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Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
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Company, Choreographer

Founded in 1973 the MJDC has been a part of the cultural fabric of San Francisco for over three and a half decades—dedicated to the making and touring of new work, international exchange and programs that support process, choreographic Detailed Bio> Founded in 1973 the MJDC has been a part of the cultural fabric of San Francisco for over three and a half decades—dedicated to the making and touring of new work, international exchange and programs that support process, choreographic mentorship and performance opportunities. The MJDC performs regularly in San Francisco and has toured extensively in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe and Asia. The MJDC is known for programs that serve to expand the health of the dance field like Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange (CHIME) a mentorship program for emerging and established choreographers. CHIME is now in its sixth year and has served over 65 artists in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. The MJDC operates a studio devoted to creative research, the Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab, which hosts MJDC creative activities, CHIME and other long- and short-term artistic residencies. For more information on the mission, history and activities of the MJDC please visit www.mjdc.org. <Make Smaller

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“CHIME LIVE!” FREE PUBLIC SHOWINGS THROUGHOUT DECEMBER - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 11/12 - This December, the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company (MJDC) will present CHIME LIVE!, a series of free public showings with 2009 CHIME artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hosted by program founder and MJDC Artistic Director, Margaret Jenkins, these presentations will take place over the course of three days, on December 4, 11 and 19, 2009 at the Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab (MJDL) in the South of Market district.

The 2009 CHIME in the San Francisco Bay Area artists are (in alphabetical order with the mentors listed first): Yannis Adoniou, Artistic Director of KUNST-STOFF, and choreographer and solo-artist Folawole Oyinlola; Zenon Barron, Artistic Director of Ensembles Ballet Folklorico, and Joti Singh, Founder/Artistic Director of Duniya Dance; choreographer, dancer and educator, Molissa Fenley of Molissa Fenley and Dancers, and Hope Mohr, Artistic Director of Hope Mohr Dance; Joe Goode, Artistic Director of the Joe Goode Performance Group, and Erika Chong Shuch of the Erika Shuch Performance Project; and Alex Ketley, Co-Founder/Artistic Director of The Foundry, and choreographer Kara Davis. Each pair of choreographers received financial stipends totaling $10,000 and 100 hours of cost-free studio time at the MJDL over the course of the year.

CHIME LIVE! is as diverse and exciting as our program artists and has been an integral part of the CHIME program since its pilot year in 2004. To support their mentorship, these showings were organized by the MJDC to include discussions and lecture/demonstrations with the mentorship pairs, as well as informal showings of the work developed by the mentees during their grant year. The MJDC’s singular goal for producing CHIME LIVE! is to enhance community awareness of CHIME and the mentorship process.

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