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THELMA HILL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (THPAC)
Presents
The 36th Season (2012)
SOULS OF OUR FEET:
PEOPLE OF COLOR DANCE FESTIVAL
With A Special Re-Creation Of "Tilt" By George Faison
The 36th Season (2012) Runs
June 17th, 19th & 20th, 2012
At The Kumble Theater
At Long Island University, Brooklyn
7:00PM
Presents
The 36th Season (2012)
SOULS OF OUR FEET:
PEOPLE OF COLOR DANCE FESTIVAL
With A Special Re-Creation Of "Tilt" By George Faison
The 36th Season (2012) Runs
June 17th, 19th & 20th, 2012
At The Kumble Theater
At Long Island University, Brooklyn
7:00PM
(May 15, 2012 – New York) – Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC), in association with the Kumble Theater at LIU Brooklyn celebrates its 36th season of astounding performances with the Souls of Our Feet: People of Color Dance Festival June 17 at 7pm, and June 19, 20 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15/$12 (students and seniors) and may be purchased at the Kumble Theater box office, 718-488-1624, and online at www.kumbletheater.org. Special ticket sale price of $10 before June 17.
The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center is proud to announce a special re-creation of Tilt by renowned Tony and Emmy Award winning choreographer and director George Faison. Originally choreographed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1975 Tilt foreshadowed the end of pinball machines and the coming age of video games. The work features the music of Labelle and Ashford & Simpson. This revival for THPAC will introduce a whole new audience to this masterwork.
The season will also include choreographer and former Hamburg Ballet principal dancer Francesca Harper, rising dance powerhouse Sidra Bell; three emerging “Dance Sons of Brooklyn” Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance, Malcolm Low & Jamal Jackson Dance Company; the fast-rising dance company from Philadelphia, Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble; and making their first time appearance in THPAC series DANCE IQUAIL. THPAC's annual dance festival has become the must-see dance event not only for Brooklyn dance enthusiasts, but also for the entire city. The anxiously anticipated festival has earned a reputation for showcasing established, emerging and new choreographers and dance companies.
About Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC)...
The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) was founded 36 years ago to support the creative ideas of choreographers and dance companies of color. Our mission is to offer performance opportunities to artists so they can share their work with diverse communities, furnish rehearsal and "incubation" space for choreographers and dancers, and serve as a bridge between artists and the community.
Over the years, THPAC has supported and attracted emerging and established dance artists of color who seek out the organization’s experimental, yet historically aware environment. THPAC has become a viable institution for communities that have traditionally celebrated and reflected on their social and cultural issues through the rituals of music, dance, literature, and performance.
THPAC’s founder Larry Phillips began working as a dance therapist in Brooklyn at a community center that sponsored children's education and support programs for single parents attending New York Technical College. The programs were the forerunner of THPAC. In 1977, he renamed the organization after his deceased but renowned and highly influential teacher, Thelma Hill. Ms. Hill is remembered as a positive force in the dance world of New York City and beyond. She also danced with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and the historically significant New York Negro Ballet Company. She was a member of the dance faculty at the American Dance Festival and devoted herself to teaching dance most notably at the Clark Center. She died tragically in a fire in November 1977 but her passion in nurturing talent lives on in the organization that proudly bears her name. For more information visit http://www.thelmahill.com/
About Alex Smith
The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center is proud to announce a special re-creation of Tilt by renowned Tony and Emmy Award winning choreographer and director George Faison. Originally choreographed for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1975 Tilt foreshadowed the end of pinball machines and the coming age of video games. The work features the music of Labelle and Ashford & Simpson. This revival for THPAC will introduce a whole new audience to this masterwork.
The season will also include choreographer and former Hamburg Ballet principal dancer Francesca Harper, rising dance powerhouse Sidra Bell; three emerging “Dance Sons of Brooklyn” Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance, Malcolm Low & Jamal Jackson Dance Company; the fast-rising dance company from Philadelphia, Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble; and making their first time appearance in THPAC series DANCE IQUAIL. THPAC's annual dance festival has become the must-see dance event not only for Brooklyn dance enthusiasts, but also for the entire city. The anxiously anticipated festival has earned a reputation for showcasing established, emerging and new choreographers and dance companies.
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About Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC)...
The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) was founded 36 years ago to support the creative ideas of choreographers and dance companies of color. Our mission is to offer performance opportunities to artists so they can share their work with diverse communities, furnish rehearsal and "incubation" space for choreographers and dancers, and serve as a bridge between artists and the community.
Over the years, THPAC has supported and attracted emerging and established dance artists of color who seek out the organization’s experimental, yet historically aware environment. THPAC has become a viable institution for communities that have traditionally celebrated and reflected on their social and cultural issues through the rituals of music, dance, literature, and performance.
THPAC’s founder Larry Phillips began working as a dance therapist in Brooklyn at a community center that sponsored children's education and support programs for single parents attending New York Technical College. The programs were the forerunner of THPAC. In 1977, he renamed the organization after his deceased but renowned and highly influential teacher, Thelma Hill. Ms. Hill is remembered as a positive force in the dance world of New York City and beyond. She also danced with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and the historically significant New York Negro Ballet Company. She was a member of the dance faculty at the American Dance Festival and devoted herself to teaching dance most notably at the Clark Center. She died tragically in a fire in November 1977 but her passion in nurturing talent lives on in the organization that proudly bears her name. For more information visit http://www.thelmahill.com/
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About Alex Smith
Alex
Smith was appointed Executive Director by the THPAC board in 1995 and
later Executive Chairman. Under his tutelage and passionate commitment
over 150 artists have been presented in performance including Ron
Brown, Valerie Winborne, George Faison, Louis Johnson, Marlies Yearby,
and Fred Benjamin, seven new programming formats have been added, and
THPAC’s annual Life Time Achievement Awards, whose recipients include
Louis Johnson, George Faison, Ella Thompson Moore, Dianne McIntrye,
Fred Benjamin, and Kathy Grant and Dudley Williams, were established.
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