UNCW Establishes Residency With alban elved Dance Company
9/7/2007 12:29:31 PM
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Wilmington, N.C.--The Office of Cultural Arts at the University of North Carolina Wilmington announced today the creation of an ongoing residency affiliation with the renowned alban elved dance company, one of the most innovative and dynamic of contemporary dance ensembles.
Based in Berlin, New York City and now North Carolina, alban elved has achieved critical acclaim internationally for the energy, dramatic variety and visceral vitality of its choreography. As part of the residency affiliation, the company will produce three to four major performances each year in UNC Wilmington's Kenan Auditorium, and will provide master class opportunities for UNCW dance students and other dancers and ensembles in the community and region.
"We are so very pleased to have created this affiliation with UNCW through its Office of Cultural Arts," said Karola Luttringhaus, alban elved founder and artistic director. "To be associated with and working with a university that is so serious in its involvement with the arts is a fantastic opportunity. The Wilmington community is already excited about dance, and there are so many talented dancers already here. It is stimulating for the alban elved company to be a part of this creative energy."
"I've been aware of the strikingly innovative and visionary work of alban elved for some time," said Norman Bemelmans, UNCW Director of Cultural Arts. "Karola Luttringhaus' enthusiastic commitment to working with the students in our dance program as well as other dancers and ensembles in the community, not to mention the extraordinary performances she and her dancers will bring to our campus, represent precisely what we want to accomplish in the arts here at the university."
UNCW recently established a nationally-recognized summer residency partnership with the Carolina Ballet. "Now with this affiliation with alban elved," Bemelmans added, "we will be working in partnership with an innovative contemporary dance ensemble as well one of the nation's finest ballet companies. We couldn't be more pleased."
For more information about alban elved, visit www.albanelved.com.
Media contacts:
Courtney Reilly, assistant director, UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, 910.962.2082 or reillyce@uncw.edu
Dana Fischetti, manager of news and media relations, 910.962.7259 or fischettid@uncw.edu
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