A non-profit dance company based in Newburyport, MA.

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25th Anniversary Celebration
May 18th and 19th, 2012 - Mark Your Calendars!

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Spring Performance 2011

Thank you to all the wonderful fans that came out to support our annual performance. Here is a short video containing clips from the show:


Choreographers Showcase Video Preview
Film by Timothy Bakland Videography 

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Past Productions

2010 - Sound Moves
2009 - Good Housekeeping
Sound Moves Poster
Good Housekeeping

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2009 Video Montage

 

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2008 - The Cruelest Month

Katse Kala
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

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2008 - Nutbuster Performers

Nutbuster Kids

 

 

 

 

 

 

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20 Years Poster2007 - Celebrating 20 Years of Dance
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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anthropos

20th Anniversary Performance
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? Celebrating 20 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)

Anthropos Dancers - Dylan Fuller, Nicole Duquette, Erin Foley
Photo: Jeanne Hamel
 

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2006-2007 - The Nutbuster Holiday Performances


Emily Wiswell - Photo: Diane Cheney



The Nutbuster
Holiday Performance

December 2006

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!
In the meantime, check out pictures from last year's show...

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2006
Folly and Other Dances

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.

 

Folly
Folly Premiere, backstage - The Company
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2005
Symbiotic - Featuring a short film by Gordon Przybyla

Symbiotic Poster

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2004
Pit Girls

 
Pit Girls

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.

Click here to view the Pit Girls photo gallery

Pit Girls Dancers - Fontaine Dubus, Erin Foley, Nicole Duquette, Tricia Walsh and Wendy Hamel
 
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2003
Pane y Vino
Pane y Vino Poster
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2002

Starving for Perfection

The company toured with the highly acclaimed Starving for Perfection in 2002-2003, 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.

View the Starving for Perfection Photo Gallery

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Diane Cheney

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