Lake Tahoe Dance Collective Presents 2021 LAKE TAHOE DANCE FESTIVAL – Preview

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WHEN:

July 27 – 30, 2021

6 pm

WHERE:

Gatekeeper's Museum
130 West Lake Blvd.
Tahoe City, CA 96145

Streaming Online

TICKETS:

$50+

Available via Lake Tahoe Dance Collective website

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective’s ninth annual Lake Tahoe Dance Collective-- a summer dance event that has presented over 35 works with more than 25 guest artists and 44 local dancers since 2013-- includes new dance commissions by a variety of artists, many of who created their pieces virtually via Zoom.

Choreographers include: Constantine Baecher, Kristina Berger, Erik Wagner, Durante Verzola, Marco Pelle, Jack Blackmon, and Jehbreal Jackson with special guests Holly Curran, Traci Finch, Chris McDaniel, Christin Hanna, Stephen Hanna, and Ashley Bouder.

The festival also includes the Young Dancers Workshop, a summer training camp for students 10 and up, who are performing a repertory work and train in ballet, modern, and improvisation techniques.

A spokesperson for the Lake Tahoe Dance Festival describes some of the works as,

New commission (as-yet-untitled)

Choreographed by Constantine Baecher and Performed by Holly Curran and Traci Finch

Holly Curran, Traci Finch and choreographer Constantine zoom creation is inspired by the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The work features a commissioned score by dancer-turned-composer Ulysse Zangs.

New commission (as-yet-untitled)

Choreographed and Performed by Jack Blackmon

Jack Blackmon's process focuses on crafting big, glorious dancing and then distilling out the intimacy, earnestness, and levity. He likens it to building a cathedral and finding a way to renovate it into a red velvet-curtained jazz bar.

New commission (as-yet-untitled)

Choreographed by Jehbreal Jackson and Performed by Ashley Bouder

“Jehbreal Jackson is working with Ashley Bouder to develop one of the characters for an upcoming feature length cineballet titled The Death of Anima Faven: The Art of Fortune, The Art of Fugue, and the Art of Losing Yourself. The piece tells the story of the relations between the major civilizations of antiquity through to the colonization of America in a present-day context between six friends. The music of Johann Sebastian Bach serves as the score.”

The festival opens with a gala opening night celebration where attendees participate in a silent auction with a food and wine catered picnic basket that they get to keep.

For more information, visit the Lake Tahoe Dance Festival website.

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Images courtesy of Lake Tahoe Dance Collective unless otherwise stated

Slider one: Traci Finch, Holly Curran

Slider two: Erik Wagner, Chris McDaniels by Trey McIntyre