Dance Carousel

Dance Carousel

by Spank Dance Company

Spank Dance Company will present the 7th  annual Dance Carousel.  The Dance Carousel is a showcase of 10 local dance artists, each creating four 1-minute dances, for a total of 40 one-minute new movement pieces. This dance sampler is the best way an audience can be introduced to modern dance and the massively diverse dance artistry in the Austin community. The show is for dance-lovers and novices alike, for folks who love absurd humor and the subtle gestures of dance, for the short attention span and for those who enjoy watching the all the abstract parts of a dance becoming whole.
                        
 

The Austin Chronicle calls it
 "one of the most pleasurable, thought-provoking, eclectic hours you ever will spend in a theater"
 "an eloquent reminder of the wondrous diversity with which we move"
“equivalent of a Whitman's Sampler...a little bit of everything"

Ellen won Critic Choice for Best Dance Mobilizer in 2008 and was voted one of Austin’s Fortunate 500, 2006 and 2007 by the Austin American Statesman for her efforts in producing community dance events like Dance Carousel, Hot September Flurries, Big Range Dance Festival.

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The 10 Choreographers are: 

Ellen Bartel, Tom Benton, Rosalyn Nasky, Yvonne Ferrurino, Nikki Jonston, Meredith Knight, Lisa Kobdish, Sumi Komo, Maia McCoy, and Janna Rock.

At Salvage Vanguard Theater. $12. (Note: You may buy tickets with a credit card online, but cash or checks only are accepted at the theater.) PLEASE NOTE: Two of the one-minute dances contain brief nudity.