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February 2014
Dear LEVYdance Family,

We recently wrapped up a month long engagement at San Francisco's museum of science, art, and human perception, The Exploratorium. Every Thursday evening in January, 2014, LEVYdance animated the museum with with an interactive experience that encouraged visitors to move outside their comfort zone and find connection in playful interactions.    



LEVYdance's Comfort Zone exhibit in the Exploratorium's Black Box will continue to delight museum visitors through the end of June, 2014.

The company is now back in the studio in the early stages of creation for the world premiere of Soar, an immersive "choose your own adventure" performance experience that invites audiences into multiple dream-like settings and scenarios. Soar will premiere at Z Space in San Francisco June 26-28, 2014.   
In This Issue
In Performance
LEVYdance in Los Angeles

Celebrate Dance
March 8th, 2014, 8pm
The Alex Theater, Glendale CA 
 
LEVYdance is thrilled to be returning to the LA area as part of this exciting evening of dance. Executive Producer Jamie Nichols presents Celebrate Dance 2014 with a fresh line-up of eight dance companies. Entering the 9th year of critically acclaimed shows, CELEBRATE DANCE 2014 offers a seamless production that promises to inspire, enlighten and entertain. 
 
 
 
Ongoing and Up Next
A LEVYdance World Premiere
SOAR
June 26-28, 2014
Z Space, San Francisco 
 
LEVYdance announces the launch of
Soar, a three year project that combines dance, theater, and film to conjure a world beyond reality.
 
The first presentation of Soar combines movement, music, and set elements to immerse the audience and performers together in a dream-like experience. A 'choose your own adventure' format moves audiences through multiple rooms, each revealing its own evocative landscape and scenario. Individual narratives are created as each audience member chooses how to proceed.
 
 
 
Comfort Zone 
Interactive exhibit at the Exploratorium
Now through June 2014
 
 
The Exploratorium and Benjamin Levy explore the nuances of social boundaries with 
Comfort Zone, a new participatory installation which integrates choreography into a virtual, interactive experience, exploring themes of group dynamics, choice, and social boundaries. Comfort Zone invites visitors to explore these themes in a playful way, using their bodies, not their critical minds.   

LEVYdance at Berlinale
Berlin International Film Festival

Associate Director Scott Marlowe just returned from the European premiere of the film TEST at the 64th annual Berlinale, February 6-16, 2014. Scott plays the lead character, Frankie, in this richly atmospheric and touching film by writer/director Chris Mason Johnson. 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
Writer and Director Chris Mason Johnson, Executive Producer Elizabeth Pang Fullerton, and LEVYdance Associate Director Scott Marlowe at the 28th Annual Teddy Awards in Berlin.  
 
 
 
 
In the Studio
Preparing to Soar

See recent photographs of LEVYdance in rehearsal with composer and collaborator Ben Juodvalkis.



Open Company Class
Every Monday, 12-1:30pm
LEVYstudio, 19 Heron Street 
 
The Company Artists of LEVYdance invite you to join us as we explore momentum, physical agility, and expressiveness and responsivity of the body. With an emphasis on discovering dynamics, we work to expand our physical spectrum to include nuance and specificity.


Photo by Natalia Perez
2014 LEVYdance 
Summer Intensive
June 9-14, 2014

Mark your calendars for the 2014 LEVYdance Summer Intensive to be held June 9-14 at LEVYstudio in San Francisco. This year's Summer Intensive includes a performance opportunity for participants. 
 
Apply by February 28th and receive a $50 early-bird discount!
Read more and apply
 
 
 
  
Save the Dates


Fundraising is a Drag 
Saturday April 5th
LEVYstudio, 19 Heron Street SF

LEVYdance's Annual Celebration
Friday May 2nd
DZINE, 128 Utah Street SF 
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Header photo by David DeSilva
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