Momentum Dance Lab
News and Events
February 2012
Art Moves 2012
When: February 18th and 19th 2012 @2:00pm
Where: The Knoxville Museum of Art
Directed by: Amelia Breed & Jackie Sobel
Tickets: General $15 @ the door $12 in advance
Students $12 @ the door $9 in advance w/student ID
(ID required at the door for both advance and at the door)
Children 5 and under free
Click hereto buy tickets!
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Coming February 18th and 19th, 2012, Momentum Dance Lab will present the annual Art Moves performance at the Knoxville Museum of Art. A longstanding collaboration between local composers and choreographers, these artists draw inspiration from the works exhibited at the museum to create a full sensory experience of the arts.
This year Momentum Dance Lab will present new works from both new company members and founding members. Roderick Beverly, a founding member, is setting a structured improvisation on 8 dancers based on his interpretations of 2002x, by Whitney Leland with music composed by James R. Carlson.
Leah Pinder, another founding member, is creating choreography for a quartet based on the painting Park by Chuck Forsman.
Jackie Sobel, co-director for ArtMoves, choreographer, and performer, is choreographing a duet about the dynamics conflict can bring to romantic relationships titled, The Way We Are. With lots of lifting and weight sharing, this piece is sure to be exciting! Jackie is collaborating with composer James R. Carlson, a long standing participant in ArtMoves, who will perform his piece on the accordian.
Inspired by the painting, Untitled, by Josip Tiric, Amelia Breed, co-director for ArtMoves, is choreographing a four part piece about the experiences of two artists, one living in a democratic society and one coming from a fallen Communist society. Collaborating with music director, Rachel Schlafer-Parton, several styles, instruments, and cultures will be compiled to present a montage of layered story.
Gabriella Dorado is choreographing a trio, titled, My Place Admist the Chaos about maintaining the balance between obligations and appreciation. The languid, heavy feeling of blues music composed for this piece by Guille Dorado contrasts the urban abstract painting, View of the City, which is a significant source of inspiration for the choreography.
This year, Momentum Dance Lab will be working with a new music director, Rachel Schlafer-Parton. She is well acquainted with Momentum, having performed with them both as a musician and as a dancer. Rachel's eclectic performing experience, vocal, instrumental, and movement, ranges from early music to jazz ensemble, classical trio to theater, and mime to modern dance. Her instrumental music has often been used for purposes of healing and meditation.
Momentum is participating in Penny for the Arts this year. For more info go to Penny4arts.com
Where: The Knoxville Museum of Art
Directed by: Amelia Breed & Jackie Sobel
Tickets: General $15 @ the door $12 in advance
Students $12 @ the door $9 in advance w/student ID
(ID required at the door for both advance and at the door)
Children 5 and under free
Click hereto buy tickets!
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Coming February 18th and 19th, 2012, Momentum Dance Lab will present the annual Art Moves performance at the Knoxville Museum of Art. A longstanding collaboration between local composers and choreographers, these artists draw inspiration from the works exhibited at the museum to create a full sensory experience of the arts.
This year Momentum Dance Lab will present new works from both new company members and founding members. Roderick Beverly, a founding member, is setting a structured improvisation on 8 dancers based on his interpretations of 2002x, by Whitney Leland with music composed by James R. Carlson.
Leah Pinder, another founding member, is creating choreography for a quartet based on the painting Park by Chuck Forsman.
Jackie Sobel, co-director for ArtMoves, choreographer, and performer, is choreographing a duet about the dynamics conflict can bring to romantic relationships titled, The Way We Are. With lots of lifting and weight sharing, this piece is sure to be exciting! Jackie is collaborating with composer James R. Carlson, a long standing participant in ArtMoves, who will perform his piece on the accordian.
Inspired by the painting, Untitled, by Josip Tiric, Amelia Breed, co-director for ArtMoves, is choreographing a four part piece about the experiences of two artists, one living in a democratic society and one coming from a fallen Communist society. Collaborating with music director, Rachel Schlafer-Parton, several styles, instruments, and cultures will be compiled to present a montage of layered story.
Gabriella Dorado is choreographing a trio, titled, My Place Admist the Chaos about maintaining the balance between obligations and appreciation. The languid, heavy feeling of blues music composed for this piece by Guille Dorado contrasts the urban abstract painting, View of the City, which is a significant source of inspiration for the choreography.
This year, Momentum Dance Lab will be working with a new music director, Rachel Schlafer-Parton. She is well acquainted with Momentum, having performed with them both as a musician and as a dancer. Rachel's eclectic performing experience, vocal, instrumental, and movement, ranges from early music to jazz ensemble, classical trio to theater, and mime to modern dance. Her instrumental music has often been used for purposes of healing and meditation.
