Contact: Abigail Chen, Polarity - (601) 969-7566
Make
Lunch a Moving Experience: Polarity to host “Brown Bag Ballet, Modern on the
Side, Please” on April 20 & 21,
2004
Menu [PDF] | Reservation Fax Form [PDF]
Jackson, Mississippi, April 6, 2004 - Mississippi’s new professional contemporary dance company, Polarity
Dance Theatre, will host a lunch event, “Brown Bag Ballet, Modern on the Side,
Please,” to celebrate National Administrative Professionals Day in their
downtown Jackson location on Tuesday, April 20 and Wednesday, April 21, 2004.
“Together with Steve Long of Steve’s Downtown Deli and Bakery we hope
to serve up a delightful menu of dance and delectables, making lunch a moving
experience,” said Polarity’s Artistic Director, Marc M. Arentsen.
While guests enjoy one of three meal choices and dessert in the
ambiance of Polarity’s temporary residence at 119 South President Street in
bustling downtown Jackson, the company will perform works from their eclectic
repertoire of neoclassical ballet and modern dance.
“This is just one more added cultural
experience that makes our Capital City so special and Jackson is fortunate to
have talented artists like those at Polarity,” said John Lawrence, President of
Downtown Jackson Partners. “More importantly, we are excited that they would
generously schedule lunch hour events to entertain and celebrate hard working
Downtown employees.”
FAST FACTS:
What: Polarity Dance Theatre’s “Brown Bag
Ballet, Modern on the Side, Please”
When: Tuesday, April 20, and Wednesday,
April 21, 2004 from 11:20 AM to 1:00 PM.
Where: Gallery space at 119 South President
Street, Downtown Jackson, MS
Cost: $15 per person, including lunch and
dessert (reservations are necessary)
Contact: (601)
969-7566 or E-mail us at info@polaritydance.org
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Polarity Dance Theatre is a Jackson,
Mississippi-based, professional dance company, dedicated to the pursuit of
artistic excellence, creative exploration, and public service. Believing
that dance is significant to the human experience, the company
facilitates a variety of dance venues to the community to broaden awareness, to
enhance education, and to expand public service through the arts. A collection of traditional, restaged and
original choreography, Polarity Dance Theatre’s repertoire is carefully
selected and conveyed through techniques and styles ranging from post modern
dance to classical ballet. Fostering
the artistic growth of emerging dancers and choreographers in a professional
environment, the company also encourages experimental projects. Polarity Dance Theatre’s dynamic
performances affirm beauty, meaning and hope, while identifying with truths
about life from a perspective of compassion and redemption.