BURSTNOW March 14, 2012

March 14-15, 8pm both days

The first full-length version of "BURSTNOW - A Valediction to your Rampart" begins with a girl in a chair hidden by a mound of pillows (known by younger ones as a "pillow fort") as the piece unfolds the audience witnesses portraits of the invisible walls people build around themselves and the dynamics of the relationships surrounding them. The work ranges from an adagio, gracefully danced duet depicts a couple growing apart to a sharp, dynamically danced duet featuring a stubborn stone-face and a raging trouble-maker. Inserted through out the dance is the non-linear portrait of the hero in the story - the girl in the chair. As the piece progresses, others try to dismantle the invisible yet obvious walls she has built around her. What ensues is heart-breaking, comedic, and ultimately revelatory.

Michelle Fletcher founded HNDC in 2008. Based in San Francisco, CA, Here Now Dance Collective originated as a simple gathering of friends and performers. Together they collaborate in a playful, disciplined way. Each project has its own aesthetic, and with this freedom the group creates immersing, often charmingly awkward, drama'turgical environments. HNDC' creative work is rooted in the performance of contemporary dance, but not exempt from video, multimedia, full-length installations, and post-modern environments/landscapes.

Since HNDC's inception, the company has produced 3 evening length works, participated in over 30 curated theater/gallery performances, danced in a variety of festivals, and reached over 100,000 people throughout the United States and world-wide with their dance for camera short films. There is no time to be passive, to sit in a dark theater and wait for our audience. We are bringing our dances to you. Taking our cue from counter culture and the guerrilla art movement, we hit the streets and leave our hearts on the grass, beside a building, near a stream, on a sidewalk, splattered on the pavement.

Official Website: http://www.herenowdancecollective.com