Momentum is participating in Penny for the Arts this year. For more info go to Penny4arts.com
January 2012
"Tools For Health" Workshop
Click Here to Register!
December 2011
Open Auditions
When: Monday December 5th 2011 at 7:00pm
Where: The Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts
(2906-A Tazewell Pike Knoxville, TN 37918)
What to wear: Dance/Yoga wear – Not loose fitting please. Dance shoes are not required.
What to bring: Lots of water! And your dance attitude!
(Headshot and Resume not required)
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On Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:00pm, Momentum Dance Lab, a professional Modern Dance Company based in Knoxville, will be holding Open Auditions for the upcoming Art Moves 2012 performance. Auditions will begin with a one hour Modern Dance class. Combinations from specific choreography will be taught after class and availability forms will need to be completed for each dancer.
Art Moves is a longstanding collaboration between local musicians and composers, choreographers and dancers. These artists draw inspiration from works exhibited at the Knoxville Museum of Art, where the performance will take place this year, Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19, 2012, both shows at 2:00pm. During the performance, live and original dance and music is a family friendly, full sensory experience of the arts.
Where: The Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts
(2906-A Tazewell Pike Knoxville, TN 37918)
What to wear: Dance/Yoga wear – Not loose fitting please. Dance shoes are not required.
What to bring: Lots of water! And your dance attitude!
(Headshot and Resume not required)
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On Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:00pm, Momentum Dance Lab, a professional Modern Dance Company based in Knoxville, will be holding Open Auditions for the upcoming Art Moves 2012 performance. Auditions will begin with a one hour Modern Dance class. Combinations from specific choreography will be taught after class and availability forms will need to be completed for each dancer.
Art Moves is a longstanding collaboration between local musicians and composers, choreographers and dancers. These artists draw inspiration from works exhibited at the Knoxville Museum of Art, where the performance will take place this year, Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19, 2012, both shows at 2:00pm. During the performance, live and original dance and music is a family friendly, full sensory experience of the arts.
November 2011
October 2011
Divergent Connections
Directed By: Sarah Dickinson Hobbs
When: October 15th 7:30pm and 16th 3:00pm, 2011
Where: The Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State community college
Tickets: General $18 @ the door, $16 in Advance
Students/Seniors $15@ the door (w/ID), $13.00 in
advance (w/ID at the door)
Children 5 and under free
Click Here to buy tickets!
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Momentum dance Lab will be showcasing new choreography from their associate artists and company members as well as guest choreographer Gwendolyn Johnson Delaney, director of Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts. Works making their debut include a trio choreographed by associate artist, Amelia Breed. She describes her piece as being “A look at machines and resources used everyday, in the home and within our landscape. A story unfolds through the eyes of someone remembering humanity and a quest for greater expectation.” Lisa Holden, an associate artist and long-time dancer in East Tennessee, will also debut her choreography through a solo she will perform and also a duet. Jackie Sobel, MDL company member, will showcase her choreography in a high energy group piece set to the music of Nine Inch Nails. In addition, she collaborated with Don Dillard to choreograph a piece called, The Philosophy of Dance, in which Dillard will be speaking as Sobel performs movement based on his ideas. “The Philosophy of Dance begins with the intuition that the expressive movements of a dancer possesses’ its own language. Yet in exploring this intuition, we encounter a riddle which emerges out of trying to describe the expression of movement: If only things can be moved, then how can "expression" be moved by things, and be capable of moving things, when it isn’t a thing? Through a combination of philosophy and dance, The Philosophy of Dance guides the audience towards answering this riddle for themselves,” writes Dillard.
Along with the pieces making their debut, the company will revisit works choreographed by founding members, Leah Pinder and Cara Bradshaw. Leah Pinder, a recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, will be restaging IV from Momentum’s 2009 fall show, “Ghosts at the Window”. With music by Steve Reich,IV, is an exciting and fast pasted piece with complex choreography complimenting the music. “Divergent Connections” will also include several other pieces ranging from solos, duets, and group pieces creating an exciting performance filled with various styles of choreography displaying professional modern dance..
When: October 15th 7:30pm and 16th 3:00pm, 2011
Where: The Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State community college
Tickets: General $18 @ the door, $16 in Advance
Students/Seniors $15@ the door (w/ID), $13.00 in
advance (w/ID at the door)
Children 5 and under free
Click Here to buy tickets!
