Dash Ensemble to Unveil World Premiere Next Month

The DASH Ensemble, a contemporary dance group committed to expanding physical and theatrical boundaries of contemporary dance in the twenty-first century, announces its first full-length evening of work. DASHOW, to celebrate it's 5th year anniversary of dancemaking will premiere on April 3, 2015 at the DiMenna Center in New York City. Showcasing high-octane physicality with an ardent flair, this exclusive work, created by Artistic Director Gregory Dolbashian, employs modern dance vocabulary; physical theater, and hip hop elements as a springboard for international dance innovation.

The dancers of the DASH Ensemble serve up an aesthetic that explodes, twists and deconstructs the parameters of the physical and spatial possibilities of movement and perception. DASHOW is a narrative dance work that offers an eclectic accounting of a new universe painted with texture and intimacy that evokes a universally personal experience of transitioning to adulthood from childhood, as well as interpersonal relationships, laughter, love, loss and redemption.

"The DASH is a metaphor based on the symbol used to notate an individuals lifespan," explains Dolbashian. Birth date (--) death date. Life is The DASH, and everything that we focus our work on is about that life. Our contribution, both artistic and mundane depicts our life, and the events that occur in it. It is also a significant culmination of the past five years of our life as a creative think-tank. No matter how big or how small the events may be between the dates of birth and death, they are epic in the development of each story-non-repeatable, non-refundable and completely original."

The company has embarked on a 40-day crowd funding campaign in an aim to raise support to help underwrite the cost of this self produced evening; http://igg.me/at/DASHOW/x/9961638

This one night only performance will take place on April 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.. Individual tickets are priced at $20 and are available online at http://dashow.brownpapertickets.com

The DiMenna Center, located at 450 West 37th St btw 9th and 10th Ave. It is accessible by the A, C, E, N, R, Q, B, D, F M and 1,2,3 and 7 trains.