Marcus Schulkind Fundraiser October 6, 2007

Celebrating our 16th year as one of Cambridge and Boston's premiere sites for dance training and performance, we begin our season with a two-night fundraiser, featuring long-time alumnae, current dancers, and new talent, in two evenings of dance and song, entitled "ones and twos”.

Green Street co-Founder, teacher and choreographer Marcus Schulkind, who the Boston Globe called, "a modern-dance classicist whose choreography is terse, true and beautifully crafted" choreographs a program of solo and duets for "ones and twos”.

Performers in the program include Lorraine Chapman, dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of Lorraine Chapman The Company since 2002, Kelli Edwards, Boston based dance, teacher and choreographer, Nicole Pierce, Artistic Director of Ego Arts, Inc., a multimedia performance company, Jim Viera, teacher and Artistic Director of Boston Youth Moves, a pre-professional teen dance program, and Liz Waterhouse, a Green Street alumna who currently dances with The Forsythe Company in Frankfurt, Germany. The program also welcomes newcomer, 15-year-old Nina Brindamour, who dances with Ina Hahn at Windhover, and most recently danced at the Bates Dance Festival.

Continuing in the evenings' theme of solos and duets, the benefit programs will also feature concert pieces performed by Soprano Michelle Trainor with pianists Yoko Hagino (Friday) and David McGrory (Saturday). Trainor, of whom New Music Connoisseur said, "(her) soprano voice...boasted a huge yet flexible sound" is an emerging young lyric soprano, equally at home in opera, recital and concert repertoire. Hagino has performed as a concert soloist with the Czech Symphony, the University of Southern California Symphony, and the Kyoto City Symphony. McGrory, a native of Northern Ireland has performed frequently in Boston, across the US and in Europe.

Friday evening's program will include a video retrospective of Marcus Schulkind's work both as dancer and choreographer, with a discussion of his work to follow, moderated by Debra Cash, Boston art and dance critic.

Saturday evening's program will include a gala reception following the performance.

Both evenings at 8:00pm.

Tickets go on sale September 17; prices are $35 for Friday October 5th and $50 for Saturday October 6th.

Seating is limited. To reserve call 617-864-3191.

Official Website: http://www.greenstreetstudios.org/tPerformances.html