Shepherdstown, WV -- The Eighth Annual Goose Route Dance Festival continues July 18-20 with more performances, master classes, a talk, and events for children. All events take place at the Shepehrdstown Men’s Club’s War Memorial Building, 102 East German Street, Shepherdstown. Performances take place Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19 at 7 pm, and on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 at 3 pm. Master classes for adults and teens take place Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20 at 10:30 am. A free family show takes place Friday, July 18 at 10:30 am, and a free creative movement class for children ages 4-7 takes place Saturday, July 19 at 9:30 am. A pre-performance talk is scheduled for Saturday, July 19 at 2 pm.

The weekend’s performances feature the Shepehrdstown-based Goose Route dancers in I Am, a new work by Ray C. Shaw inspired by physical scars, and Kitty Clark’s new solo Tango Etude. They will be joined by choreographers from North Carolina, Colorado, and Chicago. The Saturday master class will be a fast-paced modern class encouraging large, sweeping movements and off-balance turns taught by Colorado-based dancer Erika Randall. The Sunday class, taught by Katherine Kiefer Stark from North Carolina, will be a release-based modern dance class encouraging dancers to explore initiation and pathways of movement.

The Saturday talk at 2 pm, given by dance scholars Ted Bain and Libby Smigel, is entitled “Embracing Memories, Music, and Places,” and will discuss the dances to be seen in the 3 pm performance.

Performance tickets purchased in advance are $12 ($10 for seniors/students). Tickets purchased at the box office are $15 ($12 for seniors/students). Master classes are $10 each. The pre-performance talk, kids’ class, and family show are all free of charge.

For more information, call 304-876-6751 or go to gooseroute.org. Print Add a Comment Back to All Articles