Event

Jump on the DanceWagon

Jump on the DanceWagon (J/DW) provides four (4) choreographers 20-minutes with which to show work.

Creator and curator, Ellen Stokes Shadle, served as artistic director of ellen stokes shadle/DanceWorks for 12 years, and sought to create a unique structure for participants that would promote a sense of empowerment with respect to their work and how it is presented. Upgrading its presentation from previous years, this season's J/DW has increased its venue capacity, enhanced its level of production capabilities, and is utilizing a more technically advanced staff.

This season's artists represent a varying array of performance experience, dance backgrounds and artistic influences. Alyson Laury, a recent graduate of Point Park University, brings a mature level of sophistication and focuses on the athleticism and fluidity of dancers. The most distinctive, conceptual and experimental of the choreographers is Marianne Delehanty a previous winner of Dance Magazine's "Editor's Choice Award" who is often inspired by current events. Megan Lynn is a former soloist with the Harford Ballet Company and currently works with the Matthew Westerby Company. And, making her debut is Frances Lai Baca perhaps embodying the true essence of J/DW as a young choreographer who is eager to showcase her work for the first time.