Savannah Dance Festival presents Alex Ketley’s “No Hero” on Saturday at the Jepson

bill dawers — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:25:07 +0000

I’ve written a lot about Savannah’s potential as a hub for modern dance, so I’m thrilled that the Savannah Dance Festival is presenting No Hero, a piece by choreographer Alex Ketley that will be performed by dancers from his company The Foundry on Saturday, Nov. 2 in the Neises Theater at the Telfair Museum of Art’s Jepson Center.

From the press release:

No Hero was created when Ketley traveled extensively throughout the rural parts of the American west interviewing strangers in their homes, community halls, and RV parks about their relationship to dance. The full work is a combination of a video projection collected through these experiences accompanied with a live performance of contemporary dance.

Ketley co-founded The Foundry after dancing for four years with the San Francisco Ballet.

We don’t get many chances in Savannah to see top-notch modern dance, so I hope some folks will turn out and support this effort, despite the fact that it’s a busy weekend around town.

Click here for an article in Do and here for this week’s Connect Savannah coverage.

Click here to buy tickets ($25).

And here are a few images from the multimedia work No Hero:

Alex Ketley – Savannah Unplugged

Savannah Dance Festival presents Alex Ketley’s “No Hero” on Saturday at the Jepson