World-Renowned Mime Dancer Karen Montanaro at Celebration Barn July 19, 2008

Don't miss Karen Montanaro - world-renowned mime dancer and winner of the 2008 Maine Arts Commission's Individual Artist Fellowship Award - in "Tanzpiel," a one-woman tour de force blending the art forms of mime and dance to create theater with rare physical and emotional power. With a special guest appearance by physical comedienne Jackie Reifer.

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Karen Montanaro is a solo performer, an award-winning choreographer, and the innovator of “mimedance” (the fusion of two classical art forms). Karen studied ballet at the Cantarella School of Dance, the Ram Island Dance Center and on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet School. She danced professionally with the Ohio Ballet and the Darmstadt Opera Ballet in Germany. Upon moving back to the Unites States, Karen also danced principal roles with the Portland Ballet Company. For more than a decade, Karen toured and taught internationally with mime master, Tony Montanaro. She currently tours the world with her one-woman show entitled “Tanzspiel," which she will perform at the Celebration Barn on July 19 at 8 PM.

FOR MORE on Karen Montanaro: http://www.mimedance.com

Official Website: http://www.celebrationbarn.com