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Momentum dance Lab will be showcasing new choreography from their associate artists and company members as well as guest choreographer Gwendolyn Johnson Delaney, director of Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts. Works making their debut include a trio choreographed by associate artist, Amelia Breed. She describes her piece as being “A look at machines and resources used everyday, in the home and within our landscape. A story unfolds through the eyes of someone remembering humanity and a quest for greater expectation.” Lisa Holden, an associate artist and long-time dancer in East Tennessee, will also debut her choreography through a solo she will perform and also a duet. Jackie Sobel, MDL company member, will showcase her choreography in a high energy group piece set to the music of Nine Inch Nails. In addition, she collaborated with Don Dillard to choreograph a piece called, The Philosophy of Dance, in which Dillard will be speaking as Sobel performs movement based on his ideas. “The Philosophy of Dance begins with the intuition that the expressive movements of a dancer possesses’ its own language. Yet in exploring this intuition, we encounter a riddle which emerges out of trying to describe the expression of movement: If only things can be moved, then how can "expression" be moved by things, and be capable of moving things, when it isn’t a thing? Through a combination of philosophy and dance, The Philosophy of Dance guides the audience towards answering this riddle for themselves,” writes Dillard.
Along with the pieces making their debut, the company will revisit works choreographed by founding members, Leah Pinder and Cara Bradshaw. Leah Pinder, a recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, will be restaging IV from Momentum’s 2009 fall show, “Ghosts at the Window”. With music by Steve Reich,IV, is an exciting and fast pasted piece with complex choreography complimenting the music. “Divergent Connections” will also include several other pieces ranging from solos, duets, and group pieces creating an exciting performance filled with various styles of choreography displaying professional modern dance..
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
Open Auditions
When: Saturday July 23 2011
Where: The Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts off Tazewell Pike
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KNOXVILLE, TN: On Saturday July 23, 2011 at 10:30am Momentum Dance Lab will hold auditions for their fall show. Auditions will be held at Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts on Tazewell Pike. Doors open at 10:30 for registration and auditions will begin at 11:00. Wear appropriate dance attire and bring water.
Please email momentumdancelab@gmail.com or call 865.670.2748 with any questions.
Momentum Dance Lab was founded in August of 2007 and is a not-for-profit adult contemporary dance collective striving for excellence in dance through artistic exploration, performance, and education. The collective offers weekly classes to the community, and is very excited to present a fourth annual fall show!
Where: The Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts off Tazewell Pike
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KNOXVILLE, TN: On Saturday July 23, 2011 at 10:30am Momentum Dance Lab will hold auditions for their fall show. Auditions will be held at Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts on Tazewell Pike. Doors open at 10:30 for registration and auditions will begin at 11:00. Wear appropriate dance attire and bring water.
Please email momentumdancelab@gmail.com or call 865.670.2748 with any questions.
Momentum Dance Lab was founded in August of 2007 and is a not-for-profit adult contemporary dance collective striving for excellence in dance through artistic exploration, performance, and education. The collective offers weekly classes to the community, and is very excited to present a fourth annual fall show!
June 2011
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April 2011
March 2011
Momentum's second annual Black & White Fundraising Gala
When: March 25th 2011 @ 7:00pm
Where: The Square Room at Cafe 4
Momentum Dance Lab's second annual Black and White Fundraising Gala will include: Dinner, cash bar, live music and a silent auction. All proceeds go to Momentum Dance Lab.
Tickets: $50.00 for an individual ticket. $90.00 for a couple. $400.00 to reserve/sponsor a table for 10
Click here to buy tickets!
Where: The Square Room at Cafe 4
Momentum Dance Lab's second annual Black and White Fundraising Gala will include: Dinner, cash bar, live music and a silent auction. All proceeds go to Momentum Dance Lab.
Tickets: $50.00 for an individual ticket. $90.00 for a couple. $400.00 to reserve/sponsor a table for 10
Click here to buy tickets!
Art Moves 2011
When: March 12th &13th 2011 @2:00pm
Where: The Knoxville Museum of Art
Directed by: Roderick Beverly & Jackie Sobel
Tickets: General $15 @ the door $12 in advance
Students $10 @ the door $8 in advance w/student ID
(ID required at the door for both advance and at the door)
Children 5 and under free
Click hereto buy tickets!
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Art Moves is a longstanding collaboration between local music composers, choreographers and dancers. These artists draw inspiration from works exhibited in the Knoxville Museum of Art. During the performance, live and original dance and music literally 'move' through the museum space resulting in family friendly, full sensory experience of the arts
Momentum is participating in Penny for the Arts this year. For more info go to Penny4arts.com
Sponsored by:
Where: The Knoxville Museum of Art
Directed by: Roderick Beverly & Jackie Sobel
Tickets: General $15 @ the door $12 in advance
Students $10 @ the door $8 in advance w/student ID
(ID required at the door for both advance and at the door)
Children 5 and under free
Click hereto buy tickets!
