Tanz Iii Series 3 Shop: Erik Thurmond ( Atlanta)| Movement

Tanz Farm season III: A Performance Anthology series 3: March 11-28, 2015 "In the thrust towards the future...I want to leave something of use" Tanz SHOP: Erik Thurmond ( ATL) Saturday, March 21 noon Historic Rhodes Theater Midtown Atlanta 1516 Peachtree St NW 30309 Join Atlanta dancer and choreographer Erik Thurmond for some big time dancing. free and public info@tanzfarm.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the thrust towards the future...I want to leave something of use" Erik Thurmond (ATL) WORLD PREMIERE | Malcom Low + Formal Structure ( New York) Atlanta PREMIERE PERFORMANCES Thursday-Saturday, March 26-28, 2015 8pm Historic Rhodes Theatre Midtown 1516 Peachtree St. NW Atlanta 30309 Tickets: $10-$25 here and at door: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1307344 “In the thinking of Tanz Farm curators Lauri Stallings and Anthony Harper, such plans are necessary for their bundle of courageous arts initiatives to take root in Atlanta. To build an audience that truly loves and supports contemporary performance, people at many levels of the community have to engage with the work.” ---ArtsATL info@tanzfarm.com wwwtanzfarm.com ____________________________________________ About the artists Erik Thurmond was born in Georgia and raised all over. After graduating from the dance department at Alabama School of Fine Arts, he finished programs at American Music and Dramatic Academy and Alvin Ailey School in NYC. While living in New York, Erik worked at Peridance were he met many of the choreographers he ended up working with. After 5 years in New York, Erik spent 2 years traveling and dancing across Europe and the Middle East. After 9 months studying with Batsheva in Tel Aviv, Israel, he returned to Georgia where he currently dances for CORE Performance Company, Staibdance and other local artists in addition to creating his own work. Erik has presented work through The Lucky Penny, Dance Truck, WonderRoot and Mint Gallery, as well as self-produced pieces both in Atlanta and Birmingham. Erik believes that dance is the ultimate celebration of the present moment. www.erikmarcelthurmond.com _____________________________________________ Tanz Farm season III: October 29, 2014- May 24, 2015 Tanz Farm is a joint vision of artists and real estate developers to establish a historic factory space as an inter/national destination for current practices and philosophies in contemporary performance. Tanz Farm produces unique performance projects by artists and creates chance-of-a-lifetime experiences for our Atlanta community. We make significant investments in the performance community to help increase the quality of new work being created and exchanged. In doing so, we contribute to the vitality of arts and culture in the Southeast by helping launch careers while growing audiences for experimental performances. Launched in 2012 by glo and the Goat Farm Arts Center, Tanz’s mission is anchored in the agency of risk-taking and expanding boundaries through bold ideas and philosophies centered in performance. Since its inception, Tanz has featured seminal performances by zoe/juniper (Seattle), Niv Sheinfeld& Oren Laor (Tel Aviv), Staib Dance (Atlanta), Fabien Prioville (Dusseldorf), glo (Atlanta), Sidra Bell New York, Amanda K. Miller/ CORE Dance (Atlanta), Catellier Dance Projects (Atlanta), Pierre Rigal ( Toulouse), Gustavo RimerezSansano (Valencia) with Ballet Hispanico New York and L.A.'s ate9dANCEcOMPANY. Our primary activities include a 4-part performance series, resources that provide selected artists with technical residencies, free space, advocacy and marketing, as well as a range of public initiatives that provide greater access to in-depth information and social involvement between artists and our community. All Tanz Farm programming is framed around a remarkable 116-year old historic factory space called Goodson Yard, at the Goat Farm Arts Center. Curators Lauri Stallings, founding artist, glo and Anthony Harper, owner of The Goat Farm Arts Center. Tanz Farm takes place at the Goat Farm Arts Center 1200 Foster St. Atlanta 30318 Write us: info@tanzfarm.com www.tanzfarm.com gloatl.org