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540-8882 September 28, 2007 Cyrus Art Production presents Greensboro—Then & Now Directed by Duane Cyrus Cyrus Art Production celebrates the City of Greensboro's 200th anniversary! Funded in part by a grant from the Greensboro Bicentennial Commission, Cyrus Art Production’s Greensboro—Then & Now is a multimedia dance theater performance highlighting the momentous contributions made by "The Greensboro Four." Set in the 1960s during the first days of the Woolworth Sit-Ins, the work illustrates how the solidarity of community helped to propel Greensboro’s past into the present, and continues to urge social change toward the future. This historically-inspired performance work is coupled with one or two week residency and educational outreach component where participants will learn about vital professional and creative skills that can foster positive and progressive change in our community and beyond; Greensboro—Then & Now is suitable for schools, community centers, and all age groups. Bookings for presentations and residencies are now being accepted. Cyrus Art Production is an organization that presents dance and theater in unique and thought-provoking cultural events. Cyrus Art Production develops projects, performances, and art works designed to stimulate the audience with beauty and intelligence. Testing the boundaries of dance presentation, Cyrus Art Production brings together various artistic disciplines including dance, music, drama, video, photography, and graphic art, creating an experience that is accessible, intellectually engaging, and entertaining. Director Duane Cyrus, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. He has performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, The Lion King (original London cast), Carousel (U.S. Tour) as well as directing domestic and international tours with Cyrus Art Production. Bookings for presentations and residencies
are currently being accepted September 4, 2007 Cyrus Art Production presents the premiere of FLOW Directed by Duane Cyrus Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 7pm Located at 801 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC Cyrus Art Production premieres a new collaborative dance theater work commissioned for the Triad’s Bricolage Arts Festival. Funded in part by a grant from the Bricolage Arts Festival, FLOW is a celebration of the fluid and ever-changing ways we connect to each other - the fluidity with which we can change ourselves and the "face" we present to the world, the persistent intangibility of memory and the cleansing joy found in being a member of a community. FLOW is a collaborative exploration of these ideas, through movement, theatre, and visual art. It is a journey that will take the viewer inside a world created by the artists where, perhaps, a new perspective can be found. This work was made in collaboration with Painter/Sculptor Virginia Shepley of Winston-Salem. Visit www.bricolageartsfestival.org for more information on the Bricolage Arts Festival and directions to events. Tickets are $10 for adults, $6 ages 12 and under. Reservations for tickets can be made at www.tix.com Cyrus Art Production is an organization that presents dance and theater in unique and thought-provoking cultural events. Cyrus Art Production develops projects, performances, and art works designed to stimulate the audience with beauty and intelligence. Testing the boundaries of dance presentation, Cyrus Art Production brings together various artistic disciplines including dance, music, drama, video, photography, and graphic art, creating an experience that is accessible, intellectually engaging, and entertaining. Director Duane Cyrus, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. He has performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, The Lion King (original London cast), Carousel (U.S. Tour) as well as directing domestic and international tours with Cyrus Art Production.
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