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May, 2017
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Once again, Inlet has had a packed month of nothing but wonderful opportunities. You'll see below that Inlet has 3 HUGE announcements. Inlet will be performing at Jacob's Pillow this summer, one of the only Ohio dance companies to perform there in over 20 years. Secondly, Inlet has been asked to attend the Dance/USA Conference in June. And, lastly, the Inlet men will present work and lead discussions at the National Dance Education Organization's Men in Dance: Bridging the Gap conference. Make sure you see the section "Exciting News!" for more information on how you can support Inlet's attendance at all of these events.
Having just closed Week #3 (May 18-20) at Cleveland Public Theatre DanceWorks '17, Inlet also has successfully closed multiple educational residencies all over Northeast Ohio at the Inlet Educational Matinee Performance, May 20.
But don't worry, you can still take classes with Inlet this summer! It's not too late to sign up for Inlet's annual Summer Dance Intensive that is held at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. This intensive includes multiple performance opportunities, tours of Cleveland, and a culminating performance at Cain Park Amphitheater in Cleveland Heights in July! You don't want to miss this amazing opportunity to grow as a dancer, individual, and important asset to the community.
Also in this issue, you'll read about where you can see Inlet throughout the summer from concert performances, to special events, etc. As always, stay updated with Inlet's appearances in the "Save the Date!" section. And, thank you for always saying current with Inlet!
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Exciting News!
Dance/USA Annual Conference
Company Member Dominic Moore-Dunson and Inlet have been asked to attend the annual Dance/USA Conferen
ce June 7-10
in Kansas City, MO.
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early 450 individuals associated with the professional dance field will convene at this annual event for networking, creative conversation, enriching training sessions, discussion on important issues facing the field, and performances
. Inlet will be making a presence in special meetings hosted by the Knight Foundation to study the dance communities in cities which Knight invests.
NDEO Conference
Inlet has been asked to present work and speak on a panel
June 29-July 1
at the
National Dance Education Organization's - Men in Dance: Bridging the Gap
discussing male dancers in the professional dance field. "
This sympo
sium
seeks pragmatic solutions to address the dearth of male dancers in our studios, schools, and companies as students, professionals, and educators
." Inlet men will perform works from Inlet's repertoire and then discuss Inlet's history with bringing male dancers into the professional dance world, including Founder and Exec/Artistic Director Bill Wade's award winning all male after-school program, The Y.A.R.D (Youth At Risk Dancing) at Cleveland School of the Arts, Inlet's continued involvement with the
Men In Dance Festival
in Seattle, WA, and male workshops and classes Inlet has held over the past 16 years.
Jacob's Pillow
Inlet Dance Theatre is being catapulted to national/international attention this summer! The company is booked to perform at
Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out Series
on August 4th, putting a spotlight on dance from Cleve- land.
This is one of those
"
once in a lifetime
"
opportunities.
Jacob
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s Pillow is a National Historic Landmark, recipient of the National Medal of Arts, and home to America
'
s longest
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running international dance festival. This season, dance companies from across the U.S. and around the globe travel to Becket, Massachusetts to take part in the
85th Anniversary Season.
Inlet is honored to be performing at this historic festival, as well as attending and presenting at these national conferences. But
we need YOUR help to get there!
Help us reach our goal by donating NOW, allowing Inlet to represent Cleveland on this prestigious stage!
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Photo of Erica Essner Performance Co
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Op performing as part of
the Inside/Out performance series, 2007; photo by Christopher Duggan and
courtesy
of Jacob's Pillow.
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How To Donate:
Inlet is beyond blessed for this "Summer of Sudden," but we need your help! Given all of these sudden opportunities, these added expenses were not filtered into the budget at the beginning of the year. Therefore, additional fundraising is needed! Inlet has already received multiple donations and supports from all over Northeast Ohio, but we're not quite there yet. Below is a breakdown:
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$20,000: GOAL
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| $1,500 |
NE Ohio Foundation |
| $2,500 |
Individual Donor |
| $5,000 |
Individual Donor
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| $1,075 |
Combined donations from individual donors like you! |
| $9,925 |
LEFT TO RAISE! |
There are many, easy ways to donate:
Thanks in advance for helping Inlet get Cleveland dance on the map and the state of Ohio recognized for quality live performing art!
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An aMAYzing Month
On
May 4
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randparents of students at the
Lillian and Betty Ratner School
visited the school. Excitingly enough, all grandparents got to witness what the students have been learning, creating, and performing this semester. The students in the after-school dance program performed "NEWS", an improvisational exercise done to music that teaches students to work together and take turns.
