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the 2020
No-distance festival
commissioning & presenting new works
created & performed together from a distance
The 2020 No-Distance Festival is an online music and dance festival in support of artists during this unprecedented crisis. Curators Jennifer McQuiston Lott and Hajnal Pivnick assembled and commissioned teams of choreographers and composers to create together from the safety of their homes, as a defiant celebration of artistic creativity amisdt uncertainty & extreme limitations.
Performances lasted 20-30 minutes and were presented in live events from May 22-Oct 31. Artists will be announced two weeks in advance, and include dancers and musicians from across a broad spectrum of styles and backgrounds, such as Kara Wilkes (Alonzo King LINES), Jonny Rodgers (Cindertalk), Darian Donovan Thomas, Megumi Eda (Armitage Gone! Dance). On August 7, we will feature some extraordinary artists who hail from Traverse City, including The Accidentals and TCDP Executive/Artistic Director Brent Whitney.
See samples from the No-Distance Festival archive below.
WATCH:
the 2020 No-Distance Festival: September 18
featuring new works by:
Alex Sopp / Eve Beglarian / Kyle Davis
Jakevis Thomason
curated & directed by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Hajnal Pivnick
Interviews & introduction edited by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Joe Raffanti
WATCH:
the 2020 No-Distance Festival: August 14
featuring new works by:
Jonny Rodgers / Kara Wilkes
Dawn Stoppiello / Maxwell Transue / Isabella Allen / Jonathan Huang
curated & directed by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Hajnal Pivnick
Interviews & introduction edited by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Joe Raffanti
WATCH:
the 2020 No-Distance Festival: July 17
featuring new works by:
Megumi Eda / Andrew Griffin
R. Colby Damon / Therefore
curated & directed by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Hajnal Pivnick
Interviews & introduction edited by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Joe Raffanti
WATCH:
the 2020 No-Distance Festival: June 5
featuring new works by:
Rafiq Bhatia / Gabrielle Sprauve & Christopher Bloom
Rafiq Bhatia / Kaylin Sturtevant
curated & directed by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Hajnal Pivnick
Interviews & introduction edited by Jennifer McQuiston Lott
WATCH:
the 2020 No-Distance Festival Premiere: May 22
featuring new works by:
Andrew Norman & Hajnal Pivnick / Amy Saunder & Jeremy Zapanta
curated & directed by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Hajnal Pivnick
Interviews & introduction edited by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & Joe Raffanti
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