When: Saturday, March 29, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Manship Theatre, 100 Lafayette Street, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge
Cost: $10 - $35
Age limit: All ages
Categories: Performance art, Dance, Dance performance, Theater
Description: Ever dreamed of flying? The dancers that comprise Of Moving Colors Productions (OMC) have been living that dream for twenty years. Current Artistic Director Garland Goodwin Wilson estimates that the dancers may have been sent aloft some 40,000 times.
The company was founded in 1987 by Lisa Hooks Murray and in 1997 Wilson assumed the position of Artistic Director. In the last decade, they have gained much attention for their "flagship" Color Productions that have included "Red" (for Baton Rouge), "Lilac, Magenta… Tales of Love," "Paradise Orange" (in collaboration with the Greater BR Food Bank), Sienna (in conjunction with "Earth Day," “Vertical Voyage” (an exceptional collaboration with the Baton Rouge Symphony in 2005), and last season’s “Citrus Demise.”
In commemoration of the company’s twentieth year as a formidable force in Baton Rouge’s artistic community, OMC presents “Luminescence,” a milestone performance at the Manship Theatre combining dance, theatre, live music, and visual art. The show will offer a unique retrospective look throughout OMC’s history, with selected highlights from each production in their “colorworks” series. In addition, there will be a cameo performance by the company’s founder Lisa Hooks Murray and Baton Rouge native, Alice Pascal-Escher, Associate Professor of Dance at Tulane University.
Performances will take place March 28-30 (7:30pm on Friday and Saturday and 2:00pm on Sunday). Following Friday’s performance will be a reception to celebrate the company’s anniversary. Tickets range in price from $10 - $35 and may be purchased by visiting the Manship Theatre Box office at www.manshiptheatre.com. For more information, contact the OMC office at www.ofmovingcolors.org or by calling 225/338.0804.
Event posted March 20, 2008
Last updated March 20, 2008
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