The City in Motion Dance Performance Series is the venue in Kansas City for eclectic, family-oriented contemporary dance. Its unique programming, offering a showcase for the talents of area choreographers and performers, ensures it's appeal. Area choreographers are given the opportunity to develop new dance pieces, local dancers are given the opportunity to perform and audiences are given the opportunity to experience dance. City in Motion has a long history as a presenter of quality dance, while also challenging audiences with new and often thought-provoking performance art.
On Saturday, February 18, 2012, at 8:00 pm, City in Motion Dance Theater will present its ninth annual A Modern Night at the Folly. This performance is Kansas City's only adjudicated showcase, featuring 11 of the area's most talented choreographers. This eagerly anticipated one-of-a-kind event provides the audience with insight into the current direction of our region's modern dance artists.
Since 1985, City in Motion has provided opportunities for local choreographers to present their work through the Choreographers' Showcase, the New Dance Series, and Dance in the Park. A Modern Night at the Folly is a continuation of that tradition.
This year's performance will feature the choreography of Janet Charleston, Dale Fellin, Kimberly Holloway, Elaine Kimble-Peaks, Allison McKinzie, Jennifer Medina, Erin Muenks, Maggie Osgood Nicholls, Jennifer Owen, Stephen Plante and Nichole Raab.
This event is partially funded by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, The Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund, a grant from The Greater Kansas City Community Trust and Foundations, and by The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.
Tickets may be reserved by calling the Folly Box Office at 816.474.4444 or by contacting Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. Ticket prices are $18 in advance, $15 for students and seniors, and $20 at the door. (Tickets subject to convenience charge. Call the Folly Box Office for details). The Folly Theater is located at 300 W. 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105.
NOTE: If you are interested in purchasing an advertisement in this year's program, please contact Beth Byrd at bhahabyrd_comcast.net or (816)305-8188. The deadline for ad purchases is Wednesday, February 1.
“Every piece stepped out on a limb with contemporary vanguard. We are bombarded daily with news of a worsening economy — perhaps these artists show that desperate times call for divergently creative choices. The uncertainty of our stability inspired bold, artistic statement, cutting the edges of innovation. A Modern Night at the Folly entertains and provokes us annually with a celebration of dance.”
~David Ollington, eKC Online, 2009
"City in Motion Dance Theater consistently presents some of the wittiest and most intriguing modern and contemporary dance in our region."
~Paul Horsley, Kansas City Star, 2006
“exuberant, imaginative, a soul-stirring affirmation of the soaring possibilities of the human spirit.”
~Robert Eisle, The Kansas City Star, 2006
