Dance Now to Present Ellis Wood Dance's THE JUGGLER OF OUR LADIES, 4/29-30 at Joe's Pub

DANCE NOW presents the premiere of Ellis Wood's The Juggler of Our Ladies, April 29 and 30 at 7pm, at Joe's Pub at The Public (425 Lafayette Street, between East 4th Street and Astor Place). Tickets are $15 in advance/$20 at the door and can be purchased by calling 212-967-7555, online at www.joespub.com, and in person at The Public Theater box office from 1pm to 6pm.

The Juggler of Our Ladies brings to the stage four generations of female performers. The dance depicts different phases of a woman's life: innocence, struggle, perseverance, discovery, and self-realization. Set to original music by Daniel Bernard Roumain, the piece combines highly technical and intensely physical movement with raw and revealing expression. The performers, ranging in age from 10 to 80, include former Martha Graham dancers Ellen Graff and Marni Wood, as well as Dexter Carlson, Caitlyn Johansen, Emily McDaniel, Stella Nakada, and Ellis Wood. Costumes are by Naoko Nagata.

About Ellis Wood Dance

Ellis Wood Dance performs, teaches, and does residencies both nationally and abroad. The company has been in residence at various colleges and universities such as UC Berkeley, Rutgers University, SUNY Brockport, New York University, and New World School for the Arts, as well as at The Yard on Martha's Vineyard. The company has been presented at Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, The Martha@Mother series, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, LMCC Evening Stars Series, and other New York City venues. Wood has performed in festivals and theaters internationally, including the Tanzwoche Festival, Germany; The Fringe Festival, Portugal; Tseh School in Moscow; The Palucca Schule in Dresden; Overtoom 301 in Amsterdam; Dance Acadamien, Sweden; Himeji Festival, Japan; The Fringe Festival in Toronto; The Generation X Festival and Panorama Sesi de Danca, Brazil; the New Performance Gallery and Cowell Theater in San Francisco; The Fire Island Festival, NY; and Jacob's Pillow, MA.

Ellis Wood is the recipient of awards and grants from New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Altria Group, the Bossak/Heilbron Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, LMCC Creative Communities Fund, The Puffin Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, The Greenway/Leibowitz Foundation, Salesforce.com, and the Asian Pacific Fund.

Wood has taught for two consecutive spring semesters as a full-time visiting guest artist at SUNY Brockport and for eight years as a guest artist at UC Berkeley. Prior to founding Ellis Wood Dance, she danced in the companies of Stephen Petronio, Dan Wagoner, Bay Area Repertory Dance, and in the works of various New York City choreographers. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Dramatic Art/Dance, where she studied with her parents Marni and David Wood, both of whom danced with Martha Graham.

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