Schedule:
Thursday, September 10 @ 7:30pm (followed by reception)
Friday, September 11 @ 8:00pm
Saturday, September 12 @ 3:00pm & @ 8:00pm
Sunday, September 13 @ 3:00pm

at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center
248 West 60th Street (near 10th Avenue), NYC
Subways: A,C,E F,B and 1,2,3

Admission at the door: $20, $17/ADG Members, Students, Seniors
Festival Pass: $60/regular, $55/members, students seniors (admits you to all five performances)
Group rate: $15/person for groups of 10 or more purchased in advance
Reservations: 212-868-4444 and www.smarttix.com

Master classes: $15, $12/ADG members, Group rate: $10/person for groups of 10 or more purchased in advance

ADG Performance Festival 2009 presents 52 artists from around the globe along with tributes to two modern masters, Donald McKayle and Erick Hawkins.

The Opening Night Gala on Thursday September 10th offers a special tribute to living dance legend Donald McKayle, with his solo “Angelitos Negros” performed by Nejla Yatkin. Mr. McKayle will be present. A reception will follow the performance. On Saturday night Mr. McKayle brings the outstanding dancer Stephanie Powell to perform “Angelitos Negros” and a second work “I’ve Known Rivers.”

Thursday September 10th also begins a centennial tribute to the late modern dance pioneer Erick Hawkins (1909 – 1994.) Katherine Duke, Artistic Director of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, will present Hawkins’ “Cantilever I” – first performed in 1963 – a piece for four dancers with music by Hawkins’ lifelong collaborator, composer Lucia Dlugoszewski. The music will be played live by five musicians directed by trombonist David Taylor. This piece will be repeated on Friday evening. A second Hawkins work “Classic Kitetails” is offered on Saturday at 3 pm, danced by Todd Rosenlieb Dance.

The festival honors three other renowned artists with performances of rarely seen solo works. On opening night Lotte Goslar’s inimitable “Life of a Flower” will be performed by Ara Fitzgerald. Then on Saturday night Jeff Duncan’s masterpiece “La Mesa del Brujo” with music by Meredith Monk will be performed by Kathy Wildberger, and Daniel Nagrin’s exquisite “Dance in the Sun” will be performed by Raphael Boumaila of the Limon Company.

In all, this Festival will present 52 companies and artists with works ranging from modern to post-modern to performance art to cultural hybrids. Some highlights include former Forsythe dancer Francesca Harper, Bert Gstettner from Vienna, Phluxus from Australia, Peter Pucci, Lauri Stallings, Li Chiao-Ping, and Ursula Payne. Former Hawkins’ dancers Cathy Ward, Cori Terry, Catherine Tharin, and Gloria McLean add to the celebration of Hawkins’ legacy. The five programs reveal the remarkable diversity of contemporary dance styles.

Each evening in the lobby video of works by Mr. McKayle and Mr. Hawkins will be shown.

Master classes:
* Friday, September 11 @ 2:00-3:30pm – Erick Hawkins Master Class at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. Open to the public.
* Friday, September 11 @ 4:30-6:00pm -- Donald McKayle will give a lecture-demonstration at the LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts. Open to the public.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: *

Thursday September 10 at 7:30 pm:
Melanie Aceto, Kyla Barkin, Christine Germaine, Lane Gifford, Lotte Goslar, Bert Gstettner, Erick Hawkins, Donald McKayle, Ursula Payne, Catherine Tharin

Friday September 11 at 8:00 pm:
Sue Bernhard, Nai-Ni Chen, Daniel Gwirtzman, Francesca Harper, Erick Hawkins, Sue Hogan, Barbara Mahler, Avichel Scher, Mary Seidman, Laura Shapiro, Nejla Yatkin

Saturday September 12 at 3:00 pm:
Emily Berry, Laurie Cameron, Li Chiao-Ping, Olivia Galgano/Lynn Needle, Erick Hawkins/Rosenlieb Dance, Deborah Mauldin, Patricia Noworol, Paul Ocampo, Slippery Fish, Hee Ra Yoo

Saturday September 12 at 8:00 pm:
Tina Croll, Jeff Duncan, Junichi Fukada, Allison Jones, Donald McKayle, Daniel Nagrin, Peter Pucci, Sonalli Skandan, 360° Dance Company, Cori Terry

Sunday September 13 at 3:00 pm:
Pascal Benichou, Yung-li Chen, Marilynn Danitz, Karen Gayle, Claudia Gitelman, Isabel Gotzkowsky, Kaoru Ikeda, Nerida Matthaei of Phluxus, Gloria McLean, Karen Schupp, Jenny Showalter, Cathy Ward,

* Please Note: Schedule is subject to change

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Come celebrate the dancers of the present, savor the accomplishments of the past, and look into the future!

The American Dance Guild has served the dance field in many capacities over the past 53 years, including conferences, festivals & publications. This festival continues the Guild tradition of bringing together artists from across the nation and internationally for performances and master classes. ADG offers performance opportunities that range from gala productions to bare-bones and on-site events. In addition, it serves members through an annual Student Scholarship for summer study at Jacob’s Pillow, scholarly resources such as the New Dance Group Gala Video and publications such as Branching Out: Oral Histories of Six National Dance Organizations and Dance Scope.