Mimi Garrard Dance Theatre
Owl Sight Green #2, 2008
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Choreography, Camera, Editing: Mimi Garrard
Dancer: Samuel Roberts
Music: Glen Velez
See Videodances to download and play other full-length videodances.
The Mimi Garrard Dance Company has intrigued and delighted audiences across the country and abroad, and has, as the Los Angeles Times put it, “opened eyes, stretched ears, caused laughter, and provoked thoughts.” The company has toured extensively since 1973. It has performed at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, been commissioned for CBS Camera Three and WGBH Boston television productions, as well as presented annual concerts in New York and residency programs for colleges and community centers throughout the United States. On three occasions it has performed as part of an international dance festival, Danza Nueva, in Lima, Peru. The company’s repertory of over 90 works choreographed by Mimi Garrard is one of the largest in the modern dance field. The works have evolved and changed over the years, but they reflect Garrard’s interest in pure movement, theater, and multi-media.
Most recently Mimi Garrard is experimenting in new ways, creating dance for video using digital techniques to transform the dance material. Her work in this area is unique and is gaining increasing attention. She has a monthly program on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and has recently been sponsored by Channel 13 on its Metro Arts Channel. WAMtv (World, Art, and Music), based in Scotland, is currently featuring her videos worldwide.
In addition to the United States her video work has been seen in The Czech Republic, Cyprus, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, The Netherlands, Peru, Russia, and Turkey. In 2006 Transcendental Suite was presented in Amsterdam, Prague, and Naples, where it received a special citation. Mimi Garrard’s videos have also been featured on Net festivals, including Wigged.net and the Seoul Net Festival. In June and July 2006, Mimi Garrard had her first one-woman show at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Americano museum in Lima, Peru. She has created 58 half-hour programs for Manhattan Neighborhood Network. In June 2004 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for her outstanding achievement in dance, both for her work on stage and her work for video. She is in the Leflore County Hall of Fame in Mississippi and the Stella Adler Conservatory Hall of Fame in New York.
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In 2007, Mimi Garrard’s videodances were shown at the Dance on Camera Festival in New York City; the Sans Souci Festival in Boulder, Colorado; the 2nd Cyprus International Film Festival; the Dancing in the Dark Festival in Malmo, Sweden; the Moves 07 International Film Festival in Manchester, U.K.; and the Cornerhouse Festival in Brighton, England. In addition Argosy was on tour for 10 months in the United Kingdom, Europe, Argentina, and Russia as part of the Moves 07 on tour. Time Installation was placed in the permanent collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art.
- December 15, 2007–January 11, 2008 — Spider was shown on the Big Screen in Brighton, England.
- February 2008 — Spider was shown in Yokohama, Japan in the Dance and Media Festival.
- March 2008 — Spider was shown in the Danca em Foco Festival in Rio de Jaeiro, Brazil.
- March 3-4 2008 — Even the Wind Catches Fire was shown at the Montage Video Dance Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- April -26, 2008 — Velez October Circles were shown as an installation in the Moves 08 festival in Manchester, England.
- April 2008 — Velez October Circles were shown on the BBC Big Screen throughout England 5 times a day for two weeks.
- June 12, 2008 — A Dream with Three Brides will be shown in the Choreografo Elettronico 2008 festival in Naples, Italy.
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Mimi Garrard’s “videodances” are featured in a monthly program on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN). DVDs of all 70 programs can be purchased for $39 for each program (includes shipping and handling). For more information, please contact the Mimi Garrard Dance Company. See Videodances.
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Videodances Showings on MNN Channel 56, on cable in Manhattan only; also online at www.mnn.org (click on Channel 56) during the following dates and times:
9/25/08 at 9 p.m.
9/28/08 at 3 p.m.
10/23/08 at 9 p.m.
10/26/08 at 3 p.m.
11/23/08 at 3 p.m.
11/27/08 at 9 p.m.
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- Journal of Art and Idea
bearnstowjournal.org
Articles on the Nikolais esthetic and the arts, edited by Ruth E. Grauert
- Media Net
www.media-net.bc.ca
To facilitate and support the creative use of video/film as a form of communication and personal expression
- All Dance Central
www.alldancecentral.com
Choreography, Moves, Technique and More. All online and on video
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- The David Bermant Foudation: Color Light Motion
- The Harkness Foundation for Dance
- The Baumol Family Foundation
- Claudia Gitelman
- Emmet and Edith Gowin
- Angela Holder
- Jim and Joy Howell
- Charlotte Lawson
- Murray Louis
- Clyde Lynds
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- Robert Ryman
- David M. Sharp
- Mary Lane and John Sullivan
- Merrill Wagner
- Karen Weiss
- Colette Whitney
- Anna Whittington
- Aven Whittington Jr.
- Billy and Aubrey Whittington
- Eddie Wong
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| A very special thanks to Hilda Baumol for writing our annual fundraising letters. |
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THE MIMI GARRARD DANCE COMPANY, INC.
45 WEST 21ST STREET, SUITE 3C, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10010
PHONE 212 674-6868 • FAX 845-386-4883
E-MAIL mimimgdc@aol.com
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