341. Dawn Karlovsky, Yaseen Manuel, and Marlin Zoutemn
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Dawn Karlovsky, Founder and Director of Karlovsky and Company Dance and Yaseen Manuel and Marlin Zoutemn of New World Dance Theater speak with Nancy about their careers, as well as the collaborative dance presentation "Conversations" on March 24th and 25th of 2023.
Karlovsky & Company Dance was established as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in 2012 by its Founder and Artistic Director, Dawn Karlovsky. Prior, the company operated as Dawn\\xa0Karlovsky & Dancers from 2004-2012. Since the inception of the company, the work of\\xa0Karlovsky & Company Dance has been commissioned internationally with tours to France and\\xa0South Africa, and nationally presenting in New York City, Minneapolis and Duluth MN, Tulsa,\\xa0and San Francisco-Bay Area. Karlovsky & Company Dance aspires to connect with audiences\\xa0through the art of dance, and to provide an experience for the viewer that evokes personal\\xa0reflection. \\u2014\\u2014\\u2014
Through the company\\u2019s investigative choreographic approach, Karlovsky & Company Dance\\xa0reaches diverse audiences with opportunities to witness and experience dance in a distinctive,\\xa0thought-provoking manner. This process-oriented, somatically-motivated approach generates\\xa0dances that are visceral, poignant, and expressively stimulating.
Karlovsky & Company Dance is committed to connecting with the community and offering\\xa0educational outreach programs that helps to build more receptive and informed audiences.\\xa0The works by Karlovsky & Company Dance bring depth and diversity to contemporary dance in\\xa0St. Louis with an aim to make dance more accessible and to invigorate the artistic climate of our\\xa0city. \\u2014\\u2014\\u2014
The work of Karlovsky & Company Dance extends beyond the region with a long history of presenting site-specific community performances, concert work, and residencies nationwide and internationally. Karlovsky & Company Dance engages performing artists by promoting collaboration and facilitating employment opportunities for artists to cultivate and extend their own personal, artistic ambitions. \\u2014\\u2014\\u2014
The company believes that the arts play an integral and vital role in our human existence and\\xa0contributes to the cultivation of a healthy, evolving cultural future. Karlovsky & Company\\xa0Dance is in residence at the Grandel Theatre in St. Louis, MO. \\u2014\\u2014\\u2014
New World Dance Theatre is a Cape Town based contemporary dance company, with Celeste Botha and Marlin Zoutman at the helm of this exciting vibrant dance institution. Specializing in all facets of the entertainment and performing arts industry ------
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