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Local Movement: Five Decades of Dance in Ann Arbor - Directors' Cut

Sat, 09/21/2024 - 5:06pm

"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

Sat, 09/21/2024 - 4:34pm

And for more stories from the film, check out the 46-minute directors' cut.

Ann Arbor Civic Theatre: "Antigone," March 1972

Year:
1972

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 17, 1972
Caption:
Playing the role of the role of Antigone, Ann Crumb embraces David Marshall, who plays the part of Haemon, in the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," a modern dress version of an ancient tale.

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Ann Arbor Civic Theatre: "Antigone," March 1972

Year:
1972

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 17, 1972
Caption:
Tender Moment - Playing the role of the role of Antigone, Ann Crumb embraces David Marshall, who plays the part of Haemon, in the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre's production of Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," a modern dress version of an ancient tale.

Creative Commons (Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-alike)