JFD SEPTEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER

An electronic publication of Jane Franklin Dance, 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA 22206. Tel. 703-298-3235. Web site www.janefranklin.com. E-mail to info@janefranklin.com.

Recently Danced (Highlights of the early fall performance season)
In The News (The Arts Show & Tell Flight Schedule)
You Won’t Want To Miss (Concerts at JOM and Dance Place, Adult Dance Technique, Young Dancers)
Works in Progress (Dance Sampler and Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center performances)
Urgently Needed (Nurturing JFD, Open Rehearsal and Audition)
Spotlight On (Profile of Nick Bartoli)

Welcome

This is the fourth electronic newsletter of Jane Franklin Dance (JFD). Thanks for reading!

Recently Danced

JFD has been busy! Since this time last year, company members have performed, lectured, or been in residence in over 35 venues throughout the state and region.

Sept 17, 2005 Arts on Foot http://www.capfringe.org
Capital Fringe and a host of area artists provided exciting performances in unique venues for the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association’s Arts on Foot celebration. Performances took place on the street, in a vacant store and on a parked bus. JFD performed "This just in….." a dance, music collaboration with theremin by Amber Dunleavy and prepared guitar by Jonathan Matis. The dance, loosely inspired by moments of discovery and renewal, uses the sound of the theremin to harken back to sci-fi classics such as "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Played without being touched and by using aerial fingering, the theremin brings the movement into the music and music into the movement.

In The News

THE ARTS SHOW & TELL
JFD can be seen on community television July 5 through October 27, 2005, airing Tuesdays @ 7:30pm and Thursdays @10:00pm on Arlington Independent Media, Channel 69, serving Arlington County. This production, a wrapped program of interviews, photographs and performance excerpts, is made possible by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington in collaboration with Double R Productions and Arlington Independent Media.

Welcome Mary Helen Young
Mary Helen Young joined JFD as a Marketing Associate on July 13, 2005. Our lucky day! Mary Helen's vast experience includes projects with CityDance Ensemble and with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Mary Helen received her bachelor’s degree in piano performance and also finds time to dance and take class. She recently performed as a community member with Ellis Wood's company in July at Dance Place.

Welcome Douglas Kehlenbrink
Douglas Kehlenbrink has recently joined the Board of Directors of Jane Franklin Dance. As Arts Chair at Alexandria's Episcopal High School, Doug oversees the bustling arts community at Episcopal's newly renovated Ainslee Arts Center while balancing performances with many area symphonies as a bassoonist. You can see Doug perform at Dance Place Oct 22-23 in a collaboration with Shane O'Hara.

Funding Awards for 2005-06
JFD announces funding awards from Arlington County through the Arlington Commission for the Arts and the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources; Alexandria Commission for the Arts; Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program; Washington Forrest Foundation; and the William D. Euille Foundation. We are deeply grateful for these awards that support our community, educational and performance projects. Our gratitude extends to our many individual contributors and volunteers as well: the Fogarty Family, Raymond Gniewek and Noreen Kopenhaver, Harriet Levy, Gwen Rubinstein, Peg Schaefer, Roger and Sue Ames, Janet Booth & Robert Gaarder, Lisa Curtis, Dona Davis & Michael C. Davis, Deborah Hinz, Cheryl Lubell, Mr. and Mrs. Gant Redmon, Leon Scioscia and Gail Crider, Michael Bass, Lee Bory, Diane Dorius, Teresa Egan, Christina Feehan, Holly Halvorson, Hal Handerson, Linda Harrison , Jeffrey Hill, Virginia Janotta, Vivian Kallen, Allen and Gerda Keiswetter, Martha Larson, Janet Levy, Michael Levy, Elaina Loveland, Hedi Pope, Eddie Marx and Marilyn Horner, Jonathan Morris, Suzanne Collins Munson, Stefanie Quinones, Kim Roberts, Martha Taggart, Elaine Topodas, Contributing Arlington Businesses: Best Buns Bread Company, The Bungalow, Billiards & Brew Company, Capitol City Brewing Company, Charlie Chaing's and Contributing Alexandria Businesses: Starbucks, Tacuba Cantina Mexicana and Unwined Gourmet. We hope to see all of you out there this year, and dancing!

