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McKnight Fellowships for Dancers for Eddie and Emilie!
by Carl Flink on 23 June 10
BLM Mover Eddie Oroyan and Artistic Associate Emilie Plauche Flink both just received 2010 Mcknight Fellowships for Dancers. The fellowship comes with a $25,000 artist’s stipend as well as $5000 to commission a choreographer that they have always wanted to work with to create a solo for the fellowship recipient. Congratulations to Eddie and Em! BLM also wants to send a shout out to long-time BLM mover Leslie O’Neil (BLM 2004-2009) who was also named a 2010 McKnight Fellow!
First Ever BLM Summer Residency!!!
by Carl Flink on 22 March 10
This summer BLM joins forces with Shapiro & Smith Dance for a three week residency at the University of Minnesota Barbara Barker Center for Dance July 19-August 6. Monday – Friday. The “Dance That Moves” residency brings two of Minnesota’s most dynamic and athletic companies together to offer a rigorous performance residency focused on fusing nuanced stage performance with generous and daring physicality. Participants will work directly with BLM Artistic Director Carl Flink and S & S Artistic Director Joanie Smith and their respective company members on dance technique and established company repertory as a basis for examining and evolving their individual approaches as dance performers. For more information go to: Dance That Moves
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.
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.
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