Educational Outreach
Open rehearsals popular with audiences and students
On a typically hot and humid Washington DC Saturday in May, CrossCurrents Dance Company welcomed supporters, students, and friends to a special open rehearsal at Joy of Motion Dance Center.
«Cathy Paine demonstrating a phrase
The event had a double purpose – to expand the audience’s understanding of the creative processes that go into the making of CCDC‘s dance repertory, and to raise much-needed funds for the company’s concert production at Dance Place in June.
« Rehearsal in progress
JOM‘s studio space in Bethesda, MD was packed with parents and children, current and former students, friends and supporters of CrossCurrents Dance Company and its Artistic Directors Debra Kanter and Helen Hayes. Guest choreographer Cathy Paine led the company through several sections of her new whimsical work-in-progress, “The Art Versus Nature, Reflective Surfaces, Who Am I Anyway Blues.”
As she worked, Paine shared with the audience many aspects of her process. Kanter and Hayes also took the floor to conduct rehearsals, firstly of Kanter’s new work “Precipice” and then an energetic run of Hayes’s “Heat of the Jungle.” To the special delight of the younger members of the audience, company member Sarah Lowing wrapped up the afternoon with a witty performance of her solo dance.