Prometheus Dance launches the INBOUND Festival at Joyce SoHo January 4, 2008

Prometheus Dance launches the INBOUND Festival at Joyce SoHo. Friday & Saturday, January 4 & 5, 8:00 pm. Tickets: $20; $15 students/seniors. Accessible to all and equipped with TTY. Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street, New York City. [Located between Houston & Prince; subway access is as follows: B/D/F/V to Broadway-Lafayette, R to Prince or 6 to Bleecker.] For advance tickets and information: (212) 352-3101, www.joyce.org. [Take note: there is no on-site box office; tickets are sold at the door a half hour before each performance (for that performance only).]

Prometheus Dance opens Joyce SoHos INBOUND Festival with several New York premieres, the highly acclaimed Devils Wedding and Dievas Mannu / Full Moon, and the world premiere of Tabula Rasa. Developed through a highly-charged and theatrical choreographic style, the dances of Prometheus are visually beautiful, physically intimate, and emotionally provocative ruminations about social issues and psychological intricacies.

Prometheus Dance (www.prometheusdance.org), who celebrated its 15th Anniversary at Joyce SoHo 5 years ago, is an ensemble of ten dancers performing contemporary dance / theatre created by the company's Artistic Directors Diane Arvanites-Noya and Tommy Neblett. Founded in 1987 by Noya, Prometheus Dance has become one of Massachusetts most outstanding and established modern dance companies, contributing quality dance performance, arts education and cultural service to the community. Often included in the Boston areas Ten Best in Dance lists, the company performs extensively both nationally and internationally.

The company is known for its performances of: the large-scale works Apokalypsis, concerning the world-wide refugee crisis; Dreams, based on Jungian symbolism; Impromptus & Intrigues, a modern setting of a Schubertiade; Anadimioupyia, exploring the beauty of Tourettes Syndrome; Opera Bostons Nixon In China and The Pearl Fishers; repertory pieces performed to jazz, world and commissioned music; and outreach performances in public schools, homeless shelters and nursing homes.


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