On
May 6, Company Members Joshua Brown, Kevin Parker, Katie McGaha, and Emily Stonecipher performed "Doppelgänger" simultaneously at the 2017 Masters Diving Spring National Championship Banquet at the Wyndam - Cleveland at Playhouse Square. The
US Masters Diving is a not for profit organization that p
rovides and promotes opportunities for advanced age-group springboard and platform diving events for those who wish to compete in this sport for a lifetime.
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| Inlet's Joshua Brown, Kevin Parker, Katie McGaha, and Emily Stonecipher performing "Doppelgänger" at the 2017 Masters Diving Spring National Championship. |
The students at Boys & Girls Club performed their first collaboratively created peace, "This Little Light of Mine" accompanied by 3 live musicians. Our students opened the Boys & Girls Spring Arts Extravaganza,
May 13, which included other students performing ballet, African dance and drum, fashion and design, jazz music, and graphic design.
Our next steps with the Boys & Girls Club of Cleveland is to upgrade the amount of exposure and mastery-based programming this coming fall of 2017.
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Company Members Kevin Parker and Dominic Moore-Dunson leading the students of the Boys & Girls Club in a performance of improvisational exercises, May 13.
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Lastly,
May 26
, Inlet performed an educational concert at Akron School of the Arts for all students, staff, and faculty.
This concert kicks off next year's residencies as part of the Knight Foundation's Knight Arts Challenge Grant. Inlet's proposal with his residency and grant is to demonstrate the possibilities of careers in the arts with a two-week residency at local high schools where students create new pieces alongside professionals at Akron School of the Arts. The Knight Arts Challenge Grant is "part of a two-pronged strategy: Knight funds large arts institutions that provide programming every day, to help them better engage audiences, and it supports new ideas through the Knight Arts Challenge so that everyone has a shot at making their ideas a reality."
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| Inlet's Kevin Parker,
Emily
Stonecipher, Erin Pennebaker, and Katie McGaha performing "Even There, You Lead Me," an autobiographical piece choreographed by Dominic Moore-Dunson at Firestone High School, May 26.
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Standing Ovations from Cleveland Public Theatre: DanceWorks 2017
This past weekend, Inlet performed as Week #3 at Cleveland Public Theatre's annual series, DanceWorks 2017. Inlet premiered three new works, performed an autobiographical work choreographed by Company Member, Dominic Moore-Dunson, and shared two other favorite pieces from the repertoire. Inlet performed
May 18-20
and received multiple standing ovations every single night.
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Cleveland Public Theatre, DanceWorks 2017, Sat. night, May 20.
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PREMIERES
The first
premiere of the night titled
Building CLE
, was created based on a collaboration with the residents of the Judson Senior Living community, created with support from
Ohio Art Council's Creative Aging Ohio program
. This piece included video documentation of the residents telling stories of Cleveland from the early 1920s all the way to present day. Fortunately, residents of
Judson
Manor, Judson Park and their families were able to attend the concert on Thursday night and they rose to their feet with applause immediately after the lights faded out.
The second premiere of the night,
Walk With Me
is a duet focusing on the need for male mentoring relationships in our society, performed by Joshua Brown
and
Dominic Moore-Dunson. This piece will also be performed at the
Ad Deum Dance Company Faculty Performance
in Sugarland, TX in June.
The last premiere of the
evening
,
Sackcloth and Ashes
is
a group work looking at the ancient Middle Eastern cultural practice of wearing sackcloth and ashes. With a beautiful
score composed by
Sean Ellis Hussey
of Chicago, this 12 minute work allows for an honest and reflective conversation about a community of people experiencing the same things but reacting
differently
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Also during this weekend, on Saturday, May 20, students from all over Cleveland came together to perform in Inlet's annual Educational Matinee Performance at Cleveland Public Theatre's James Levin Theatre. Schools who participated include: Newton D. Baker School for the Arts, The Lillian and Betty Ratner School, The Music Settlement, and Inlet's Trainee & Apprentice Program. During this performance, students aged 3 to young adult, performed what they have learned in their respective classes throughout the year. During this performance, audience members are offered a glimpse of the training process and the successes of building dance technique within a classroom setting. Audiences see where one starts at age 3, and then what ample possibilities students can have by the time they are pre-professional performers. If you're interested in more information, or how to get your dancer enrolled in dance classes around Cleveland, contact us today!
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Inlet's Trainee & Apprentice Program premiering "Journey to the Sea," choreographed by Company Member Elizabeth Pollert.
