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DANCE IN THE MIX

Read field notes by choreographers and performers making work as well as blog posts by guest artists on performance, production, and artistic theory as a journey fueling the generative nature of ideas.

The Bell House is looking for guest blog contributors for Dance In The Mix. Writing submissions between 1000-3000 words on any topic related to dance would be considered. Submissions will be subject to rigorous critical review before publication; $20-30 writing stipends available upon acceptance.

To submit, email bellhouseart@gmail.com with introduction, short 2-3 sentence author bio, headshot, contact information & submission content.

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7/29/2017

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For Immediate Use
July 10, 2017

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Rachel Johnson, Executive & Artistic Director
The Bell House
9926 N. Ashfield Rd.
Owasso, OK 74055
(918) 549-1231
johnsonrac@gmail.com

THE BELL HOUSE PRESENTS
THE 2017 EXCHANGE CHOREOGRAPHY FESTIVAL,
BRINGING 23 BUDDING CHOREOGRAPHERS AND
CLEVELAND’S INLET DANCE THEATRE TO TULSA FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

The Bell House’s EXCHANGE is the only dance festival of its kind in the region, a weekend dedicated to fostering conversation about the creative process among dancemakers. Now in its fifth year, EXCHANGE prioritizes and supports choreographic process and artistic community in the tradition of dance centers like New York City’s Judson Church.

Held August 24-26, 2017, at Holland Hall’s Walter Arts Center, EXCHANGE features informal performances by 23 developing choreographers from across the country at 6:30pm on the first two evenings, followed by a choreography workshop and networking opportunities. All events are open to the public.

EXCHANGE culminates in a Gala performance at 6pm on August 26, featuring works from 2017 guest artist Bill Wade and his INLET Dance Theatre from Cleveland, Ohio. INLET arrives in Tulsa fresh from an August 4 performance at the legendary Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, MA. INLET dancer Dominic Moore-Dunson, recipient of the Creative Community Fellowship and mentored by Mr. Wade, will be Exchange Choreography Festival’s Featured Guest Choreographer, presenting his work The “Black Card” Project.

Three review-accepted submissions will contest for a “Best of the Fest” honor, awarded with a slot in the Saturday night Gala along with dance film shorts on the nature of making art in dance, a local choreographic project by Rachel Bruce Johnson, and a performance by New York City artist, Shawn Rawls. Other events include a lecture on the topic of “Artist as Entrepreneur” by guest artist Bill Wade.

The festival will be held at Holland Hall’s Walter Arts Center, 5666 E 81st St., Tulsa, OK 74136, and is made possible in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council.

For more information, contact (918) 549-1231, email bellhouseart@gmail.com, or visit http://www.thebellhouse.info/exchange-choreography-festival.html

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It is a simple philosophy here at THE BELL HOUSE; make connections by bringing people together through dance. Art that seeks to defy a fractured view of the world by creating culture that cares for the soul and is concerned with human thriving. For me, it isn’t enough to just make dance for dance’s sake; it is my belief that it is the connective power of people that makes art worth engaging. We do that by taking our interests and talents and challenging the ways we connect them to something tangible in the human experience. It is through these connections and tangibilities that we see the true power of art and dance manifest back to relationships with and through people. In my view, what matters is people; the time and space of making work refract and overlap revealing and creating new possibilities for human connection.

~ Rachel Bruce Johnson, Executive & Artistic Director

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