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Art Moves is a longstanding collaboration between local music composers, choreographers and dancers. These artists draw inspiration from works exhibited in the Knoxville Museum of Art. During the performance, live and original dance and music literally 'move' through the museum space resulting in family friendly, full sensory experience of the arts
Momentum is participating in Penny for the Arts this year. For more info go to Penny4arts.com
Sponsored by:
February 2011
January 2011
December 2011
Momentum Dance Lab is proud to present a Master Class with Wayles E. S. Haynes
When: December 27th from 7-8:45pm
Where: The Emporium Annex
What to wear: Dance attire - No street clothes please!
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Wayles E. S. Haynes will be in town December 27th and will be offering a master class from 7-8:45pm. It will be an intermediate/ advanced Technique class based on a Laban Movement Analysis/ Somatic perspective. It is sure to be a fantastic, engaging, and a challenging class. Cost is $15 and can be paid at the door.
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Wayles E. S. Haynes holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, a Master’s of Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Hawaii, and is a Certified Laban Movement Analyst. A dance educator since 1999, most notably at The University of Tennessee Knoxville, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, George Mason University and George Washington University. Wayles is currently working in the Metro/DC area with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Clancyworks, and Jane Franklin Dance.
November 2010
Chance and Circumstance
When: November 12th & 14th
Where: The Clarence Brown Lab Theater
Directed by: Cara Bradshaw & Jamie Swanson
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Chance and Circumstance will feature a total of 12 performances choreographed and produced by Knoxvilles own Momemtum Dance Lab. Our strive this Fall was to incorporate a vast array of styles from our modern based collaboration. One piece, chreographed by Sarah Dickinson, will display the power of male dancers; "I feel as though the base player in Frank Zappas' is on an eogtistical power trip and wanted to display that in my choreography. The piece will also celbrate the atheleticism of male dancers. Leah Pinder uses suggestive tones and melody in Phillip Glass' The Canyon to describe her personna of intimidation, determination, and acceptance in her movement while Shannon Efteland describes her piece as a contemporary ballet that plays with mixing layers of music in Bach's prelude to Cello #1. Jackie sobel wanted her chroeography to examplify the realization that there is more to life than the grulling everday tasks we all must perform, but sometimes it is just unattainable. With all the ideas developed by MDL, this show is sure to please the Knoxville community! Don't miss Chance and Circumstance!
Where: The Clarence Brown Lab Theater
Directed by: Cara Bradshaw & Jamie Swanson
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Chance and Circumstance will feature a total of 12 performances choreographed and produced by Knoxvilles own Momemtum Dance Lab. Our strive this Fall was to incorporate a vast array of styles from our modern based collaboration. One piece, chreographed by Sarah Dickinson, will display the power of male dancers; "I feel as though the base player in Frank Zappas' is on an eogtistical power trip and wanted to display that in my choreography. The piece will also celbrate the atheleticism of male dancers. Leah Pinder uses suggestive tones and melody in Phillip Glass' The Canyon to describe her personna of intimidation, determination, and acceptance in her movement while Shannon Efteland describes her piece as a contemporary ballet that plays with mixing layers of music in Bach's prelude to Cello #1. Jackie sobel wanted her chroeography to examplify the realization that there is more to life than the grulling everday tasks we all must perform, but sometimes it is just unattainable. With all the ideas developed by MDL, this show is sure to please the Knoxville community! Don't miss Chance and Circumstance!
October 2010
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Momentum Dance Lab would like to offer our sincerest thanks to everyone who gave us support in putting on our first annual Black and White Fundraiser! Click here for our special thanks!
Great news! MDL is offically a 501-C3 not for profit company!
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Art Moves 2010
February 27th - February 28th
@ The Knoxville Museum of Art
Directed By: Roderick Beverly & Jamie Swanson
Art Moves is a longstanding collaboration between local music composers, choreographers and dancers. These artists draw inspiration from works exhibited in the Knoxville Museum of Art. During the performance, live and original dance and music literally 'move' through the museum space resulting in family friendly, full sensory experience of the arts
"For this new season of Art Moves, MDL is excited to be installing a new aspect of art to our live performances by incorporating 3D and life size reproductions for performance interaction!"
@ The Knoxville Museum of Art
Directed By: Roderick Beverly & Jamie Swanson
Art Moves is a longstanding collaboration between local music composers, choreographers and dancers. These artists draw inspiration from works exhibited in the Knoxville Museum of Art. During the performance, live and original dance and music literally 'move' through the museum space resulting in family friendly, full sensory experience of the arts
"For this new season of Art Moves, MDL is excited to be installing a new aspect of art to our live performances by incorporating 3D and life size reproductions for performance interaction!"
