Modern Dance Festival

Modern Dance Festival at the Modern
Celebrating the exhibition Alex Da Corte: The Whale
Presented by Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth in collaboration with the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Modern Auditorium
Free Admission

Curious about the dark side? Will love overcome hate? Who are the heroes and who are the monsters? Can the mysteries of life ever be solved?

Expect the unexpected when Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth (CD/FW) presents the eighteenth Modern Dance Festival at the Modern, featuring an interdisciplinary collage of art forms and ideas performed “live” and projected on screen in the museum’s auditorium.

Come take an eclectic and sometimes comical journey with dance artists and their collaborators as they premiere works that respond to the Modern’s exhibition of paintings by Alex Da Corte and the psychological concept of the whale in Jungian psychology.

Artistic Director Kerry Kreiman’s new dance theatre work, “Flat Rat,” will honor past CD/FW collaborators by including select costumes designed by the late Crickett Pettigrew, the company’s longtime costume designer, and photos by the late Milton Adams, the company’s photographer.

Following the performance, the artists will participate in a Q&A session with the audience.

Featured choreographers for Thursday include Danielle Georgiou Dance Group (Dallas), Kerry Kreiman and Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, Jennifer Mabus (Dallas), Tina Mullone (Rhode Island and Texas), Amy Myers and John Gable (Austin), Sarah Newton (Fort Worth), and Lacreacia Sanders in collaboration with Anela Kindle (Fort Worth).

Featured choreographers for Saturday's noon performance include Beckles Dancing Company/Loris Anthony Beckles with Tristan Rodney (Dallas), Alyson Cartagena (Irvine, CA), Danielle Georgiou Dance Group/Danielle Georgiou with Justin Locklear (Dallas), Jennifer Mabus (Dallas), Amy Diane Morrow (Austin), Tina Mullone (RI/TX), M2DT (Muscle Memory Dance Theatre)/Kiera Amison (Dallas), Sarah Newton (Fort Worth), Preston Contemporary Dance Theatre (Florida), and Lacreacia Sanders in collaboration with Anela Kindle (Fort Worth).

Featured choreographers for Saturday's 3 pm performance include Beckles Dancing Company/Loris Anthony Beckles with Tristan Rodney (Dallas), Alyson Cartagena (Irvine, CA), Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth, Amy Diane Morrow (Austin), M2DT (Muscle Memory Dance Theatre)/Kiera Amison (Dallas), Amy Myers and John Gable (Austin), and Preston Contemporary Dance Theatre (Florida).