Randy James' 10 Hairy Legs Returning to Crossroads Theatre, 3/26

Randy James' all male repertory dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, returns to Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick for its fourth consecutive annual appearance on Saturday, March 26 at 2:00 pm. The performance showcases the company's diverse repertory that explores the range of the male dancer. Tickets are $25 for Adults, $20 Students, Children under age 18, Wheelchair Users and Groups of 10 or more.

The Program:

• "BathTub Trio for Three Men - Cleo Mack. Originally created for an all-female cast, this New Jersey choreographer set the work on our men.

• "Friends of Dorothy" - David Parker. Technically demanding with inventive partnering, Parker set the work on 10HL, adding new sections.
• "Slapstuck" - David Parker. "Once you've seen what Choreographer David Parker does with Velcro, you'll never look at the hook-and-loop fastener the same way again."- Thea Singer, The Boston Globe

• "Rook" - Randy James. "A quieter, more subtle affair in which subtle gestures are important." - Robert Johnson, The Star-Ledger

• Trouble Will Find Me - Doug Elkins. "...the dancers throw themselves into Mr. Elkins' vigorous blend of salsa, capoeira and hip hop...a burst of good cheer." Gia Kourlas, The New York Times. A 10 Hairy Legs commission, this work had its World Premier at The New Jersey Performing Arts Center on February 8, 2014.

Purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets. The theater is located at 7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. This performance is suitable for all audiences. There is no intermission. The theater is fully accessible for those with physical disabilities. Large print program: contact Executive Director Betsy Sobo at bsobo@10hl.org by March 18. Technical assistance for this performance was underwritten in part by the New Brunswick Cultural Center and Johnson & Johnson.

About 10 Hairy Legs

10 Hairy Legs, founded by Randy James in 2012, is a dance company - comprised entirely of men - performing James' work as well as existing and newly commissioned works. 10 HL does not reflect a specific point of view about the male experience, but rather celebrates and explores the tremendous technical and emotional range of the male dancer. Randy James, at the forefront of this generation's choreographers, educators and arts advocates, is the driving force of 10 Hairy Legs, serving as its Artistic Director. James was awarded his third Choreographic Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in 2014. In 2015 10 Hairy Legs launched 10 HL Projects, which includes women for specific productions outside of the all male company. The first of these is a new full-length work based upon C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, choreographed by James that had its World Premiere at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in January 2016.

"...since its formation in 2012, its rapid growth has been astonishing...The diversity of this programming is a treat for audiences...this company has also become a welcome source of choreographic commissions." - Robert Johnson, 2014

Our Artistic Collaborators are choreographers Julie Bour, Seàn Curran, David Dorfman, Dan Froot, Doug Elkins, Heidi Latsky, Cleo Mack, Tiffany Mills, Luke Murphy, David Parker, Stephen Petronio, Claire Porter, Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor, Doug Varone, Manuel Vignoulle, Christopher Williams and Megan Williams; musicians Tigger Benford, Sarah Biber, Jane Chung, Lachlan Glen, Kyle Olson, Robert Maggio, Michael Wall, Dorian Wallace and Peter Whitehead; and designers Abraham Cruz, Oana Botez, Cindy Capraro, Benjamin Heller, John Lasiter, Mary Kokie McNaugher, Dennis O'Leary-Gullo, Lauren Parrish, Amanda Ringger, Amanda Shafran, Ken Tabatchnik and Olivier Theyskens. In addition to their work with 10 Hairy Legs, our company members are currently featured artists with The Bang Group, Stephen Petronio Company, Doug Elkins Choreography, Etc., Tiffany Mills Company and Zvi Dance, among others.

Education is an important component of our work. We provide a wide range of programs suitable for all ages, whether for the aspiring professional, novice beginner or artist citizen, focusing on the many facets of maleness as expressed through dance.

Since our founding, we have served more than 30,000 patrons, students, artists and educators with our programs of performance and education throughout the NY/NJ region, in New York City at New York Live Arts, The 92nd Street Y, The Brooklyn Dance Festival, Modern Dance at Bryant Park, Dixon Place, Gibney Dance, Joe's Pub, The West End Theatre as part of the Soaking Wet Festival, on Fire Island for the Dancers Responding to Aids Benefit Week End, Dance at Socrates, in Philadelphia as part of the Koresh Come Together Festival, on tour in The Cayman Islands and New England and broadcast nationally and internationally on NJTV's State of the Arts, The Meredith Vieira Show and Nick Cannon's Red Nose Dancathon.

Leadership funding for the company has been provided by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, New Music USA's Live Music for Dance Program, The Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The O'Donnell-Green Music & Dance Foundation, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, with assistance provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Dept. of State, and The Hyde & Watson Foundation and the Rita & Philip Levy New Works Fund. Grant funding for this performance has been provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders through a grant provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a division of the Dept. of State.

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