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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Chuck Psalto November 1, 2006 Donlavy Dance Company Chuck@DonlavyDanceCompany.com LOS ANGELES CITY DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS, DONLAVY DANCE COMPANY AND GUEST ARTISTS SET TO PRESENT “BACK 2 BASICS” A Fund Raiser featuring new
Solo works featuring Controversial Producing Director
Choreographer Samuel Donlavy, Lycee International de Los
Angeles-French American Schools and The Jay Nolan
Donlavy Dance Team\with Guest Artists Alice Ngo, Will
Cooper and Tobi Sackheim at the Denker Recreation Center
on December 3rd @ 4:00pm. “BACK TO BASICS,” will be a choreographic and narrative visit to new solo works like “The Beast Within” which attempts to raise questions of organized religion and self preservation while living under the Bush Administration. Donlavy states, “that there is a lot of poetry in the Bible.” Using Text from the Book of Revelations and music by Grammy Award Winning Artist, Madonna, “I just want to wake people up, provide some direction and leave the audience in thought.” The choreographic work “Pride lands” originally featured as part of the critically acclaimed full evening work “How Sammy Got His Groove Back” has been re-constructed and re-costumed under the design of Mimi Enadeghe for a full premiere. Always on the edge Donlavy has set out to do what he does best. Set quite consciously in South Los Angeles, in an underserved artist community where demographics of our home site community venue are mostly Latinos and African Americans and families living within the ”poverty” stigma. It is Mr. Donlavy’s mission is to bring people and artist together for a common cause; “it’s a celebration and education through and making new friends and reunions and life lessons of each others culture and expertise. “BACK TO BASICS,” “Back to our roots, step one, step two…, Donlavy states, “the show is about JOY, united together for a current search, for fun, thought and leadership while crossing cultural barriers. And with the realizations we will participate willingly reaching a common goal alone, we stand…, but together we stand powerful.” Since its 1993 inception the
Donlavy Dance Company has performed in a number of
highly respected local venues, including Los Angeles and
San Diego presentations of “Black Choreographers Moving
Toward the 21st Century”, the “Voices in Motion” concert
series, the “Holiday on Modern” benefit series, as well
as sold out performances at LACE and HIGHWAYS. The Year
2006 found Donlavy back on his dancing feet, one glowing
Los Angeles Times review, several shows, currently
choreography, performing and writing as his career in
dance is leading towards DANCE and film. The Los Angeles
Times Critic, Lewis Segal, Segal said, “[the company]
colored the dancing so vibrantly that the company
projected a thrilling emotional generosity that many of
the best known touring ensembles lost long ago.”
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