Snappy Dance Theater (founded 1996) was a non-profit
postmodern dance
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company located in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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, US. It was founded by artistic director Martha Mason, Marjorie Morgan and George Whiteside. It closed in June 2008 ″due to a lack of institutional support for fulltime modern dance companies in Massachusetts.″
The Company
The company was composed of Mason, Carey McKinley (Foster), Roger Fernandes, Jeremy Towle, Lee Walden, Bonnie Duncan, and Tim Gallagher. Alumni included Cathy Calhoun Bosch, Sean Kilbridge, Jim Banta, James Tanabe, Eveline Mostovoy, Lucy Bunning, and Bess Whitesel. It was notable for integrating non-traditional dance forms (e.g. circus performance, martial arts, puppetry) with more traditional ones. It was part of the 2003–2004
Bank of America Celebrity Series, and performed as part of the Open Look Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Awards
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Boston Phoenix
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'' readers poll: Best Contemporary Dance Company
See also
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20th century concert dance
Concert dance (also known as performance dance or theatre dance in the United Kingdom) is dance performed for an audience. It is frequently performed in a theatre setting, though this is not a requirement, and it is usually choreographed and perf ...
References
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Dance Magazine review
Defunct dance companies in the United States
Dance in Massachusetts
Contemporary dance companies
1996 establishments in Massachusetts
2008 disestablishments in Massachusetts
Arts organizations established in 1996
Arts organizations disestablished in 2008
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