KATHERINE DUNHAM
June 22, 1909 - May 21, 2006
"When you have faith in something, it's your reason to be alive and to fight for it."
-- Katherine Dunham
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
@2005 - 2007 www.katherinedunham.org All Rights Reserved.
Dunham Institute-Atlanta, Inc. | P.O. Box 361780 | Decatur, GA 30036-1780
Founded in 1989
PERFORMS IN TEMECULA THIS WEEKEND
Fresh from a well-received series of concerts in Virginia, the critically acclaimed Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT) will perform in Temecula this weekend! Public concerts will be held on Friday, June 15, 2007 at 8:00 PM and Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 8:00 PM at the Old Town Theater in Temecula.
This premier performance in the Temecula Valley area features works by Lula Washington, Tamica-Washington Miller, modern dance legend Donald McKayle, and the late dance pioneer Katherine Dunham. The evening will also include live music by the Marcus Miller Freedom Jazz Movement. For tickets, contact the box office at 866-653-8696
Tickets: $36/$32/$30
THE PROGRAM:
REMEMBERING MISS DUNHAM (2006)
Choreographed & Performed by: Lula Washington
RHUMBA TRIO (1935)
Choreography: Katherine Dunham
Re-staged by former Dunham Dancers Trina Parks & Vanoye Aikens
(with permission from Katherine Dunham)
Music: From live recording by Emi KéKé
Costumes: Variation from original costume by John Pratt
Dancers: Perris McCracken, Nicole LaCour, Hanniyah Muhammad
Lula Washington's idea is to keep the dream and vision of Ms.Dunham alive in Los Angeles. "Rhumba Trio," one of Dunham's first works, is an energetic dance that Ms. Dunham herself performed for many years. As one of Dunham's dancers, Trina Parks, now a teacher with the Lula Washington Dance School, received special permission from Katherine Dunham to set "Rhumba Trio" on the Lula Washington Dance Theatre. *LWDT would like to give special thanks to Vanoye Aikens, Ricardo Avalos and Trina Parks for their invaluable assistance with this endeavor.
THIS SUMMER
Don't miss LWDT at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City Aug. 16 & 17; and back in the West on Aug. 29 at the REDCAT Theater during the Western Arts Alliance Booking Conference!
For booking information, contact:
Erwin Washington
Executive Director
3773 S. Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016 323.292.5852
To survive, dance must be performed.
--Jennifer Dunning
