[New-Poetry] Poetry getting down to dance

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http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20080905.143004&time=15%2015%20PDT&year=2008&public=0
Fri Sep 5 15:15:49 2008 Pacific Time

????? ADVISORY for noon-4 p.m. PDT Saturday, Sept. 27 

????? International Festival of Thought and Motion: 15th Dancing Poetry Festival
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???? SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- The presentation of over 25 prize-winning new works of poetry read by the authors at the Palace of the Legion of Honor is something to celebrate and helps to illustrate what is currently on the mind of today's poet. This is the 15th anniversary of excellent poets and poetry who bring diversity and emotion to the theater at the Palace of the Legion of Honor for this unique poetic gala. 

?????? Another highlight of the festival Sept. 27 includes dance companies who are inspired by poetry to create new poetic dances. Eighteen short, colorful and diverse poetic dance performances help make the Dancing Poetry Festival an enlightening and uplifting event that conveys the thoughts, ideas and creative energy inherent in the inspirations possible with the arts of poetry together with dance. Each memorable poetic dance performance is motivated by a poem. 

?????? To see, hear and better understand the heartbeat of many cultures by experiencing the most telling of the art forms, in feeling, thought and ideas as expressed through the universal soul of poetry, dance and music, is a goal of the festival. 

?????? "Exchanging and sharing the world's poetry and dance talent in mutual appreciation, and expanding the love of poetry and dance, is something to dance about," says artistic director, Natica Angilly. 

?????? "The many ways the dance may collaborate in moving presentation of those sometimes meaningful or sometimes comical thoughts becomes a poetic event for poets, dancers, artists, poetry or dance enthusiasts and families to be stimulated, informed of topics of interest, inspired to creativity, as well as to be entertained." 

?????? Many professional and community performance artists have created special works for performance at this one-of-a-kind event. Selections are made from submissions of dance proposals. Dancers and companies are encouraged to consider collaborating with poets or choosing favorite poetry for motivation. Poets are encouraged to collaborate with their own selected dancers in considering bringing poetry to a dancing medium. Annually, the three grand prize poems become the year's choreographic challenge for the Poetic Dance Theater Company. The company embraces the creative opportunity to bring those three poems from the page to the stage in poetic dance premier. 

?????? The three grand prize poems that have motivated this year's poetic dance presentations are: 

?????? "Silence of the Song" by Janice P. Egry of Verbank, NY, "Xenophilia" by Allison Joseph of Carbondale, Ill., and "In Praise of the Jelly Fish", by Lucille Lang Day of Oakland, Calif., danced by Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, with poet Richard Angilly and more. For information and tickets please call 510-235-0351 or check our website at: http://www.dancingpoetry.com . 

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?????? CONTACT: Natica Angilly, 510-235-0361 


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