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GLEN RUMSEY DANCE PROJECT is interested
in bringing innovative dance performance works to
audiences with a focus on political, societal, environmental,
theoretical, and cultural issues. Keeping them engaged
without words, but with the athleticism of the performers
and the visually stunning theatrical elements of costume
and decor.
Some words from Glen:
In 2005 the Glen Rumsey Dance Project was launched
with its first evening length work, ignored in
my heaven commissioned by Claire Montgomery and
Location One Gallery.
I was not expecting the response I received and was
pleasantly surprised by the press and excitement it
stirred. Jennifer Dunning from The New York Times
wrote, "It is a world complete unto itself, with
its own crazy logic and dazzingly imaginative designs…"
And Gia Kourlas from Time Out New York called it “a
fantastical suite of dances in which Rumsey’s
vivid imagination is brought to life with the help
of 15 wonderful performers…” We sold out
every single show and because of our popularity, Location
1 added another performance to the run which, I am
happy to report, sold out within hours.
What has happened since has been quite interesting.
Choreographer Todd Williams and I created Exquisite
Corpse, which Susan Reiter from the Dance View Times
found "a modern-day Dadaist surprise, and a fruitful
collaboration between two impressively individualistic
dancers — Williams and former Merce Cunningham
dancer Glen Rumsey." We performed Exquisite Corpse
during Todd's season at The Ailey Citigroup Theater
and for a Dancers Responding to AIDS benefit in Times
Square.
Then, Dance Theater Workshop invited me to be a part
of their Studio Series — a Creative Residency
program where Glen Rumsey Dance Project receives 100
hours of free rehearsal space and a minimally produced
showing in their Studios at the culmination. We began
creating the new work in September and our showing
is scheduled for March 22 & 23, 2007. In mid-November
GRDP was invited to perform as part Chez Bushwick’s
AMBUSH, an evening of dance produced in an old nut
factory (how appropriate) in the Brooklyn neighborhood
of Bushwick. And most recently I was invited back
to Location 1 to perform in a multimedia installation
in their main gallery called In the Sky, by Nicole
and Leeza Albuni.
The word is out and Glen Rumsey Dance Project is generating
buzz, but we all know it takes money to get and keep
these things going.
We have begun to apply for funds from Foundations
and Corporations, and to that end we have garnered
some assistance through the DTW Sponsored Artist program,
but we’re looking for a few angels to help us
make this happen and get this company off the ground.
We invite you to help us make more work,
and see what we have not yet discovered. Please consider
making a tax-deductible contribution to help underwrite
the Glen Rumsey Dance Project, and all of our creative
possibilities.
Your gift will be greatly appreciated and may be made
payable to Dance Theater Workshop, Inc., earmarked
for "The Dance Theater Workshop member project
of Glen Rumsey Dance Project," and sent to:
Glen Rumsey Dance Project
560 West 43rd St Suite 24H
New York NY 10036.
Donations can also be made at dtw.org
by clicking on "contribute to a sponsored artist"
under the support menu on the DTW homepage.
From the bottom of my heart and the tips of my toes,
I thank you for you support.
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