For immediate release October 2, 2001

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

303-722-0902

DENVER DANCE COMPANY PREMIERES NEW WORK
SPEAKING OF DANCE performs at the Colorado History Museum for Quiltspeak

Denver, CO — SOD will premiere "Stitches Tie, Ties Bind," a dance commissioned by the Colorado Historical Society to be performed in conjunction with "Quiltspeak," an exhibition of quilts and the stories they tell. There will be two free performances of this work at noon and 2:00 p.m. at the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, on Saturday, October 20, 2001. Choreography is by Deborah Reshotko. Music is composed by Michael Stanwood and will be performed by Michael Stanwood, Mark McCoin and Dexter Payne. The dancers are Daniele Donatelli, Susan Coates, Meg Hill, Kelley Lehman, Charlotte McNally and Becky Siervers. The concerts are suitable for children and adults alike. Call 303-722-0902 for information.

Support for these performances comes in part from the Colorado Historical Society, the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, the Colorado Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, and the Denver Foundation. Other generous funders and supporters of SOD's programs include the Tony Grampsas Youth Services Program (formerly Youth Crime Prevention and Intervention), Capitol Hill United Ministries, the Temple Events Center Uptown, the City and County of Denver, Wells Fargo Bank, the Denver Ballet Guild, SAFECO Insurance, Xcel Energy, Target Stores, El Pomar Foundation Youth in Community Service, the Lederer Family Foundation, and King Soopers. SOD gratefully acknowledges all our funders.

# # # # #