You Won’t Want To Miss

Adult Dance Technique, Integrative movement for the whole body
Even though it may have been a long time since you've danced, or you've always meant to try but have never gotten around to it, or you haven't been able to drive into DC for class but you would like to take class, or you would like to drive out of DC and MD and do something fun in Virginia! You Are Perfect for this class.
Saturdays from 9:15 am-10:45 am
$12 per class, $110 for a class card, valid through 12/05
Classes are held at:
3700 South Four Mile Run Drive, Room 129, Arlington VA 22206, 703.298.3235

Enroll by mail via the above address, or drop-in. Classes are ongoing, easy to get to and free parking. Click here for directions.

JFD Out-of-Town

October 2 – 4, 2005 to The Prizery in South Boston and the Carlisle School in Martinsville.
JFD performs at the newly opened theater The Prizery, a 38,000 square foot tobacco warehouse built in the 1890s on the Dan River in downtown South Boston, Virginia, that has now been transformed into a beautiful theater venue. Sunday's performance includes Ridge Line, and on Monday, 500 public school students will see performances of Very Physical Science. On Oct 4, JFD makes a visit to the Carlisle School, a regional school serving the communities of Danville, Virginia, Eden and Reidsville, North Carolina for a morning performance for students and the general public, and an afternoon workshop in choreography. Residencies in South Boston and Martinsville are supported by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Paul Mellon Arts in Education Program and the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
Nov 6 – 7. 2005 to Rocky Mount, Virginia
JFD returns to Rocky Mount for a performance for the general public on Nov 6. Press details here.
On Nov 7, the company premiers Jazz on Foot for each and every student in Franklin County grades 2, 3 and 7. Sponsored by Franklin Guild, Inc and the Virginia Commission for the Arts

JFD InTown

Oct 15, 2005 at 8:00 pm 'BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER' an evocative evening of improvised performance including artists Wendy Woodson, Holly Bass, Jane Franklin Dance, Nancy Havlik's Dance Performance Group, Heidi Schultz's Tappening & Heidi Schimpf & Jason Lott with musicians Peter Fraize, Tye Russell and Steve Hilmy. Curated by Nancy Havlik and Heidi Schimpf for the DC XI International
Improvisation Festival. Jane Franklin Dance performs "Leroy" a dance, poetry collaboration with Reuben Jackson and musician Jonathan Matis.
The Jack Guidone Theater
Joy of Motion Friendship Heights,
5207 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Information (301)652-3427.
Admission $12
Oct 22, 2005 at 8:00 pm and Oct 23, 2005 at 7:00 pm Dance Place presents Jane Franklin Dance and Harrisonburg artists Shane O'Hara and thompson & trammell in a shared evening. JFD performs Ridge Line. Bob Anthony of Review 4U said the work "gave a powerful anti-war statement as it showed how violence moved from the battlefield into the maddening crowds." Music by Judith Shatin, Director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music at the University of Virginia, incorporates electronically manipulated text and music. The score was built entirely from traditionally non-musical sounds, such as the chopping of trees in Clear Cut, spoken word in Inside Out or a cappella voice in Rally. For detailed press information, click here.
Dance Place, 3225 8th St NE, Washington DC 20016
Tickets: 202-269-1600 or online at http://www.danceplace.org, group rates are available

Fall Young Dancers Project, ages 7-14
Saturday Oct 29, 2005 – Jan 14, 2006 from 10:45 am – 12:15 pm.
Young Dancers Project combines youth in creative dance making with the professional company members. The classes include dance technique, creative problem solving, and rehearsal for a performance with JFD company members.
Enrollment criteria:

Young Dancers Enrollment Form

"Franklin works remarkably well with children, teasing out of them movements that rarely look canned or forced." --The Washington Post

Works in Progress

Call for Choreography Deadline October 1, 2005 for the January 7, 2006 Dance Sampler
Dance Sampler is a day long festival of workshops culminating with a performance by six selected choreographers. Choreographers may submit a completed work or work in progress, performed by any number of dancers. Choreographers teach a one hour workshop in their area of expertise during the one-day festival. Workshops can be proposed for dancers of any age or level of experience. Workshops take place on stage with observers enjoying not only the class process, but the comfortable auditorium seating. To apply please send a VHS tape or DVD of your completed work, or work-in-progress, a brief description of a proposed workshop, a $25 submission fee, and a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of materials to: Jane Franklin Dance, 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington VA 22206.
Submission deadline is Oct 1, 2005. Selected choreographers receive publicity, technical support, and a $125 stipend. We encourage the submission of experimental and premier works in any dance style. Workshops and the performance take place at Gunston Theater One, Arlington. For additional information call 703-298-3235 or click here.

