Louder Than Words Dancetheatre - Tensegrity June 12, 2009

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre

Presents

Tensegrity

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre knows that art can be fun, smart, sexy, entertaining and edifying all at once. Recently, LTW asked, “What would happen if we took the choreographic process and turned it on its ear? Can art still be all of those things? Will it be more?”

With Tensegrity, the LTW Design Team, led by Artistic Director and Choreographer Chris Harris, takes this question and finds remarkable answers. Reversing the usual production order by having the costumes, lights, music & set pieces motivate the movement, LTW has created a dynamic unlike anything they’ve produced thus far. Couple that reversal with the use of science and mathematics which form the base of each act, and you have Tensegrity.

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre takes center stage with Tensegrity at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, June 12 - 20 in the Byron Theatre in DU’s Newman Center, 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver. Tickets are $22 Adult; $17 Student\seniors and available at the Newman Center Box Office Mon - Fri 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., by calling 303-871-7720 or on line at Ticketmaster.com.

Tensegrity is a modern and jazz based dance production inspired and motivated by science and technology.

Chris and the Design Team spent time at the Exploratorium: the Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Francisco finding inspiration in unique works there. Having backgrounds in architecture, mathematics, computer design, technical theatre and dance, they have always been fascinated by the science and structure of movement as well as the art inherent in science.



Chris Harris, Artistic Director and Choreographer, was born in Denver and has a BFA in Dance from the University of Colorado and a second degree in Architecture. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Denver School of the Arts; and on the faculty of Dance Kaleidoscope and A Living Arts Centre. She has choreographed for local theaters; been a guest lecturer at The Arts Institute of Colorado and CSU; designed many websites; and is a co-director of the Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop, the Assistant Artistic Director of Interweave Dancetheatre and the Artistic Director/Choreographer Colorado Youth Dance Theatre in Denver.

Rounding out the LTW Design Team are Whit Ryan, Co-founder and Executive Director, who holds a BA in Technical Theatre from CU Boulder; Lighting Designer Lacey Erb, currently a Technical Director at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder and a Guest Artist at the Denver School of the Arts and Matthew Morgan, Technical Director, Sound Designer and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver.

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre - Tensegrity - June 12-20 - Fri. & Sat. @ 8 p.m. Byron Theatre located in DU’s Newman Center, 2344 East Iliff Avenue. Tickets: $22 Adult; $17 Student\seniors. 303-871-7720, on line at http://www.louderthanwordsdance.com/ or at Ticketmaster.com. Newman Center Box Office Mon - Fri 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. More information at www.louderthanwordsdance.com or 720-949-4480

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Louder Than Words Dancetheatre celebrates excellence in dance by creating art in motion, providing a home for movement performance, and facilitating a dialogue between artists and the communities in which they exist.

Louder Than Words Dancetheatre

A Living Arts Centre, 2231 South Platte River Drive, Denver, 720-231-7142