Our First EVER Virtual Festival!

For the first time ever, MEN IN DANCE brings you a one-of-a-kind event, featuring new works created for your viewingSeattle’s MEN IN DANCE 2020, would like to announce its featured choreographers for its first-ever Virtual Festival Celebration, live-streaming October 2, 3 and 4 at 8 pm PDT! This program can be viewed by going to watch.menindance.org on the days of the event. There is no admission/ticket fee to participate in this live event, however donations are welcomed and appreciated!

These choreographers, chosen by the MID organization, have created and filmed their submissions in isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. These original films will be presented on three evenings, as a program of dance that continues the organizations’ mission statement: to find and support the highest-quality male-identified concert dance, presenting it in all of its colors.

These artists hail from around the country and include:

Project 44/Gierre Godley, New York City, has created a timely and nuanced group piece that brings men of color together, to explore the present as it collides with the past of our countrys’ checkered history of diminishing, limiting and labeling our African-American ‘Brothers and Sons’. PLEASE NOTE: Gierre will be interviewed via Zoom, by MID Producing President Richard Jessup. This interview will introduce Gierre’s piece, as the finale of this program.

Daniel Ojeda, now living and working in Boise, ID is returning to MEN IN DANCE, after being voted ‘audience favorite’ by our 2019 Choreographers Showcase audiences. Daniel brings a theatrical solo piece that illuminates the struggles a live performer faces during Covid-19.

Bruce McCormick, also a MEN IN DANCE alumni who now lives and works in Los Angeles, has set choreography to thoughtful text about our times and the insights that artists can bring to our troubled world. His piece is danced and narrated by Alex Danna, of Fort Worth, TX Tommy Lewey, who lives and works in Indianapolis, IN, makes his MEN IN DANCE premiere, with his touching and comical look at the intersection of Covid, boredom, and dance!

Filling out the virtual program is Dance//Novella, which consists of Canadians Brandon Lee Alley and Rachael Prince, and NYC’s Richard Walters. They have created a fascinating, and frightening look at the control, influence and chaos that can come from the human experience! They are also making their premiere with MEN IN DANCE. This visually stunning program of dance can be seen by going to watch.menindance.org on October 2, 3 or 4 at 8 pm PDT. There is no ‘admission fee’ for this event, but MEN IN DANCE as a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization welcomes and appreciates your generous donations, which can be made at support.menindance.org.