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The Coast News, July 13, 2012

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JULY <strong>13</strong>, <strong>2012</strong><br />

By Lillian Cox<br />

SOLANA BEACH — A<br />

fundraiser for dance company<br />

<strong>The</strong> Defiance Project will be<br />

held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. <strong>July</strong><br />

<strong>13</strong> at Studio Shu at 742<br />

Genevieve St., Suite A, across<br />

from Fidel’s Little Mexico<br />

restaurant.<br />

A wide selection of<br />

desserts will be served. In<br />

addition, a silent auction will<br />

feature items that include: a<br />

comprehensive nutritional<br />

consultation (metabolic testing,<br />

body composition, nutritional<br />

counseling) with Debbie<br />

Simon, R.D. valued at $380; a<br />

month of unlimited dance<br />

classes with Ericka Moore,<br />

resident choreographer,<br />

Eveoke Dance <strong>The</strong>atre valued<br />

at $100; eight painting sessions<br />

(four classes, two people)<br />

weekends and nights at Studio<br />

Shu valued at $160; free<br />

housecleaning by Cleanology<br />

valued at $120; and gift cards<br />

for Karl Strauss valued at $75<br />

as well as other local restaurants.<br />

A highlight of the soiree<br />

will be a performance by<br />

founder/co-director Sophie<br />

Needelman and co-director<br />

Becky Kalinowski along with<br />

six guest dancers.<br />

Both women are graduates<br />

of Canyon Crest Academy<br />

who became friends a year ago<br />

at the school’s Envision Dance<br />

and Conservatory.<br />

“We met at Envision, but<br />

we developed at Eveoke<br />

Dance Company studying with<br />

teachers and dancers from<br />

Canyon Crest,” Needelman<br />

said. “Eveoke shapes the way<br />

we run rehearsals, and how we<br />

choreograph and perform.”<br />

Kalinowski added,<br />

“Eveoke has had a big influence<br />

on how to take situations<br />

in the world and involve them<br />

in art.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> Defiance Project,<br />

said Needelman, who coined<br />

the name, “uses the creation,<br />

expression, practice and per-<br />

formance of dance to explore<br />

what it means to defy.”<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re are a lot of restrictions<br />

in the world we are<br />

brought up into,” Kalinowski<br />

added. “It’s not so much about<br />

rebellion as having a choice<br />

not to do what people expect.<br />

“It’s not about the end, it’s<br />

about the process. <strong>The</strong>re’s not<br />

a picture on the refrigerator.<br />

THE COAST NEWS<br />

Dancers defy odds, create their own company<br />

Becky Kalinowski (left), Sophie Needelman and six guest dancers will be<br />

performing the evening of <strong>July</strong> <strong>13</strong> for a fundraiser for their dance company<br />

<strong>The</strong> Defiance Project. Photo by Lillian Cox<br />

It’s unique, independent, universal,<br />

honest.”<br />

Needelman and<br />

Kalinowski explained that<br />

they have already expressed<br />

defiance by virtue of the fact<br />

that they are college students<br />

who have stepped out of the<br />

norm to establish a dance company<br />

of their own.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Defiance Project has<br />

performed at venues throughout<br />

the county including the<br />

<strong>2012</strong> Little Italy ArtWalk,<br />

Mojalet’s Core Group<br />

Weekend at <strong>The</strong> Vine and<br />

PGK’s Dance Moves.<br />

This fall they’ll be taking<br />

the Defiance Project to the<br />

Bay Area where Kalinowski<br />

will be entering San Francisco<br />

State as a freshman studying<br />

dance and criminal justice,<br />

and Needelman will return to<br />

UC Berkeley as a junior with a<br />

major in dance, performance<br />

studies and rhetoric.<br />

Funds raised will be used<br />

to offset the cost of marketing<br />

materials, publicity, rehearsal<br />

space, future performances<br />

and other expenses associated<br />

with establishing a dance company.<br />

Lynne Roswall, founder<br />

of Studio Shu, offered her<br />

space at no cost for the Friday<br />

night fundraiser.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> way Sophie, Becky<br />

and I approach expression<br />

touches the public,” she said.<br />

“We do it at Studio Shu<br />

through painting, art and play.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y do it through dance.<br />

People respond similarly to<br />

both.”<br />

For more information,<br />

visit http://thedefiancepro-<br />

“I choose Belmont Village.”<br />

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Those unable to attend<br />

the event can show their support<br />

by donating online at:<br />

gofundme.com/t0g20.<br />

FREE PADDLE<br />

(up to $100 value)<br />

w/ the purchase of a paddle board OR kayak<br />

not valid with any other offer<br />

‘‘I choose to<br />

stay connected.”

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