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Dance Fest Enthralls Thousands By almost every measure, the Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival last July 10-17 was a roaring success. Nearly 6,000 people, from newborns to grandparents, saw 13 companies deliver eight performances at six different venues across the city. Media coverage ranged from front page spreads in the Democrat and Chronicle and City newspapers to the national live Fox News program The Strategy Room. Open rehearsals, youth and adult master classes, and lectures and panel discussions introduced new audiences to the College’s arts programming. And with many of the performances both free and outdoors, the festival became the inclusive event its organizers had envisioned. “We set out to create a world-class festival that would serve Nazareth College, the greater Rochester community, and the region,” says President Daan Braveman. World-class it was! Pieces ranged from the poetic choreography of Inlet Dance Theatre to the electrifying performances of STREB Extreme Action Company, from regional dance companies to local dance schools, during a week of what Arts Center Director Lindsay Reading Korth calls “an artistically cutting edge, intellectually challenging, and physically explosive celebration of dance.” It became apparent, she adds, “how rich, sophisticated, and varied our local dance community is and how vibrant our dance audience has become and is becoming.” Many patrons called the performances “awesome,” and more than one left fantasizing about becoming a dancer. Recent renovations to the Arts Center, which included the additions of a proscenium stage and a sprung floor, created a theater beautifully suited to showcasing dance on campus as never before. “There really is no other dance space [in the region] that compares with the Nazareth College Arts Center,” says trustee Nancy Sands, also chair of the Rochester City Ballet. Next year’s Dance Festival is scheduled for July 8-16, 2011. This year’s event was sponsored by the City of Rochester, the County of Monroe, Dixon Schwabl, NYSCA, and Electronic Field Productions. To view more Dance Festival photos, visit Nazareth’s Flickr galleries at www.flickr.com/photos/nazareth_ college/sets/ STREB Extreme Action Company electrified the audience with the strength and skill exhibited during the STREB: Forces performance.
Inlet Dance Theatre performed in the Callahan Theatre. A performer from Borinquen Dance Theatre impressed the crowd at Dancing on the Grass. STREB Extreme Action Company members socialized with the audience following their evening performances. Young dancers from the Rochester Chinese Dance School enchanted the audience during an Opening Ceremony performance. Korth Returns to Theatre Arts Lindsay Reading Korth, director of the Arts Center, is rightfully proud of the recent Dance Festival’s success, both as an artistic endeavor and a community outreach tool. “We were a center for creation, and STREB used elements it had never employed before—costumes, video, and lights,” Korth says. Thrilling, too, was continuing the Arts Center programming tradition of finding and showcasing emerging companies before they become nationally known. “That was Inlet,” she says. “Their dance pieces were amazing—as good as anything we’re seeing anywhere.” And performances on the ARTWalk and other outdoor venues, made possible by a partnership with the City of Rochester, prompted many people to reach out to Korth in gratitude. As exciting as she has found her job, however, Korth says the time has come for her to step down as the Arts Center director and return full-time to her position as professor and chair of the Department of Theatre Arts. “The job grew too big,” she laughs. “I’ll miss those interactions with artists and with the audience. But I have dreams of where the theatre arts department will go—I have huge dreams I want to work toward. All my training, all my real joy, happens in theatre.” Korth, who has been with Nazareth for 22 years, served as the Arts Center director since 2007, piloting it through its recent renovation and transition into the premier mid-sized theatre of the region. “I think I was the right person for the job at the time,” she explains. “I understand the faculty really well, I knew the board and the administration. The next step for the Arts Center should be taken by someone who has tremendous vision for the center itself and what is possible with a new venue and an exciting history to build on.” “Lindsay steered the Arts Center through a remarkable physical transformation,” says Kelly Gagan, vice president of institutional advancement. “That as well as her programmatic direction has led to increased awareness of and appreciation for the arts at Nazareth and in the Rochester community. We are all very grateful for her leadership.” Korth will remain in the position until the new director is in place, but her own vision influenced Assistant Director Terrence Meyer’s programming of the the 2010–11 Arts Center series, which presents several non-traditional performances aimed at garnering younger audiences. For example, hip-hop artist Rennie Harris performs January 28, and Popovich Comedy Pet Theater presents a family-friendly show on March 5. Korth says both shows are ideally suited to the Arts Center’s joint mission of creating new audiences and presenting great entertainment. “Overall,” she concludes, “this will be a very strong season.” For tickets or information about the Arts Center season, visit http://artscenter.naz.edu/. www.naz.edu CONNECTIONS | WINTER 2010/2011 11
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