free! CORA DANCE OPEN HOUSE Saturday, September 20

Saturday, September 20 from 10:30am–1:30pm: FREE Cora Open House Day: Sample classes from Cora School for Dance teachers (CSFD offers PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN classes from dedicated, experienced dance teachers), live performances from the professional company Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance and general information… Come register for classes; meet our teachers, staff and performers; and check out the rehearsal space and upcoming performance calendar! More information about Cora Dance and Cora School for Dance at coradance.org or by calling (718) 858 2520.

Sample Class Schedule:

11-11:10 – Creative Movement (Courtney)

· 11:15-11:25 – “Discover Dance!” (Luisa)

· 11:30-11:40 – Ballet (Courtney)

· 11:45-11:55 – Modern (Courtney)

· 12-12:20 – Cora performance of COMMON DANCES

· 12:30-12:40 – Reggae Dance Hall (Karen & Kandice)

· 12:45-12:55 – Hip Hop (Solomon)

1-1:10 – Zumba! (Sarah)

About Cora School for Dance:

Cora believes that outstanding arts programs should be accessible to ALL interested families regardless of ability to pay. We operate on the honor policy. If you can pay our suggested rates, we ask that you do. If your family is not able to pay the suggested tuition, we allow you to name a tuition rate that you can afford. No proof of income is required and no one is turned away based on what she/he can afford. For more details or to register, email school@coradance.org or call 718-858-2520.

ABOUT THE COMPANY: Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance has been making work in NYC since 1997 and has grown into a critically acclaimed dance company with a distinctive approach to performance and presentation. Through the company’s long history of presenting work, the Village Voice has called Hummel “...enormously sophisticated. The choreography quivers with subtle emotions, like the writing to Virginia Woolf, to stage pictures that remain beautifully calibrated whether the figures are still or running amok.” The New York Times has called the performers “uncommonly committed in choreography as vivid and true as a Eudora Welty story. Ms. Hummel is quite a storyteller. You can hear the quiet tearing of a heart that might be your own.” The company works to bring articulate choreography to both formal stages as well as places where dance is not commonly accessed. Shannon, from her childhood in an underserved community in Appalachian Virginia, has long been committed to bringing her choreography to places that may not have access to live performances. Shannon works to relate to people who don’t have access to the arts (whether that is because of income, location or other isolating factors), with dialogue that is approachable and relatable. She is interested in putting sophisticated dance experiences in places where people normally lack access as well as creating larger, more expansive works for formal stages. Upcoming performances of the company include a 2015 season of performances at BAM Fisher, presented as part of the BAM/Devos Institute of Arts Management Professional Development Program.

Cora is located at 201 Richards Street, Buzzer 15 in the Red Hook Studios Building in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

For more information, visit coradance.org or call (718) 858 2520.

Closest bus stop coming from Park Slope: B61 to Van Dyke/Richards Street or B57 to Dwight/Van Dyke