Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Dance On Site

By Roxann Morgan Rowley

Dance On Site kicked off on last week on Friday April 24th with a bang! Twist ! Open! Run! Robot?

Sylvana Sandoz, Marissa Guerrero, and Heather Doyle entertained the lunch crowd at noon on Friday in Freedom Plaza. The dancers improvised several sets of structured dances for the crowd to watch. Dancers shouted commands, partnered, jiggled, wiggled and moved their way up and down the marbled open space. Each one was featured in their own private improvisation as one dancer called for the other. Ms. Guerrero, soloed next to an unsuspecting pedestrian, creating a humorous impromptu. Ms. Sandoz allowed the audience to participate in her solo by calling out cue words from the previous improvisations . She twisted, contorted and had a chat with a couple on the other side of the plaza. It was a treat to get a glimmer of these three improvisers on such a perfect day at Freedom Plaza. A great kick off to the Dance On Site festival happening April 24- May 3.

Be on the look out for more site specific and site based dances happening throughout DC in conjunction with Dance/MetroDC's Dance is the Answer festival.

To see complete schedule go to www.nextreflexdc.com/danceonsite.

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