Keigwin + Company Performs at NYC Fall for Dance Festival, 10/6 & 10/7

Choreographer Larry Keigwin and KEIGWIN + COMPANY will be performing on October 6 and 7 at New York City Center's Fall for Dance Festival as part of a 2010-11 season filled with premieres, commissions and special events. The season began in August, when Keigwin was named the first artist in residence of the Vail International Dance Festival and will continue through March with the world premiere of the new evening-length work Dark Habits, during the company's week-long engagement at The Joyce Theatre in March.

The company is currently in Ohio, preparing the site-specific Bolero Akron, the newest of its large-scale choreographic and community events, presented by Dance Cleveland, The University of Akron's Dance Program, and E.J. Thomas Hall on October 2.

KEIGWIN + COMPANY next performs Megalopolis (2009) at the Fall for Dance Festival on October 6 and 7 at City Center, with members of Juilliard Dance. Originally commissioned by the Dance Division of The Juilliard School, Keigwin's hyper-kinetic work for 18 dancers combines minimalism and driving hip hop.

Keigwin, along with Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon, has been commissioned to create a new work for the 10th Anniversary celebration of The New York Choreographic Institute, an affiliate of New York City Ballet. Each choreographer will each create a short original work to the same piece of music written especially for the occasion by Juilliard alumni Daniel Ott. The 10th anniversary celebration will mark the Institute's first-ever public performances, at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University on November 5 and 6.

2011 will begin with an appearance in the Dance Gotham Festival at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on January 9th, followed by a performance of Keigwin's Elements at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on January 19 - 22. KEIGWIN + COMPANY returns to The Joyce Theater for its second week-long engagement, running March 8 - 13. Dark Habits, a new, full- evening work, will be performed to live, original music by electro-acoustic cellist Chris Lancaster and pianist Jerome Begin.

KEIGWIN + COMPANY dancers include Matthew Baker, Ashley Browne, Aaron Carr, Kristina Hanna, Larry Keigwin, Liz Riga, Ryoji Sasamoto and Gary Schaufeld.

For more information, visit www.keigwinandcompany.com.

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Larry Keigwin is artistic director of KEIGWIN + COMPANY, founded in 2003 to create and share provocative, witty and engaging dances. Combining physicality with theatricality, K+C's electrifying brand of contemporary dance samples a variety of mediums and fuses art with entertainment. K+C has performed at The Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater, Jacob's Pillow, American Dance Festival and more. Keigwin has created 16 dances, including the large-scale choreographic event Bolero and recent acclaimed works such as Runaway (2008), the site-specific Sidewalk (2009) and Bird Watching (2010). Now a centerpiece of K+C's outreach work, Bolero incorporates a cast of community members and dancers into a tableau of a specific demographic or geographical region. Based on the success of Bolero ADF (2007) and Bolero NYC (2007/2009), K+C has developed Bolero Colorado, Bolero Santa Barbara, Bolero Suburbia and most recently, Bolero Akron.

In addition to his work with K+C, recent commissions include Works & Process at the Guggenheim, The Juilliard School, The New York City Ballet's Choreographic Institute and The Martha Graham Dance Company, among many others. This past summer, Keigwin was named the Vail International Dance Festival's first artist in residence, during which time he created and premiered a new work with four of ballet's most prominent stars. He most recently staged the opening event of Fashion Week: "Fashion's Night Out: The Show," which was produced by Vogue and featured over 150 of the industry's top models strutting in formation around the fountain and plaza at Lincoln Center.

In 2004, Dance Magazine named Keigwin in their annual list of "25 To Watch." Keigwin's other choreographic credits include work with the pop band Fischerspooner, comedian Murray Hill, and as an associate choreographer for both The Radio City Rockettes and the Off-Broadway musical The Wild Party. Keigwin has also created Keigwin Kabaret, a fusion of modern dance, vaudeville, and burlesque presented by The Public Theater at Joe's Pub and by Symphony Space. He is a co-founder of the Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, a multi-disciplinary festival designed to increase cultural opportunities in the region, as well as provide creative residencies to young, emerging choreographers.

Photo Credit: Tom Caravaglia

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