Well, we’re in the last week of our residency at BDF and both Kara and I can’t even believe how much we’ve experienced. You don’t even know you’re stuck in…
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The success of the Festival relies on the hard work of the staff, and a cadre of talented interns. Hailing from across the country, each of the interns brought different…
Each year, the Bates Dance Festival hosts a handful of artists from abroad through its’ International Visiting Artists Program offering a three week creative residency in which to research and…
Scotty: We’ve begun to find a flow with the piece now, where a lot of the technological elements we’re working with in the Blackbox are aligning in a way that’s…
It’s been bustling here at Bates Dance Festival. Not only has the first week of classes flown by, but there have also been workshops, performances, talks, and rehearsals throughout the week. Delfos…
Emerging choreographer Scotty Hardwig, with long time collaborator and performer Keanu Forrest Brady, talk about the process of building a new installation performance project for the Different Voices concert at…
This week, members of Delfos Danza Contemporanea traveled from Mazatlán, Mexico to join BDF. They will be performing tonight and tomorrow in Schaeffer Theatre at 7:30pm. Despite hours of rehearsal…
Sean Dorsey says THE MISSING GENERATION was choreographed to give voice “to longtime survivors of the early AIDS epidemic; it is a love letter to a forgotten generation of…
We say goodbye to our young dancers tomorrow and in just 48 hours, the atmosphere of BDF will completely change. Our 13-18 year olds will be replaced by college students…
Name: Flannery Hometown: Portland, Maine Studying: Modern with Erika Pujic, Ballet with Shonach Mirk-Robles, Modern Repertory with Sean Dorsey, Jazz with Courtney Jones What brought you here? When I was…
