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Dancers wtih DayJobs debut at the Atlantic Fringe Festival thirtySomething Dance Co-op is Halifax's newest dance company and plans to make its debut at the Atlantic Fringe Festival in September. The show, "Dancers with Day Jobs," will feature fourteen adult dancers performing professionally choreographed numbers in jazz, tap, swing and salsa styles. Local Halifax choreographers Kym Butler and Jenee Gowing will be premiering new works with the tSdc for the show. Other new pieces in the show will be choreographed by the members of the co-operative. This public performance of thirtySomething Dance Co-op celebrates the varied abilities and perspectives that its members bring to dance, but two things each performer has in common are that dance is a part-time hobby and a full-blown passion. "There's no expiration date for the craving these "dancer-junkies" have," says Kate Hayter-Reid, one of tSdc's co-founders. "They need dance in their lives." Reid, a photographer, together with Robert Aitkens, a business advisor, conceived the tSdc in January of 2004. "Once Robert and I floated the idea of a dance company for "grown-ups," we knew we weren't alone in our craving," say Reid. "Everyone we asked to join needed little or no time to think about it. They just jumped on board." According to Reid, the courage required to found a dance company is being fueled by the excellent training tSdc members receive at the hands and feet, of adult-friendly dance teachers such as Butler and Gowing. Watch for "Dancers with Day Jobs" at The Atlantic Fringe Festival in Halifax from September 2-12, 2004 |
