Speaking of Dance

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For immediate release September 14, 2000

Contacts: Deborah Reshotko, Artistic Director; Esther Gross, Program Director

303-722-0902

DANCE PREMIERE AT DENVER ART MUSEUM

LILY OF THE WEST

Denver, CO -- SPEAKING OF DANCE will perform "Lily of the West," new choreography by Deborah Reshotko at the Denver Art Museum on January 6 and 7, 2001, in conjunction with the DAM's "Painters and the American West" exhibition. The exhibition comprises four genres of painting: portraiture, landscape, narrative and still life. The eighteen-minute dance will interpret the four genres through movement inspired by such elements in the paintings as Native American designs, the inner lives of the portrait subjects, and vast, open Western skies with dramatic cloud and weather patterns. The performances will feature an original score by Deborah Schmit-Lobis, performed live by Upsidasium! Musicians are Deborah Schmit-Lobis, piano, Gordon Burt, violin, and Scott Bennett, guitar. Dancers are Daniele Donatelli, Meg Hill, Kelley Lehman and Connie Monroe. The performances are on January 6, 2001, 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., and January 7, 2001, 2:30 p.m., in Schlessman Hall and are free. January 6 and 7 are SCFD free days at the Denver Art Museum. Call the DAM at 720-913-0048 or SPEAKING OF DANCE at 303-722-0902 for more information.

These performances are funded in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, the Denver Art Museum, the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado, U.S. Bank, and the Denver Ballet Guild.