Dances Made To Order: Atlanta = April Edition

Dances Made to Order is a curated, monthly, online film series. Every month, we feature 3 different artists who each rise to the challenge to create a five-minute film in just two weeks in response to the ideas chosen by our audience. In 2012, we will spotlight a different American city and their unique dance culture every month. Explore America through the cinematic vision of 33 different artists without leaving your desk. These films are available exclusively through Dances Made to Order.

Visit:

www.dancesmadetoorder.com

Buy a subscription for the entire 2012 season or a single, monthly ticket.

Use this discount code for 20% off: TRUCK

With the discount, the season subscription is only $40 and a single, monthly ticket is $8.

Malina Rogriguez of Dance Truck

and The Lucky Penny has curated

the Atlanta edition in April 2012, featuring:

Corian Ellisor

Lillian Ransijn

Onur Topal Sümer

Next Stop: High Museum of Art

Join us for College Night at the High Saturday, 1/28

We're throwing a dance party with DJ Santiago Páramo

10pm-12am

and featuring 3 local college dance programs

(Spelman, Emory, and Agnes Scott)

Bring a student ID: get in for $7 or $5 if you're in a group of 10!

(Museum members free, $18 general admission)

TAKE MARTA...to Arts Center Station

Friday the 13th, Trucks = Good Food + Dance

January 13th - 7 to 10 pm

Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center

535 Means Street NW

On Friday night, Dance Truckers will be attending the opening of two phenomenal exhibits at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Day Job: Georgia and 100,000 Cubicle Hours. We're teaming up with our fine friends at the Good Food Truck who have put dance truck dance lessons on their menu for the night.

Dance Trucker: John Jaramillo

Dance Lesson: Flamencos - The Sevillanas and Tango

"I've been a working Performing Artist for 25yrs+...so well, this is my day job!"

As a professional dancer John Jaramillo has performed nationally and internationally. He has been as a principal performer with Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco/Segundo Compania, Ritmo Flamenco as part of the internationally known Festival Flamenco of Albuquerque NM, Dance Espana, Sentir Flamenco and others. Performing highlights as a principal performer include the American Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop (NYC), Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors (NYC), Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and multiple performances with the Dallas Opera including "El Amor Brujo" with opera sensation Denyce Graves. John performs his Flamenco Dance of Spain and also his Aztec Dances of Mexico arts in education programs in schools and communities around the U.S. He is a longtime teaching artist and part of the Alliance Theatre GA Literacy Wolf Trap program, Woodruff Arts Center Arts Partners Program and Young Audiences Arts for Learning. John hails from New Mexico and is full-blooded Native American (Pueblo).

Dance Trucker: Corian Ellisor

Dance Lesson: Hip/Pop/Hop - Werk!

Corian Ellisor is a dance artist here in the great city of Atlanta. He actually makes his living through dance! He currently teaches after school at Whitewater High School in Fayetteville. On occasion Corian teaches classes at CORE in downtown Decatur. He has taught classes at dance 101, Emory University, University of Houston, Miami Dade College and other institutions across the country. Corian is an accomplished choreographer and performs for CORE Performance Company as well as Catellier Dance Projects.

Dance Truck is having a Year End Sale!

November Was a Blast:

Atlanta Magazine published an article about Dance Truck in their November issue!

On 11.5.11, Art on the Atlanta BeltLine and Dance Truck presented Crossover Movement Arts on the tracks adjacent to Stein Steel in Reynoldstown.

On 11.11.11, The Lucky Penny held an experimental art festival at The Arts Exchange. They presented our Dance Truck: Moving Pictures Film Screening at their 11.11.11 Spectacular! Spectacular! where the Dance Truck also hosted a Tea and Talk with New York performance artist jill sigman/thinkdance.

On 11.18.11, Dance Truck Friend/Fan/Collaborator Bobbi Jo Brooks opened her first gallery show with 'Portraits of Mystery' inspired by Dance Truck artists.

Business News:

Our Fall Fundraising goal was $4000 and we raised a total of $185.00 in donations from 5 generous folks, 3 of them were from out of state!

We really need to raise at least $1200 by the end of the year. So we're having a SALE!

We have Tshirts, Hoodies, Bumper Stickers and Custom PEZ/Dance Trucks...heck, we'll even make you a 2012 Dance Truck Calendar. Email Malina at atldancetruck@gmail.com for pricing

Media News:

Check out the December issue of JEZEBEL Magazine for a pic and a preview of our Dance Truck!

Upcoming Performances in January:

1/13 with the Good Food Truck at Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

1/28 College Night at High Museum of Art

FALL FUNDRAISER-Keep the Truck running!

Dear Atlanta,

Dance Truck needs your support. We have brought you some incredible shows over the past 2 years, everyone of them for FREE! PLOT was a ticketed event that won "Best Dance Performance of 2011" in Creative Loafing. We had a wildly successful show in Portland at the esteemed TBA Festival, truly representing the vivacious spirit of Atlanta artists. Dance Truck is a home grown project, and yet much of our funding has come from out of state friends and colleagues. As we embark on a busy fall season, including high profile performances on the BeltLine (11/5) and with The Lucky Penny (11/11), we need to raise $4,000. We ask Atlantans to step up and drop a ten, or a twenty, or more! into our paypal account. If you do that, and tell your friends, we can promise to keep

BRINGING DANCE TO THE PEOPLE!!!

Sincerely,

Malina Rodriguez

Artistic Director

Upcoming Events!

November 5th
Art on the Atlanta BeltLine and Dance Truck
Present Crossover Movement Arts
"Pressure" and "Iron and Steel" will be performed

adjacent to Stein Steel in Reynoldstown


November 11th
The Lucky Penny's 11.11.11 Spectacular! Spectacular!
presents a dance-film screening by Dance Truck
featuring films by Neil Fried, Nicole Livieratos, Greg Catellier, Natalie Metzger, D. Patton White, John Bacone, Adam Weinert, Onur Topal Sumer, Kingsley Irons and more!


November 18th
"Portraits of Mystery, The Human Form In Motion" at the Genema Gallery
Photography exhibit by Bobbi Jo Brooks
inspired by (and featuring) Dance Truck choreographers

BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Dance Truck is celebrating 2 years of

Bringing Dance To The People!

Join us for a dance party at Sous Whisky Marin

Friday night from 8pm-12am.

with

DJ SANTIAGO PARAMO

and treats from

SUGAR COATED RADICAL

263 Peters St. SW

Castleberry Hill

(make sure to check out FLUX while you're in the neighborhood!)