PHILADELPHIA – April 14, 2009 – A new dance and video performance from
Philadelphia’s Miro Dance Theatre takes on topics that not even Einstein could fully
understand. When confronted with the seemingly unexplainable relationship that
quantum particles exhibited, even over long distances, he called the phenomenon
“spooky action at a distance.”

That relationship – and strikingly similar relationships between people – is explored in
Miro’s new original work,  “Spooky Action,” which premieres in Philadelphia at the
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on May 9 and 10.  

The production is a seamless integration of contemporary dance, choreographed by
critically acclaimed dancer and choreographer Amanda Miller, and cutting-edge video
projection, created by filmmaker and video producer Tobin Rothlein. The video,
projected onto high-tech backdrops which are intermittently opaque and transparent, acts
as a fifth dancer to complement Miro’s four live dancers – Dana Dlugosz, Joy Havens, Scott Lowe and Paul Struck – on stage.

Download the full Press Release for Spooky Action here

Miro's newest show will premiere in Philadelphia for two shows only at the Kimmel Center Innovation Studio Theatre on May 9 and 10. Tickets are going quickly and seats are limited so order your tickets now by following the link below.

SPOOKY ACTION TICKETS CLICK HERE 

 

 

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Friday, May 8, 2009 - 6:30pm

Miro Dance Theatre's party for the people is back with a whole lotta bachatta! Led by DJ Victor Colon, Miro supporters are teaming up with professional latin dancers from Fuzion Creativa and battling it out on the dance floor in the name of all that is Miro.

Mark your calendar and join the fun in support of your friendly neighborhood experimental dance theatre company. 

Amanda Miller  will perform "Self-Portrait" tonight, Feb 13th, at 7:30 and 8:30 at Bryn Mawr College as part of the Performing Arts Series. For ticket information call: 610-526-5210

A solo work combining dance, live animation, elaborate set design, and video, Self-Portrait is deeply inspired by Frida Kahlo's paintings and diaries, reflecting on both the artist's struggles with illness and her penchant for self-expression. A constant theme in the work of Kahlo, the idea of self-portraiture (or "the self-portrait") is timeless and universal. The notion of constantly looking at oneself and continuously exploring ones identity, and the ways in which we reinvent and integrate our experiences has become of great interest to Miro Dance Theatre as a company.

Self-Portrait was originally commissioned by Art After 5 in conjunction with the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Frida Kahlo retrospective - the World Premiere performance was held at the Museum of Art in May 2008. In November 2008, Miro traveled to Poland to present the European Premiere of Self-Portrait at the Lublin Dance Theatre Festival to a sold-out, standing room only crowd.

"We are finding that Self-Portrait really resonates with people, both here in Philadelphia and in Eastern Europe where we recently performed it," says Amanda Miller. "The idea of self, and also the importance of Frida as an artist to a generation young and old makes this piece very special and each time we perform it, the production grows richer and more developed."

Miro will present Self-Portrait in a shared program with BalletX. Yes you read correctly...together again...but seperate. Self-Portrait will be staged in Bryn Mawr's Erdman Hall, a modernist landmark by renowned architect Louis Kahn.  BalletX will present their respective performance simultaneously in Thomas Great Hall; at intermission, audiences will switch venues. A great opportunity to see the divergent paths taken by two very different companies with common Phrenic roots.