In a unique series, each performance targeting a specific demographic, JFD performs three concerts at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus.

Jan 19, 2006 at 11 am

Concert for Community

Jan 20, 2006 at 10:30 am

Jazz on Foot

Jan 21, 2006 at 7:30 pm

Dancing Between the Lines

Dancing the Page

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus, 3001 N Beauregard St, Alexandria VA 22311

Urgently Needed

Open Rehearsal and Audition November 14, 2005
JANE FRANKLIN DANCE is looking for experienced dancers for paid performances in 2006. Additional opportunities to teach in the Alexandria/Arlington community. The company rehearses on Monday from 4 pm - 8 pm and Thursday from 9 am - 12 noon at 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive in Arlington. The November 14, 2005 open rehearsal and audition gives interested dancers the opportunity to see the company rehearse and to learn portions of the repertory. Please call 703-298-3235.

Spotlight On Nick Bartoli

Nick Bartoli has been living and dancing in the DC area since 1997, after relocating from Brooklyn, New York. He participated in the work study program at Dance Place for four years, and has had the opportunity to work with a number of choreographers including Daniel Burkholder, Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Sharon Mansur, and Nicole Bradley-Browning. Nick occasionally dances with CatScratch, and other improvisational groups, and is also experimenting with his own choreography. When he isn't dancing, he can often be found designing web sites, savoring the taste of dark chocolate, and not napping. Nick also holds a BS in Computer Science and Math from Brooklyn Polytechnic, and an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana.

Where were you born and raised?

I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. After traveling a lot I don't have much of an accent left, but I still sometimes "axe" people questions.

When did you start dancing?

In 1997 I took a "dance workout" class at Dance Place. I was living near Dance Place at the time, and I happened to see a flyer for the class posted in a shop window in the neighborhood. After a few weeks of that the instructor, Carla Perlo, said I should take one of her modern classes. She pestered me for weeks to get me to try one, and fortunately I gave in!

What type(s) of training have you had?

Most of my experience is with modern dance, with some ballet and jazz thrown in. I miss not having more traditional technique training, but I have a lot of movement to explore as it is.

What brought you to the Washington area (and to JFD)?

I came to Washington, DC in 1996 for a six-month internship with the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2002 I participated as a community dancer in a JFD show at Dance Place, and through that experience was invited to dance with the company.

What inspires you when you dance?

I look forward to the feeling of expressing of myself through movement and the fusion of movement with being and feeling in the present moment.

Have you read any good books lately?

I'm in sort of a reading slump at the moment, but my last favorite reads were "It Must be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science" edited by Graham Farmelo, "The Man Who Folded Himself" by David Gerrold, and "The Gun and the Olive Branch" by David Hirst.

What do you do when you're not dancing?

I work for OMB Watch, a small nonprofit organization, as a network administrator, web designer/programmer, and graphics designer. My work provides me with a large amount of flexibility within which to schedule dance. Otherwise, I enjoy simple pleasures like being outside on a nice day, being with friends, seeing a nice movie, and enjoying the arts.

Who are your favorite choreographers and what are your favorite pieces?

There are many choreographers whose work I very much appreciate and enjoy. One that comes to mind at the moment is Joe Goode, who frequently presents a stylish combination of dance, theater, text, and storytelling. A favorite piece I'll always remember since it typifies the style of expression through movement that I aspire to is "Roger & Lucie", choreographed and performed by Ludovic Jolivet. Through subtle facial expressions and movement, his focused intent, and his interactions with Lucie (a mop), Roger (Jolivet) conveys a wealth of emotional information in a very efficient and interesting way.