Gesel Mason Performance Projects October 21, 2006

Produced by Mason/Rhynes Productions, NO BOUNDARIES: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers, is a solo project created by Gesel Mason that celebrates the depth and diversity of style and vision in the field. Mason created NO BOUNDARIES to illustrate that the work of Black artists and dance companies was not limited by the stereotypes “of dances in the Ailey or Horton technique, as African dance, as Negro Spirituals, or more about tricks than art,” states Mason. Performances feature the commissioned solos, video documentation of the artists’ creative process and the development of the project. Co-presented with Mason/Rhynes Productions. NO BOUNDARIES is a co-commissioning project by Dance Place in partnership with 651 Arts, Reston Center Stage and the National Performance Network Creation Fund. It is also funded in part by Bates Dance Festival, American Dance Festival, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

$20 general admission; $15 members, students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors; $7 for children 17 & under

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