Island Moving Co. News
FALL 2014
VOLUME V
ISSUE 2
Where passionate dancers and energized audiences connect
IN
A NEWSLETTER
FOR OUR
DONORS &
SUPPORTERS
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2015 SEASON
BROM BONES TALE & ALE
March 7 – 8
Opening Weekend
Remember these?
May 7 - 9
IMC tours to Florida
May 16
Casino Theatre
July 10
Gala
July 16-25
Great Friends Dance
Festival
September
Open for Dancing
Nov. 27– Dec 4
The 2015 Newport
Nutcracker at Rosecliff
Ok, we confess! It was us!
We just had to find an unforgettable
way to promote IMC’s new and
very original work, Brom Bones,
choreographed by Associate Artistic
Director Spencer Hering.
Inspired by Washington Irving’s
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Brom
Bones Tale recounts the story of
Ichabod Crane (Glen Lewis), his
rival Brom Bones (John Mark Owen), and their conflict for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel (Katie
Moorhead).
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Azamat
For one weekend , the gardens
at Bellevue House were transformed into the town of Sleepy
Hollow. The performers mingled
with audience members as dusk fell.
The gathering began the story,
which unfolded through the mysterious gardens.
As it has with other site specific
adventures, the company drew site,
dancers, and audience into a magical
experience unique to that moment
and place. We had a blast!
Glen greets guests as they enter Sleepy Hollow
THIS
ISSUE:
BROM BONES
NEW FACES
TOURING TO RICHMOND
IMC PERFORMS AT RIC
IMC + MATH
JUNIOR CO. ACCOLADES
Katie as Katrina Van Tassel
Many thanks to our Honorary
Horsemen for sponsoring the performance- John & Elizabeth
Brooks, Joe & Alana Hearn, Marilyn Woloohojian, and Lagunitas
Brewing Company. A special
thanks to Martha Parker at Team
One for donating
the custom Brom
Bones
shirts
worn by IMC
dancers, volunteers, and staff.
John Mark as Brom Bones
Welcome the newest members of IMC!
Asangul Uulu
joined IMC this
summer shortly
before
the
start of the
Great Friends
Dance Festival.
Originally
from Kyrgyzstan, Azamat
has danced with companies
around the world-touring in
the United Kingdom, Ireland,
China, Latvia, Lithuania, PoDid you
know? International
land,
Taiwan,
Czech Repubdance
day
is Apriland
29! the USA.
lic, Slovakia,
He is excited about performing in our Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff.
Tara Gragg
began
her
dance training
in
her
hometown of
Flint, MI. She
joins IMC from
C h i c a g o
where
she
danced with Civic Ballet Chicago, Aerial Dance Chicago,
and most recently, Chicago
Repertory Ballet. Tara received her BFA in Ballet at
the University of Oklahoma.
During her free time Tara
enjoys biking and exploring
Newport.
David Martland joins IMC as
the newest member of our
board. A fellow Newporter,
David completed his undergraduate degree at URI and
later obtained
his J.D. from
Suffolk University in Boston. He
is a partner at
Silva, Thomas,
Martland
&
Offenberg specializing in civil litigation,
real estate, employment, and
business and corporate law.
He lives in Newport with his
wife, Tricia.
FALL 2014
IMC TOURS TO RICHMOND
The performances in
Richmond are part of IMC’s
ongoing Great Friends Touring Project, which nurtures
collaboration and shared
performances among midsized dance companies
around the country.
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latest stories and photos
from performances,
events & rehearsals as well
as other Company news.
BRAVA BROOKE !
Congratulations
to IMC dancer
Brooke DiFrancesco for being
awarded Motif
Magazine’s
2013 Dancer of
the Year title. “I’m so honored!” she exclaimed after
she found out. And we’re
so proud!
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more details and designate
Island Moving Company as
your RI charity of choice.
ing Co’s Great Friends
Touring Project—
Richmond, VA!
On September 11, 12,
& 13, Miki, Spencer, & the
IMC company dancers
headed to The River City’s
historic Grace Street Theater at Virginia Commonwealth University to perform with Amaranth Arts.
Directed by longtime
friend and collaborator,
Scott Putman, the program, called Falling Back to
Grace, featured works by
Miki, Scott, and Spencer,
including Land of a Thousand Reflections, which Scott
choreographed for IMC’s
Opening Weekend last
March.
Along with performances by Amaranth, Island Moving Co. also presented Stephanie Martinez’s Taking Watch, which
we saw premiere this July
at the Great Friends Dance
Festival. The performances in
Richmond are part of a longtime collaboration between
IMC and Scott, which have
included the creation of three
full company works for IMC
by Scott and performances by
Amaranth Arts at the Great
Friends Dance Festival.
While in Richmond, Island Moving Co. dancers
were also very busy! Glen
taught dance at a local high
school, Spencer taught a Master Class, and Katie taught
Gyrotonics at Virginia Commonwealth University and at
Richmond Ballet.
IMC PERFORMS AT RIC
On Oct. 10, IMC took
some of the season’s favorite performances on the
road to the beautiful Sapinsley Auditorium at
Rhode Island College.
Highlights of the evening
included Miki's Continua
Metamorfosi, Spencer’s
Breathing
Space and Levitation, Andrea
Dawn Shelley's Dante's Beatrice, and Stephanie Martinez’ Taking Watch, commissioned by Monique
Burgess this summer.
After the performance,
RIC dancers took advantage
of the ’Meet & Greet’ event
where they were able to ask
questions and speak with
IMC dancers about the life of
a professional dancer.
DANCE + MATH
IMC is thrilled to accept a
$5,000 grant from the
Frances R. Dewing Foundation to create a math-based
creative movement curriculum. As a part of this project,
Miki and Christine will work
closely with educators from
all over Rhode Island to create a math-based residency
tying abstract math concepts
to music, choreography, and
the students’ own bodies.
We’re excited to see what
they come up with. Additional funding for our education
programs has also come from
the Max & Victoria Dreyfus
Foundation.
IMC JUNIOR CO
ACCOLADES
Congratulations to the members of IMC’s Junior Company who placed within some
(very!) prestigious ballet
summer intensives.
Emily Small- Kaatsbaan
Sophie Silvia- Houston Ballet
Marina Turner- Festival Ballet
Ane Arrieta- The Rock School
We know
you were
brilliant out
there—
keep up the
great work!