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Audition Notice
Attention:
Male and Female Dancers 18 & up
For:
Trainee, Protégé, Apprentice and Company B positions
Where:
Playhouse Square's Idea Center
June 14-16,
Inlet Dance Theatre will be holding
Auditions
for the upcoming 2017-2018 season. Inlet is looking for teachable professionals and students who are willing to assimilate into our organizational culture and aesthetic. Inlet is a modern dance company that employs a collaborative creative choreographic process alongside a technical base grounded in Hawkins-based release technique, Pilobolus-based nontraditional partnering, and a collaborative creative process that relies on improvisation skills. Inlet is equally strong in education programming as it is in performing concert and special event work. The company seeks highly skilled dance artists with a desire to educate as well as perform
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Inlet employs a "get to know you" approach to auditions. We are looking to determine fit with Inlet's culture and aesthetic, as well as create an opportunity for you to see if Inlet's programming and culture is a good fit for you. There is no need to prepare a solo for the audition, as the Company Members will lead you through the various components of the audition.
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| "Create" at Arts in August in Tremont, OH. |
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2017 Summer Dance Intensive
Beginning every June, Inlet Dance Theatre hosts a modern dance instructional camp for dance students focusing our efforts on serving the community. Inlet's Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) is an aggressive six and a half week training program for ages twelve through young adult. SDI focuses on increasing technical skill sets, collaborative creative process, performing improvisation and repertory. SDI allows students to experience being a dancer in a professional dance company. SDI students will learn nontraditional partnering, Hawkins-based release technique, performance improvisation, composition, and repertory. SDI culminates with performances at Cain Park Evans Amphitheater (Cleveland Heights, OH).
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SDI '16 at the 2.5 Week Culminating Performance, PlayhouseSquare.
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Inlet Around T
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Inlet Dance Theatre warming up for a full day of rehearsals, tech rehearsals, and closing concert at Cleveland Public Theatre DanceWorks 2017, May 20.
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The Music Settlement Student Ensemble in the premiere of "What if...?" choreographed by Company Member Erin Pennebaker, May 20, 2017.
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Premiere of "Journey to the Sea," choreography by Elizabeth Pollert, May 20, 2017
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Premiere of "Journey to the Sea," choreography by Elizabeth Pollert, May 20, 2017.
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"Even There, You Lead Me," Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks 2017.
Photo: Suzanne Sherbundy and Nader Abboushi |
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"Sackcloth and Ashes," Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks 2017.
Photo: Suzanne Sherbundy and Nader Abboushi |
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"Walk With Me," Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks 2017.
Photo: Suzanne Sherbundy and Nader Abboushi |
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"Let Go," Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks 2017.
Photo: Suzanne Sherbundy and Nader Abboushi |
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Save the Date!
June 3
June 10
Inlet will perform in the annual
Parade the Circle in University Circle. Rain or shine!
June 10
June 10-17
(contact Inlet's office for more info)
June 14 - July 28
June 23
Inlet performs at MetroHealth Hospital as a part of their
Arts in Medicine series
July 26 & 27
Aug 4
Aug 11
Inlet performs in Tremont's Lincoln Park as part of
Arts in August (free)
Aug 23-27
Dominic Moore-Dunson's work in progress
More to come.....
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Supported by:
Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
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About Us
Inlet Dance Theatre is one of the region's most exciting professional modern dance companies. Founded in 2001 by Artistic Director Bill Wade, Inlet embodies his longstanding belief that dance viewing, training and performing experiences serve as tools to bring about personal growth and development. Inlet's collaborative artistic and administrative staff builds the company's solid reputation for community engagement by uplifting individuals and engaging new audiences via
performances and
education programming.
Inlet Dance Theatre's concerts, special events, Inflow and Outflow education programs began as local initiatives and now reach regional, national and international markets. Inlet's diverse base of work includes concerts such as part of Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks series, PlayhouseSquare's LAUNCH initiative and Dance Showcse, and includes international exchanges to Easter Island (a commonwealth of Chile) and participation in the Cleveland Foundation's Creative Fusion International Artist Exchange Program. Inlet's education programming includes teaching dance in our rehearsal studio, our classes at the Music Settlement, attracting students from as far away as Central America, Europe, and Israel to our Summer Dance Intensive, and conducting residencies throughout Ohio as part of the Ohio Arts Council's Artist in Residence Program. In contrast to an industry where people are often used to further dance, Inlet Dance Theatre is committed to using dance to further people. Discover for yourself what makes Inlet unique. Contact us at [email protected] or call 216-721-8580 |
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