2008 Spring Performances - April 11,12, 2008
Exit Dance
Theatre members, from left, Darlene Doyle, Erin Foley, Wendy Hamel, Sarah
George, Nicole Duquette and Fontaine Dollas Dubus rehearse Dubus' piece,
"Katse Kala" or "sit good" as it's known in Greek
culture. The piece is one of six new works the company premiered on April
11th in "The Cruelest Month" at Newburyport's Firehouse Center
for the Arts.
Jim Vaiknoras / Daily News Staff photo
Click here to read the article in the Daily News - 4.10.08
Nutbuster 2007 performers!
We'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you
to all the fans that came to support us at the Firehouse for our 20th
Anniversary performance. We can't say enough how grateful we are for each
and every one of you who packed the theater, eager to see what our small
group of passionate and creative dancers were inspired to create and perform
for you all. Your enthusiasm for our company and the art of dance is what
drives us to keep creating new and exciting pieces for the world to see.
So from the bottom of our hearts....Thank you so very much for helping
us to celebrate 20 years of creativity, passion, inspiration, sweat, cheers,
tears, love, aching muscles and hearts full of gratitude for the opportunity...to
dance.
-Exit Dance Theatre
Recent Productions
May 2007
Our 20th Anniversary performance at the Firehouse Center for the
Arts featured choreography by Fontaine Dubus, Susan Atwood, Stephen
Haley, Cheryl Schwind and Tricia Walsh. Some of those names sound
familiar? Celebrating20 years,
Exit's founders pulled out all the stops to make this show a memorable
one. Susan and Stephen had us swinging from the ceiling in Threads,
Fonny had us tied together at the hip in Prodigal Daughter,
Cheryl had us swaying in the forest bringing back her piece Landscapes,
which originally premiered in 1996. It was a stellar performance
featuring the old and the new.
(Click here to see the flier)
Exit's premier performance of the Nutbuster was greeted with SOLD
OUT shows and unfortunately even more people were turned
away at the door! Who knew we should have booked another show! Wow!
Thank you to all our loyal fans. Don't worry kids, we've already
booked our 2007 show dates at the Firehouse, so we'll be back again
next year!
Exit's premier performance of Folly was a huge hit! As you can see,
the hair and makeup were amazing and we had a ton of fun performing
for our loyal fans!
View
the Folly
and Other Dances photo gallery to see some great shots taken
by photographer Brad Thomas.
The
company has recently been touring with the highly acclaimed Starving
for Perfection, a thirty minute piece about eating disorders and body
image set to music by Kronos Quartet and spoken text, but sponsors are
needed in order to expand the company’s touring schedule.
Read
more about Starving for Perfection and consider
the possibility of Exit performing this powerful piece at your educational
institution. Click
here for a letter in PDF format with more information. Media is also
available for your review in the form of video. Please contact Fontaine
Dubus for questions or to schedule a performance.
Exit
Dance Theatre premiered Fontaine Dubus' "Pit Girls" at its February
2004 performance at the Firehouse. This piece seeks to illuminate the
experience of 19th century English women who worked in the coal pits at
the various collieries in Northern England. In the latter part of the
century they were only allowed to work above the pits sorting coal etc.
They were most controversial not only because they worked a man's job,
but because they wore trousers, and pinned up their skirts in order to
keep them out of the way.
