Pilobolus Performs Tonight at 2015 CFA Summer Festival

Creative contortionists and modern dance performance company Pilobolus brings their show to Columbia's Jim Rouse Theatre tonight, June 25, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. for one performance during Columbia Festival of the Arts' Summer Festival, Cross Currents!

With sensual contortions and gravity-defying acrobatics, Pilobolus has been exhilarating audiences worldwide for over 40 years. The dance group was showcased during the 79th Academy Awards in 2007 and, since then, has leaped and tumbled to fame, landing features on Oprah, 60 Minutes, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The group collaborates frequently with celebrities and companies to create innovative artistic pieces. This includes partnering with the band OK Go and Google to create the Grammy-nominated interactive music video for "All is Not Lost." The company won the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Programming, and recently launched North American, Asian, Middle Eastern, and European tours to much acclaim. As The Philadelphia Inquirer says, "there are other companies that take art to extremes, but Pilobolus proves once more that it does it best." Pilobolus achieves this without ever losing sight of their core mission: to make art that builds community.

Also offered in conjunction with the performance is a master class with Pilobolus at the Howard Community College Horowitz Center for the Performing Arts on 6/25 at 11 am. Registration is open to dancers and non-dancers alike; fee for the master class is $10.

Founded in 1987, Columbia Festival of the Arts is Howard County's largest ongoing arts event. Columbia Festival of the Arts presents four weekend-long arts festivals throughout the year, comprised of both free and ticketed events, featuring world-class performances, exhibitions, concerts, family activities, master classes, workshops and community dialogues. The Festival brings together the arts community, businesses, local schools, and individuals to create events that shine a spotlight, not only on the arts, but also on the Howard County community as a Maryland showplace. For more information, visit www.columbiafestival.org.

DETAILS:

PILOBOLUS

Date: Thursday, June 25 (one night only!)

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Jim Rouse Theatre

5640 Trumpeter Road | Columbia, MD 21044

Tickets: From $45, available at Tickets.com & 1-800-955-5566

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