Renovated Factory, Now Dance Space, Transforms into Art Gallery for One Evening

Ann Arbor, MI June 12, 2004 -– To celebrate their 10th anniversary season, the Peter Sparling Dance Company (PSDC), Michigan’s premiere modern dance company, will be hosting a silent art auction, “Art at the Dance Gallery,” on Saturday, June 19th, at Dance Gallery Studio in Ann Arbor, MI, 815 Wildt Street, www.petersparlingdance.org, 734.747.8885.

Once a car manufacturing facility and ball bearing factory, this historic building was transformed into a beautiful, 5000 square-foot dance studio and home of PSDC in 2003. Now, for one evening, the space becomes an art gallery filled with featured works from 40 of the area’s top artists. Bidding begins at 7:00 p.m., and the auction closes at 10:00 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeurves will be served, and admission is $20.00 at the door.

Auction proceeds will benefit PSDC’s world premier of “Peninsula,” a performance which pays homage to unique Michigan people and places through live modern dance and video backdrops. The new choreography by Peter Sparling unfolds in three sections including: southeastern Michigan’s industrial heritage, the land and water above the 45th parallel and looking back to the glaciers that formed the two peninsulas and created natural resources such as copper and iron.

Co-presented by the Peter Sparling Dance Company and the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, “Peninsula” will premier June 23, 2004 at Ann Arbor’s Power Center. Beginning in the fall, PSDC will tour “Peninsula” throughout the Midwest including performances and residencies in Lansing, Canton, Monroe, Big Rapids, and Tecumseh, Michigan, and at the Chicago Humanities Festival.

“’Art at the Dance Gallery is a wonderful opportunity to view and purchase fine works of art by local artists,” states Carol Thompson, Dance Gallery Executive Director. “It is also a great place to meet new people, enjoy refreshments, and most importantly, contribute to furthering performance and art in the community and local region.”

For more information about the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, and to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.annarborsummerfestival.org/ or call 734.764.2538.

About Dance Gallery Foundation/Peter Sparling Dance Company
Dance Gallery Foundation was established in 1984 and supports Dance Gallery Studio, the only non-profit dance center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The studio offers students of all ages high quality training in a non-competitive, nurturing environment with performance opportunities and an intensive pre-professional training program. The mission of Dance Gallery is to produce, develop, and promote contemporary dance performance, and provide dance training and educational experiences of the highest artistic quality.

Founded in 1993, the Peter Sparling Dance Company (PSDC) is the third consecutive non-profit professional modern dance company to be supported by the umbrella 501©3 organization. Peter Sparling, a prolific and internationally-respected dancer and choreographer, serves as artistic director, creating, premiering and touring works off original choreography annually with his seven-member company. A former principal dancer with the legendary Martha Graham and José Limón companies, Sparling has over thirty years of professional dance and choreography experience. He is also a tenured professor of dance at the University of Michigan and a leader in the area’s arts and cultural community. For more information on Dance Gallery Foundation and PSDC, please see www.dancegallerystudio.org or call 734.747.8885





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