Dance Company 'Evidence' to Hold Winter Gala on 1/29
The critically acclaimed dance company Evidence (founded by dancer/choreographer Ronald K. Brown) will celebrate the start of its next 20 years in the international dance community with its 2007 Winter Gala "Grace In Winter" on Monday, January 29th at New York's historic Hudson Theatre in the Millennium Broadway Hotel (145 West 44th Street).
Lowery Stokes Sims, the
world renowned art expert, author, historian, former president of the Studio
Museum in Harlem and now adjunct curator of the Museum's Permanent
Collection, will be chairing the event. There will be a cocktail
reception at 6:30 p.m. in the halls of the landmark Hudson Theatre, followed by
a formal dinner at 7:30 p.m. and the company's performance at 9:00 p.m., both in
the theater proper. The program will feature the company's most recent works,
One Shot: First Glance and Truth Don Die, as well as
Evidence's signature piece, Grace.Tickets for this important
fund raiser are available in Tables for Ten or Individuals and include the
cocktail reception, dinner, dessert & champagne, and the Evidence Gala
performance. Table hosts also receive a specified number of tickets for
Evidence, A Dance Company's January and February performances at the Joyce
Theater in New York. The price ranges for these packages are as follows:
Patron Table – $15,000 (with 6 Joyce tickets) Individual – $1,500Sponsor Table – $10,000 (with 4 Joyce tickets) Individual – $1,000 Supporter Table – $7,500 (with 2 Joyce tickets) Individual – $750.Friend, a new Individual ticket category, offers a select package of dessert, champagne and the Gala performance for $250 – a price-point designed to give a broader range of guests, such as members of the dance/arts community, students and seniors, an opportunity to participate in this festive event.
In addition, the company - which is entering the next 20 years of its innovative, award-winning history - will present a 14-city, 2007 winter tour. This circuit will be highlighted by a week-long season at The Joyce Theater in New York from January 30th to February 4th, marking Evidence's 4th appearance at The Joyce, long considered one of the city's premier performance venues for dance.
The dances in Evidence's season at The Joyce will be presented in two separate programs:
Program
A
Order My Steps, Truth Don Die, Grace Ebony Magazine, Better Days, Upside Down
Tues., Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Weds., Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 3, 8:00
p.m.
Sun., Feb. 4, 7:30
p.m.
Other tour dates follow:
2006
November 7 – 11 West Palm Beach, Florida – Kravis Center
November 17 – 18 Miami, Florida – Miami Dade Community College
Nov 30 – Dec 4 Boston, Mass. – World Music/CRASHarts Cutler Majestic Theater
December 7 – 9 Washington, DC – The Kennedy Center
December 11 – 15 New York, NY – Lincoln Center Institute
2007
January 26 – 27 Boulder, Colorado – UC Boulder
January 29 New York, NY – Millennium Hotel, Winter Gala
January 30 – Feb 4 New York, NY – The Joyce Theater
February 8 – 12 Los Angeles, California – REDCAT
February 13 – 17 University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Marathon County, Madison
March 2 Camden, New Jersey – Rutgers University
March 5 – 25 Buffalo, New York – SUNY Buffalo (Teaching Residency & Performance)
April 12 – 13 Concord, New Hampshire – Capitol Center
April 15 Hartford, Connecticut – Artist's Collective
April 21 – 22 New Orleans, Louisiana – Contemporary Arts Center
April 23 – May 11 New York, NY – Lincoln Center Institute
May 18 Concord, New Hampshire – Capitol Center for the Arts
To purchase tickets (which are $38 and $29 for Joyce members) for the Joyce Theater
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