Soaring—A Language for Movement, Free

You might know how to read music, but did you know there is a way to “read” dancing? One form of dance notation is called Labanotation. Dance notation is how we know some of the dances performed in times before video recordings. 
 
Dancers from The Dancer’s EDGE will perform Soaring, a danced music visualization choreographed in 1920 by Modern Dance pioneers Ruth St. Denis and Doris Humphrey, and staged from Labanotation. Soaring features the sculptural attitudes of five dancers and the natural forms created by their large silk scarf as it billows and ripples 15 feet in the air, all reflecting the waning Art Nouveau style of the period.
At the end of the performance, audience members of all ages are invited to explore dancing to music with scarves, and to create works of art to take home. 
 
This performance and the accompanying activities are free for all ages, but space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 12:30pm; performance begins at 1pm. 

Support for “Soaring” is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.  Its presentation at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has been made possible in part by members of the CRMA and contributors to the Museum's Annual Fund.  Annual educational programming at the CRMA has been supported in part by Transamerica.