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PTERO MISSION STATEMENT
PTERO Dance Theatre is a Los Angeles based dance theater company.
Through the performance of original works of dance theatre, PTERO
communicates themes universal to the human experience. PTERO is
inspired by art, literature, current events, and the process of
personal growth and development, in the creation of its emotionally
rich, imaginative, thought provoking, life affirming works. PTERO
strives to make dance accessible to the community through lecture
demonstrations, class for at risk youth, and discounted performances.
PTERO endeavors to bridge the gap between its artists and our audience.
"Birds
make great sky-circles of their freedom
How do they learn it?
They fall, and falling, they're given wings."
- Rumi
COMPANY
HISTORY
PTERO Dance Theatre was formed in Spring 2004. PTERO
(Pronounced terr-o, Greek for
"wing") created its inaugural full evening premiere Candle
in the Sun at
the Ivy Substation through a grant from the
City of Culver City in 2004. The company received a grant from
the
Puffin Foundation in 2004, 2006, and 2008, and the Durfee Foundation's
ARC
grant in 2007. Backstage West described PTERO as "a wonder
of
movement, musicality, and passion...dramatically powerful" and was
featured in Los Angeles Magazine's guide section. "The
choreographer Paula Present has a gift for creating memorable body
sculpture and for shaping a sophisticated, contemporary movement
vocabulary..." (Lewis Segal, LA Times).
The company
was
awarded two Lester Horton awards in 2005. PTERO has
garnered
ten Lester Horton Award nominations,
including multiple nominations for
Outstanding Achievement "Performance" and "Choreography." The
company has also performed at the Unknown Theater, 2006 Brand
Library Series, Highways
Performance Space, 7th Annual
Los Angeles Dance Invitational, Gallery One San Francisco, San
Diego’s Celebrate Dance
Festival, Ivar Theater, Barnsdall Gallery Theatre and has
toured three times to Mexico. PTERO is grateful for
their
partnership with the Westside JCC.
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2007
January 13
Gallery One San Francisco
February 17
El Centro Cultural "La Alborada"
Tijuana, Mexico
May 8
Lecture Demonstration at Westside JCC
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June 9
El Centro Cultural "La Alborada"
Festival International, Frontera Independiente
July 26
Lecture Demonstration at Oakwood School
July 19-29
The Frame of Mind
Unknown Theater
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2006
March 5
2006 Brand Library Dance Series
Lecture Demonstration
May 12
El Centro de los Artes de Baja California
Mexicali, Mexico
May 13
El Centro Cultural "La Alborada"
Tijuana, Mexico
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June 3
Los Angeles Dance Invitational
El Portal Theatre
October 13-15
Variegate with Xdrop, Tanya Blood Hinkel, and Winifred R Harris Dance
Company
Highways Performance Space
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2005
March 11, 12
South Coast Dance Arts Alliance Festival
"Verge"
Golden West College
August 28
Celebrate Dance Festival
Full Evening Work
Casa Del Prado Theatre
October 7-9
"At the Entrance of an Idea"
Full Evening Work
Highways Performance Space
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October 28
"Lifeline"
Lecture Demonstration and Performance
Mayfield Senior School
December 10, 11
"Tapas" solo for Magic Doll
Spectrum Nutcracker
Ivar Theater
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2003
March 27-April 12
Voices Carry Inc. collaborates and commissions
"Holding Up the Sky" Full evening work
Gascon Center Theatre
October 10
Praxis Project
"Breath Among Ruins"
John Anson Ford Theater
October 28
Hollywood Wilshire YMCA Season of Arts
Various Repertories
Hollywood Wilshire YMCA
November 22-23
Spectrum #17
"The Unfolding"
Ivar Theatre
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2004
February 21-22
Spectrum #18
"Diamond Dance"
Ivar Theater
April 23-25
Festival of Solos And Duets
"Backbone"
Fountain Theatre
April 24
Artshare Benefit
"The Unfolding"
Artshare Performance Space
August 12-22
"Candle in the Sun" full evening work
Ivy Substation
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