4th
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BIG RIVER DANCE FESTIVAL
Dance & Film Festival Celebrating Art through Movement: Master Classes. Live Performance. Film Festival...Huntington, WV.
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BIG RIVER DANCE FESTIVAL:
Big River Updates: Mark your calendars...Big River will be getting a bit hotter this year and moving to Summer 2020!
Stay tuned for submission deadlines & festival details for an exciting fifth year festival!!!
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In the meantime...check out the 2018 festival:
Live Performance:
Catch three LIVE PERFORMANCE events:
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EVENT 1:
WEDNESDAY: September 12th @7:30pm:
Big River Kick Off Event: (Free Admission)
Join the in house modern dance company, JDG, at 4th Avenue Arts for a one of a kind, TOTALLY FREE, interactive performance event! Catch us on social media for performance updates!
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EVENT 2:
SATURDAY: September 15th @2:00pm:
Big River Dance Festival Matinee Performance: $7
Check out the talented youth dancing their way to Big River Dance Fest! This informal showing of work will feature a variety of genres and choreographic styles.
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EVENT 3:
SATURDAY: September 15th, @7:00pm:
Big River Dance Festival on the 4th Avenue Arts Main Stage Theatre: $20
Catch the AMAZING artists coming into Huntington for this one night only showing of LIVE work! This performance will feature our top 3 ScreenDance artists as well as the following live performance artists:
Marquez Dance Project (Cleveland, OH)
Matriarch Dance Company (Greensboro, NC)
West Virginia Dance Company (Beckley, WV)
Matt Saffron (Morgantown, WV)
Re-Dance Group (Chicago, IL)
Found Movement Group (Nashville, TN)
Forrest Hershey (Beckley, WV)
Danah Bella Dance Works (Baltimore, MD)
Curtis Johnson (Beckley, WV)
(Nashville, TN)
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ScreenDance:
Catch the dance on Film SCREENDANCE Festival and see Film artists from around the world merge movement and film together:
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FRIDAY: September 14th: 7:00pm
ScreenDance @ 4th Avenue Arts: $7
See the following Artists:
Diego Funes (NYC)
Lisa Le Lievre (CA)
Alvaro Congosto (MA)
Yujie Chen (China)
Greyzone (NYC)
Tomer Zirkilevich (Germany)
Mark Williams (WV)
Richard Allen & Karen Pearlman/The Physical TV Company (Australia)
Marta Renzi (NYC)
DansPXL (Spain)
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Tickets on sale NOW!
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Check back daily for updates...see you at the festival!
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September 12th - 16th, 2018
Master Classes:
Big River Dance Festival has a HUGE variety of Master Classes! Schedule/sign ups/descriptions coming soon...
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Master Class Fees:
Single Class Pass: $18
3 Class Pass: $50
Five Class Pass: $75
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Master Class Schedule
FRIDAY: September 14th
5:00 - 6:15pm:
Ballet with Emily Webb (youth)
Abstract Partnering with Jennifer Eccher & Shannon Sefcik
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SATURDAY: September 15th
9:30 - 10:45am:
Improvisation with Toneta Akers-Toler
Modern with Stacie Flood-Popp (youth)
Ballet with Emily Webb (Adv.)
11:00 - 12:15pm:
Contemporary African with Nekesha Wall
Contemporary Modern with Lucy Riner
3:00 - 4:15pm:
Modern with Donald Laney
Tap with Matt Saffron (Int.)
SUNDAY: September 16th
12:00 - 1:15pm:
Tap with Matt Saffron (Int./Adv.)
Restorative Movement/Releasing Patterns with Jessica Lynn Fox.
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