2019 Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival Comes to TCA

An exhilarating weekend of performances, master classes and social events featuring some of the most important voices in contemporary dance today, the Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance and Film Festival comes to Tempe Center for the Arts. Tightly curated by a panel of nationally recognized adjudicators, this annual festival features cutting-edge choreographers, filmmakers and performers from Arizona and around the nation.

Highlights of the festival include Noble Dance Motion's technology driven pieces including "DRONE," an interactive work performed with an aerial drone and live streaming footage, and "FRAGMENT," with live stream video projection enhancing the live performance.

2019 Breaking Ground will be held over the course of two days, January 25 and 26, 2019 at 7:30 pm at the Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe. Tickets are $18-28 and are available at tempecenterforthearts.com.

Information about the Breaking Ground Festival and CONDER/dance maybe found at conderdance.com.

Nationally recognized as one of the most innovative contemporary dance festivals in the U.S., 2019 Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance & Film Festival is presented by CONDER/dance. Led by Artistic Director Carley Conder, CONDER/dance is comprised of the top contemporary dancers in Phoenix, including members of Arizona State University's dance faculty and independent artists from around the state. Carley Conder founded CONDER/dance in 2003 and has brought the company to national acclaim, including its recent appearance at the prestigious SoloDuo Dance Festival in New York City and being named one of the Valley's top "Phoenix Creatives" by the Phoenix New Times.

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