are receiving cubes of bread from Rev. Fr. Missiras as they will in the services.
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre Poster: Cinderella
Year:
1992
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'I Never Sang For My Father' Opening March 1
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Despite Odd Casting, AACT Stages Worthy 'Charity'
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Civic Looks Back In Its New Home
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Can Civic Make Its 'Lughnasa' Dance?
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