Goose Route Dance Festival Continues with Performances and Classes July 18-20
Shepherdstown, WV -- The Eighth Annual Goose Route Dance Festival continues July 18-20 with more performances, master classes, a talk, and events for children.� All events take place at the Shepehrdstown Men�s Club�s War Memorial Building, 102 East German Street, Shepherdstown.� Performances take place Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19 at 7 pm, and on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 at 3 pm.� Master classes for adults and teens take place Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 at 10:30 am.� A free family show takes place Friday, July 18 at 10:30 am, and a free creative movement class for children ages 4-7 takes place Saturday, July 19 at 9:30 am.� A pre-performance talk is scheduled for Saturday, July 19 at 2 pm.
The weekend�s performances feature the Shepehrdstown-based Goose Route dancers in I Am, a new work by Ray C. Shaw inspired by physical scars, and Kitty Clark�s new solo Tango Etude.� They will be joined by choreographers from North Carolina, Colorado, and Chicago.� The Saturday master class will be a fast-paced modern class encouraging large, sweeping movements and off-balance turns taught by Colorado-based dancer Erika Randall.� The Sunday class, taught by Katherine Kiefer Stark from North Carolina, will be a release-based modern dance� class encouraging dancers to explore initiation and pathways of movement. �
The Saturday talk at 2 pm, given by dance scholars Ted Bain and Libby Smigel, is entitled �Embracing Memories, Music, and Places,� and will discuss the dances to be seen in the 3 pm performance.
Performance tickets purchased in advance are $12 ($10 for seniors/students).� Tickets purchased at the box office are $15 ($12 for seniors/students).� Master classes are $10 each.� The pre-performance talk, kids� class, and family show are all free of charge.
For more information, call 304-876-6751 or go to www.gooseroute.org.