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“a
dance theater ensemble dedicated to People of Color and the American
experience.”
Celebrating 30 years of making dance and growing dancers!
For
images from our Fall Concert, please follow this link:
Kahpon At Ngayon
For images from our Spring Concert, please follow
this one:
Kagalakan
Photos courtesy of Rich Davis
Notes
from the Artistic Director, Olivia Davis:
Spectrum in Motion was founded in 1982 in the Pioneer Valley/5 College Community
of Western Massachusetts. Its premise is that dance should once again be part
of every day life. Dance should help us to tell and share the stories of our
lives. Dance should embrace all peoples. I originally gathered people from all
walks of life: those who danced professionally and have moved on to other
things; students of dance; instructors of dance; those who supported dance;
those who never danced. It was a community of folks who were excited to move
together as an ensemble and once or twice a year, we presented original work.
The
second generation of dancers was launched in the fall of 2003 at Charter Oak
Cultural Center and comes from an ensemble of my student dancers I called The
Youth Dance Performance Project. I have been blessed to have an opportunity to
raise dancers (1998 to the present) and to continue to build original work. It
is with excitement that The Company and I look forward to what lies ahead as we
continue to take baby steps and inspire others (young and not so young) to
dance, embracing the simple notion that Dance is for everyone. We all
should be dancing!
Spectrum's dance education program known as Stretching for Life has a new home.
The program is now located at the Asylum Hill Boys & Girls Club at 170
Sigourney Street in Hartford. The teaching and performance residency at
Asylum Hill Congregational Church continues at 814 Asylum Avenue, Hartford.
For more information please contact
spectruminmotion@gmail.com.
Spectrum in Motion is the
resident performance ensemble at Charter Oak Cultural Center
which is located at 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106.
Phone: 860.249.1207. Website:
www.charteroakcenter.org.
We also have some wonderful news.
The
Internal Revenue Service has recently granted 501(c)(3) status
as a tax-exempt charitable organization to Spectrum in
Motion. If you wish to support our work,
please send a check payable to Spectrum in Motion to:
City Arts on
Pearl
233 Pearl Street, #22
Hartford, CT 06103
or
Spectrum in Motion to perform!
Asylum Hill
Congregational Church
814 Asylum Avenue,
Hartford, CT
860.278.0785,
www.ahcc.org
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2012 Boar's Head & Yule Log
Festival
5
performances!
Friday, January 6 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, January 7 at 3:00 and 6:30 p.m.,
Sunday, January 8 at 1:30 and 5:00 p.m
Bagpipers catch our
attention and we watch a traditional highland dance - and the festival begins! A
drummer announces the high king and queen who lead a procession of lords and
ladies to the majestic "Earle of Oxford's March." A fanfare announces the
Herald, who proclaims the Boar's Head, symbolic of Christ's triumph over evil;
and a great procession of cooks and staff bring forth the great feast. Visitors
from afar arrive with their entourage entertaining those assembled with popular
song and dance from the region. Then follow King Wenceslas and his page
reminding us to help those in need, and woodsmen with the Yule log, which
represents the rekindling of love. The festival builds in intensity to a rousing
rendition of "Deck the Hall." Then as the lights dim, the manor hall becomes a
great cathedral for the worship of the newborn King. Spectrum in Motion
will make its 11th appearance performing the “Gloria”. Pageantry,
animals, magnificent music of the season. Get your tickets now to this
Connecticut tradition - the Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival at AHCC. Music,
dancing, medieval costumes, live animals and more! Tickets are $22.00, $20.00
and $15.00 – all reserved seating. Call for tickets! |
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