Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Announces 'White Night II' Benefit, 2/25

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre announces its benefit gala White Night II on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 7pm at Space on White at 81 White Street (between Lafayette and Broadway).

 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre and Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre present White Night II - a Movable Performance Soiree on Saturday, February 25, 2012. This one-of-a-kind interactive event returns for the second year! Tickets will grant entry in 15-minute intervals between 7pm and 9:15pm. Upon admission, guests will be guided from room to room through the three leveled space, discovering live music, ongoing dance performance previewing Amanda Selwyn's developing new work, video installation, a silent auction, gambling, a slice of Notes in Motion arts-in-education programs, flowing cocktails and hors d'oeuvres paired for all of the various spaces, costume exhibits, and give-aways. At the conclusion of the tour, guests can steer their way through the nine spaces at 'Space on White,' returning to explore further and create their own experience for the eyes, ears, palate, and spirit. All proceeds support Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre's Twelfth Annual Performance Season World Premiere Detour at New York Live Arts in June 2012 and Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre's arts-in-education programs in NYC Public Schools and 50% of the ticket price is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Tickets for White Night II are $100 in advance and $125 at the door. $75 tickets are available for patrons under the age of 30. Tickets may be purchased at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=llpzyycab&et=1109061560848&s=4557&e=001O5acrUOKGtzA3do2c4lkSEkZDOhSnLLUxoZrkMK_Gw7-GP4cv19fk1_Oq9pmTMvvnyphmT2cLvP-Y9xNFt-0_kUxJ2u3mXWmT_WHXw0TkMbhsojCOqSoXK49o9wedTeIaHh5vfm_eqQ=. The required attire is black and white festive.

 

The 2012 season begins with the company joining in the 2012 WestFest Dance Festival on December 8 and 10, 2011 at 9pm. The Festival brings together choreographers and Dance Artists from NYC and abroad, and is presented at the Cunningham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune Street, 11^th Floor in the Westbeth Home for the Arts.

 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre will also perform during the 2012 Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference (APAP) on January 8, 2012 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm at the Peridance Capezio Center, 126 E. 13th Street, NYC. The Center will showcase 22 dance companies/choreographers in two different programs.

 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre's Twelfth Annual Performance Season will include the World Premier of Detour and will run from June 21-23, 2012 at New York Live Arts, 219 W. 19^th Street, NYC. Tickets are $30 at the door/$24 in advance ($27 at the door/$22 in advance for NYLA members, students, and seniors) and will be available atwww.newyorklivearts.org or by phone at (212) 924-0077.

 

Detour, an evening-length dance theatre work, shifts perspective and perception. The choreography challenges the ways in which the mind acts to narrow our scope - creating unnecessary pain and false judgment. A moment on stage that looks one way will transform thereby challenging the way we originally experienced that image or moment. By veering off course and getting out of our own way, we are able to experience the present more fully. Through physical dynamics, luscious movement, and theatrical elements, Detour will continually shift the experience of perception. The piece will subvert expectations; just as momentum builds onstage, the energy will shrink. Likewise, just as something appears small, it will grow to feel massive, vast, and timeless. Turning movement inside out, Detour will play with timing and musicality, stillness and repetition, spatial design and direction. It is in these moments of detour, when the possibilities for change reveal themselves.

 

"Amanda Selwyn is a master of illustrating the symbiosis of sounds and movement, the romance of motion and emotion - she had me laughing, crying, cringing and gasping ..." -Inside New York

 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre productions engage audiences in original and dynamic dance theatre that at raises questions, challenges social norms and values, and magnifies humanity through dance. Productions pivot around core themes and through interplay between athletic and pedestrian motion, activate emotional expression, character, and narrative in a rich and abstract collage. Amanda Selwyn's collaborative choreographic process nurtures our own network of artists while actively engaging the community at large.

 

Funding provided by the Department of Cultural Affairs Cultural Development Fund.

 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre's presentation of Detour at New York Live Arts is made possible through the Theater Access Program. The Theater Access Program is a subsidized rental program benefiting a diverse group of dance and theater companies and producing organizations interested in self-producing their work at New York Live Arts.

 

For more information, visit www.amandaselwyndance.org.