Pilobolus Dance Theatre May 9-10
April 24, 2003, HARTFORD, CT - Pilobolus Dance Theatre, one of the world's most acclaimed dance troupes, will perform May 9-10 at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts' Belding Theater as part of Fleet Showcase. Both performances start at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available at The Bushnell Box Office, located at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford, or by calling (860) 987-5900. Tickets are also available online at www.bushnell.org.
Pilobolus Dance Theatre sprang from a Dartmouth College dance class in 1971 with a clear desire to make something new. The group was immediately acclaimed for its startling mix of humor and invention and Pilobolus soon became a completely self-sufficient organization, its members choreographing, dancing, managing and publicizing their own programs.
Today Pilobolus is a major American dance company of international influence. It has not, however, forsaken its original impetus. The company remains a deeply committed collaborative effort with four artistic directors and six dancers contributing to one of the most popular and varied repertoires in the field. Almost three decades of making dances now stand as a testament to the company's position as an artistic collective of remarkable fruitfulness and longevity.
Pilobolus lives and works in Washington Depot, Connecticut, a small town in the state's rural northwest, and performs for stage and television audiences all over the world. It has toured extensively in the United States as well as in Central and South America, the Middle East, Far East, Russia and Europe. The U.S. State Department has sponsored tours in Portugal, Spain, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent.
Since 1973, the company has been an annual feature of the American Dance Festival and has produced many of its works with Festival commissions. It is a veteran of two seasons on Broadway and currently presents a month of performances at the Joyce Theatre in New York City every year. Pilobolus has played to full houses from London's Sadler's Wells and Rome's Teatro Olimpico to Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens and Paris' Theatre de la Ville.
Pilobolus works are also represented in the repertoires of other major dance companies -- including the Joffrey, Feld, Ohio, and Arizona Ballets in the United States, the Ballet National de Nancy et de Lorraine in France and Italy's Verona Ballet. The company has received several prestigious honors, among them the Scotsman Award for performances at the Edinburgh Festival, the Berlin Critic's Prize, The New England Theatre Conference Prize, the Brandeis Award, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts Award for Excellence and, in 1997, a Primetime Emmy Award.
Ticket and Performance Information - Pilobolus will perform Friday and Saturday, May 9-10, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. in the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts' Belding Theater as part of Fleet Showcase. Tickets $28.00 and $45.00 and can be purchased by calling (860) 987-5900 or online at www.bushnell.org. Tickets are also available at The Bushnell Box Office, located at 166 Capitol Avenue in Hartford.
About The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts - The Bushnell is Connecticut's premier performing arts center, hosting more than 450 events yearly, including major Broadway tours, symphony orchestras, family presentations, local arts and community events. In November 2001, The Bushnell completed a $45 million expansion project that added a second, 908-seat theater to the existing historic structure. The new, state-of-the-art performance hall allows for expanded arts, entertainment and community offerings. The Bushnell's nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), is a cross-community educational effort serving 40 schools in 17 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area. The Bushnell opened in January 1930 and is a non-profit organization. For more information, call The Bushnell at (860) 987-6000, The Bushnell Box Office at (860) 987-5900 or visit our website at www.bushnell.org.
The Greater Hartford Arts Council's Let*s GO! Card - The Bushnell participates in the Greater Hartford Arts Council's Let*s GO! Card program that offers 2 for 1 tickets to arts and entertainment activities plus special discounts at restaurants and clubs. The Bushnell honors the Let*s GO! Card for 2 for 1 tickets to selected performances throughout the year. For information on the Let*s GO! Card Program contact the Greater Hartford Arts Council at (860) 525-8629.