2009 Honors for BLM!

by Carl Flink on 10 January 10

Twin Cities StarTribune Dance Writer Caroline Palmer picked out former BLM Mover Leslie O’Neill’s solo Trigger performed by BLM artistic associate Emilie Plauche Flink in BLM’s 2009 season at the Southern Theater as one of the dance highlights in the Twin Cities during 2009!

John Townsend of the Twin Cities Lavendar Magazine named BLM Artistic Director Carl Flink “Best Choreographer” for his choreography in the Jungle Theater’s Mary Wedding directed by Joel Sass.

Black Label Movement Audition!

by Carl Flink on 2 December 09

Black Label Movement will hold an audition Saturday, January 30, 2010 from 10 am -4 pm for new company members. Call-back will take place on Sunday, January 31 from noon – 4 pm.

The audition will take place at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance:

500 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Male and female physical risk-takers with strong athletic contemporary dance technique and partnering skills encouraged to attend.

Questions? Contact: blacklabelmovement@gmail.com

BLM is a non-profit movement theater that offers hourly rehearsal pay and salaried performance opportunities in any given year.

Read Lightsey Darst's Wonderful MNArtists.org Preview of Field Songs!

by Carl Flink on 26 May 09

MNArtists.org writer Lightsey Darst spent two rehearsal days with BLM last week. Here is the exciting preview she just posted to MNArtists.org. Preview

Tickets at 612-340-1725 or online at Southern Theater

See the Three Minute Egg Preview of BLM's New Work Field Songs!

by Carl Flink on 26 May 09

Matt Peiken of the Three Minute Egg stopped by the Barker Center for Dance to preview BLM’s new work Field Songs and talk about it with Carl. The piece is set to premiere at the Southern Theater on Friday, May 29 at 8 pm! The season also includes past BLM favorites and two choreographic works by BLM Movers Leslie O’Neill and Eddie Oroyan. For tickets go to the Southern Theater or call the box office at 612-340-1725. Yes, that’s real sod in the preview!

Field Songs Open Rehearsal May 5

by Carl Flink on 2 May 09

Tuesday, May 5 from 4-5:30 p.m. BLM will conduct an open rehearsal of its Field Songs Project which will premiere on May 29, 2009 at the Southern Theater. The showing will include a rough draft of material put together in some semblance of an order, but will also offer a wonderful opportunity to see the work in a unrefined state. The rehearsal takes place at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance in Minneapolis, MN in Studio 100. Admission is free and there are no reservations.

BLM Teaches Math!

by Carl Flink on 5 March 09

Well, not exactly, but BLM is conducting a dynamic series of residencies at the Clara Barton Open Public School in Minneapolis and the Monroe & Linwood Public Elementery Schools in St. Paul focused on teaching students math and dance as complementary fields of study in an innovative project supported by a major grant from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and administered by St. Paul’s Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.

HERD: BLM in Florida

by Carl Flink on 15 January 09

From Jan. 3-8, 2009 BLM joined the New York City based dance company The Equus Project on a horse ranch outside of Ocala, Florida to continue work on the two company’s ongoing collaborative project called HERD. The project is an exploration of horse herd behavior and the telling lens it provides into human interaction and behavior. A new website for the project is being developed for those interested in more information or following development of the project.

BLM at Mt. Holyoke College

by Carl Flink on 13 January 09

BLM mover Stephanie Laager and I set my 2004 dance piece Lost Lullabies on students at the Mt. Holyoke College dance program from Jan 12-21 to be a presented as part of the program’s upcoming spring concert. The piece will be performed by Mt. Holyoke March 4-7, 2009.