Cent. Stage Co. Presents DANCE FEST: MOE-TION DANCE THEATER

Centenary Stage Company's annual Dance Festival kicks off on Sunday, March 11 at 3 PM in the Lackland Performing Arts Center with Moe-tion Dance Theater. Under the artistic direction of Maureen Glennon Clayton, moe-tion dance theater will present their concert, Touched. Tickets are $20 general admission $15.00 for children under 12. Centenary Stage Company is also offering a Dance Flex Pass. Dance Flex Pass grants entry to all three Dance Fest events for $45.00 per patron.

Tickets are available online at www.centenarystageco.org, by phone at (908) 979 - 0900 or in person at the Centenary Stage Company box office located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue Hackettstown, NJ.

Maureen Glennon Clayton will premiere, Broken Planes, a piece she choreographed in collaboration with her dancers. The concept and original music for the piece is by Glen Fittin with violin arrangements by Sana Nagano. Set & Fabrication design is by Angus Clayton. Broken Planes, is a piece that explores touch, sound and the planes of motion, in which we move. Four dancers travel on and around panels which are framed with a creative backdrop of panels, creating an illusion of a closed, more intimate space.

Maureen Glennon Clayton brings back, From This Day Forward, a compelling work which portrays a couple struggling with the issue of domestic violence. "Filled with raw power and emotion, From This Day Forward featured expert performances by moe-tion dance theater company members Bryan Matland and Danielle Ramon. Together, they used powerful movement and gesture to tell this couple's story of love, hate, remembrance, strength, and will. In so doing, they presented a forceful and thought-provoking piece of contemporary dance theater". Spotlight Central

Maureen will also present, pushnpull, a playful piece set on the students of Centenary University and Those Who Touch Us, a company collaboration. Those Who Touch Us combines the idea of tactile touch and emotional touch. Maureen and her dancers share stories of people who have touched their lives intertwined between humorous gesture, text and movement. Maureen Glennon Clayton and Heather Warfel Sandler will present, Again, Together, a new duet in celebration of the two sharing the stage again after many years.

Guest Performing Artist, Stephanie Nerbak, has been invited to present her piece, Blend; I authenticate., Originally created in 2016 as part of a choreographic residency with coLAB Arts, in New Brunswick, NJ, is a piece that crosses disciplinary boundaries to explore realities of gender. It was made in close collaboration with the TrueSelves Transgender Support Group associated with The Pride Center of NJ. Taking on gender as a social construct essential to one's own sustenance, the performance takes viewers through an individual's journey into questioning - into self-realization and personal agency to create an "I" perceived and experienced through the broad lens of gender. Blend strives for a reckoning between the non-self, the self, and the spectrum of gender identity. It exposes paradox as a central theme for conveying viabilities in the human condition.

Joe Anselmo, a student at Centenary University, will perform a monologue by Michael Landreth. This monologue is about drag, a form of female impersonation. Joe performs the authors monologue about how some people use drag to feel normal before they look into the change. Rachel Brown, moe-tion dance theater company member and rehearsal director, has written and will perform a monologue about the strength, grace and resilience of women.

Maureen Glennon, who resides in Flemington, is a well-known dancer, choreographer and dance educator in NJ. She holds a full-time teaching position at Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School and is an adjunct professor at Centenary University. Maureen is a graduate of Montclair State University, where she earned her BFA in Dance and County College of Morris, where she earned her AS in Recreation& Leisure / Dance. Her modern dance theater company, moe-tion dance theater is dedicated to experimenting and creating new forms of expression. Known for their diverse repertory, and collaborative work, they have performed at numerous festivals, showcases and venues throughout the tri-state area. Glennon's mission is to create an atmosphere of individualistic contribution, allowing her dancers, collaborators and audiences to explore their own thoughts, interpretations and ideas of the subject matter presented.

Centenary Stage Company's annual Dance Festival continues on Sunday, March 18 at 3 PM with the XY Dance Project. For more information or to purchase tickets visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 - 0900. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 - 5pm and two hours prior to every performance. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Like and follow to receive the latest in Centenary Stage Company news and special offers.

The 2017-2018 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, Zonta Morristown Chapter and CSC corporate sponsors, including Premier Season Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center, The House of the Good Shepherd, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank of New Jersey, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.

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