Crossover Movement Arts 2011-2012 Season Launch

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August 3, 2011

Crossover Movement Arts Season Launch
Sneak Peek Performance Opens Dance Company’s Breakout 2011-2012 Season

What: Crossover Movement Arts Season Launch Party and Performance
When: Friday and Saturday, August 12-13, 8:00 p.m. (7:45 p.m. pre-show)
Where: CORE Studios, 133 Sycamore Street, Decatur
Who: Crossover Movement Arts
Tickets: $10 at the door

Atlanta, GA. Crossover Movement Arts launches its 2011-12 season with a performance and party, Friday, August 12 and Saturday, August 13, 8:00 p.m. at CORE Studios. (Arrive by 7:45 to catch a special pre-show.) The evening will feature some favorites from Crossover Movement Arts’ 2010-2011 season and sneak previews of new works premiering in 2011-2012, all showcasing the company’s dynamic and muscular fusion of contemporary dance, Freestyle Poling, martial arts, performance art, experimental soundscapes, compelling artistic explorations, and playful, offbeat humor. The evening will also include a reception with light refreshments and a silent auction of items including a custom, signed Freestyle Poling pole and original origami by Crossover’s Sally O’Grady.

See below for season schedule.

“I am wildly excited about this season we’re about to launch,” says Artistic Director Blake Dalton. “It’s a real breakout year for our company. Crossover Movement Arts is creating unique works that vary dramatically in their scope, their physical landscape, and their relationship with the audience. We will dance this season with sledgehammers and railroads, soar through the air in the Historic Fourth Ward Park, softly draw lines in sand in the West End. You’ll find us while passing through the night at the Flux Festival or join us vaulting across the Decatur Square for some impromptu Freestyle Poling.”

Founded in 2005, Crossover Movement Arts’ 2011-2012 season is its fullest and most exciting yet, with seven shows already confirmed and several additional performances in the works. The season includes three original site-specific works commissioned by Art on the Beltline and created with partners including experimental jazz band Zentropy, dance presenting phenomenon Dance Truck, and The Wren’s Nest House and Museum. Crossover Movement Arts will tag-team perform with Zoetic Dance Ensemble in a shared venue at the 2011 Flux Festival in Castleberry Hill, and will collaborate with FrenetiCore Dance at the 2011 Houston Fringe Festival. In January, Crossover Movement Arts joins legendary spoken word poet and singer-songwriter Kodac Harrison for a performance at 7Stages. “We have the sincere privilege of great partners who inspire us,” says Dalton, “the working class arts heroes of Dance Truck, the intricate sounds of Zentropy, the historical roots of The Wren's Nest.”!

A collaborative company of movement artists interested in the unique work made possible by collaborations across disciplines and with artists of many backgrounds, Crossover Movement Arts will partner with many artists this season. Company members and guest artists, while united by their love of movement, each bring their own unique talents to the company’s creations: musical composition and performance, writing, acting, martial arts, carpentry, sculpture, and even the making of origami. “I am fortunate to have miraculously gathered such a talented and vibrant group of artists to embark on this creative, dynamic journey,” says Dalton. “I look forward to presenting this sneak peek of our very exciting season.”

Interviews available on request.