World Premieres
ADF Debuts
ADF Commissions
Performances
Reynolds Industries Theater
Monday, July 22 at 8pm
Tuesday, July 23 at 8pm
Wednesday, July 24 at 8pm
$32
Celebrated as the show to see each summer to experience the most talented emerging choreographers and dancers, Footprints will again deliver an outstanding presentation of three ADF commissioned world premieres by groundbreaking artists. The works will be performed by the immensely gifted ADF students who deliver no shortage of impeccable technique and infectious energy.
After receiving rave reviews for her recent New York debut, Rosie Herrera returns to the ADF stage to share her magic with North Carolina audiences again. Her flawless choreography gives life to her moving explorations of theater, opera, and dance. As a choreographer, director, filmmaker, and teacher, Vanessa Voskuil creates interdisciplinary performances that explore the layers and textures of the human experience. Her work, described as “a unique brand of wit and dramatic heft,” has earned her numerous awards including the 2009 McKnight Fellowship for Choreography. Since 2009, Adele Myers has been presenting her athletic and robust work in NYC and in over 50 venues throughout the New England region. She is the Artistic Director of Adele Myers and Dancers and aims to investigate the humanist perspective while challenging her audiences to truly connect with the movers onstage.
about Rosie Herrera
Recently described by The New York Times as “the Pina Bausch of South Beach” at her company’s New York debut, Rosie Herrera has emerged as a choreographic force to be reckoned with on the contemporary performance scene. A dance graduate from New World School of the Arts, she is also a classically trained coloratura soprano having performed with the Performers Music Institute Opera Ensemble, and has worked extensively in theater, opera and dance for over a decade. As a Miami-based artist, her choreography has been commissioned by the American Dance Festival as well as The Miami Light Project, in association with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. She has also collaborated on productions with The South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, New World School of the Arts, Zoetic Stage and with theater artist Rudi Goblen as well as filmmakers Adam Reign and Lucas Leyva.
About Vanessa Voskuil
As an artist of many disciplines, Vanessa Voskuil has created more than 20 contemporary performance works ranging from large community-inclusive performance projects to ensemble and solo works for site-specific locations and theater settings. Her worka often explore physical, emotional, and psychological space as it responds to the cultural environment and humanities emotional spectrum. She has received two Minnesota Sage Dance Awards for Outstanding Design and is the recipient of a 2009 McKnight Fellowship for Choreography. From 2003-09, Voskuil served as co-founding artistic director and education director of the ensemble-based performance group, Live Action Set, and in 2010 she co-founded the Minnesota Dance Film Festival and currently serves as the festival director.
About Adele Myers
Adele Myers began her life as a mover by studying not only ballet, but track and field, skateboarding, and more. After studying choreography at Sarah Lawrence College, she moved to NYC where she continued her athletic theatrics with Joy Kellman/Co. for six years and was a guest artist with many other companies including Momix. She went on to get her MFA at Florida State University and worked closely with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women. It was in Florida that she started her company, Adele Myers and Dancers, who have since been presenting work throughout the US. She has received numerous awards and residencies, and is currently producing her second evening length work, Einstein’s Happiest Thought.