New York Sensation Robert Battle Makes Philadelphia Debut, Unveils World Premiere as Jeanne Ruddy Dance Opens 6th Concert Season at the Performance Garage

New York Sensation Robert Battle Makes Philadelphia Debut, Unveils World Premiere as Jeanne Ruddy Dance Opens 6th Concert Season at the Performance Garage

Also Featuring Jeanne Ruddy World Premiere, Broadway Choreographer Mark
Dendy's Really Desperate Housewives, Restaged Favorites by Peter Sparling,
Zvi Gotheiner

WHAT: On Tuesday night, for the first time in its history, Jeanne Ruddy
Dance, Philadelphia's Contemporary Dance Company, will raise the
curtain on its 6th Concert Season in its own theatre, The
Performance Garage. The groundbreaking program, spotlighting
America's hottest choreographers, will feature the world premiere
of STILL, by New York legend Robert Battle, of Battleworks, one
of the leading African-American choreographers on dance stages
today, marking his first commissioned collaboration with a
Philadelphia dance company. A former student of Jeanne Ruddy's
at Juilliard, Battle will be unveiling a quartet set on two men
and two women that explores the fragmented aspects of love
through abstract gestures.

The program will also feature the world premiere of Artistic
Director Jeanne Ruddy's WOA CHOLENA (Native American for Great
White Bird), her first plotless work exploring movement and
rhythm set to Stravinsky's Concertino; Obie award-winner Marc
Dendy's NO FEAR OF FLYING, set on a trio of women to pop tunes
including Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made For Walking and
Peggy Lee's Fever -- restaged this season with a "Really
Desperate Housewives" twist; the restaging of Peter Sparling's
THE SYSTEM, and Israeli native Zvi Gotheiner's ENFOLD, a modern
romantic duet featuring the music of legendary '40s German
cabaret singer, Zarah Leander.

WHEN: TUESDAY, APRIL 18, CURTAIN at 7:30PM
CAMERAS WELCOME!

WHERE: THE PERFORMANCE GARAGE, 1515 Brandywine Street (one block north
of Spring Garden Street between 15th and 16th Streets)

DRESS REHEARSAL WILL BE 7PM - 9PM ON MONDAY, APRIL 17 AND OPEN TO
CAMERAS

WHY COVER:

How often, if ever, have the hottest choreographers on the American dance scene converged on a Philadelphia stage? In this groundbreaking, must-see program, the story is both on stage, AND off - with the debut of Philadelphia's newest studio theatre! JRD's 6th season runs April 18 to April 22. For additional info, visit http://www.ruddydance.org/.

CONTACT: Nina Zucker Associates

610.667.0706 / 610.457.4387 (cell)

PRNewswire -- April 17

Source: Jeanne Ruddy Dance

Web site: http://www.ruddydance.org/

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