Liz Lerman Tickets Offered at Reduced Prices

Media Contact:

Kristen Gleason
Director of Marketing
The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434.979.1922 ext. 103
kristen@theparamount.net

For Immediate Release

May 18, 2006

Tickets to the final act of The Paramount Theater's 2005-2006 Season are now being offered at a special price! Seats to the 8 pm performance on Saturday, May 20 with internationally-acclaimed dance ensemble Liz Lerman Dance Exchange (LLDE) are now available to the public for a special sale price of $10. A $5 price applies to all students with valid I.D. or proof of enrollment. Local participation is an important part of the event, as a contingent of Charlottesville-area dancers will take part in the performance, giving the community an opportunity to see their friends, family, and neighbors perform on The Paramount's stage.

LLDE will perform a program of mixed repertory works including Dances at a Cocktail Party, set to music by Leonard Bernstein; Still Crossing, commissioned by Dancing in the Streets as part of the Liberty Dances festival honoring the Statue of Liberty centennial; and Hallelujah: In Praise of Animals and Their People, which features "dancing" dogs onstage. More than forty members of the greater Charlottesville community have participated in a week-long rehearsal with the company, and will take part in the May 20 show.

Liz Lerman founded Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in 1976. The company's brand of dance/theatre breaks boundaries between stage and audience, theater and community, movement and language, tradition and the unexplored. Through explosive dancing, personal stories, humor, and a company of performers whose ages range from twenty-five to seventy-two, the company stretches the expressive range of contemporary dance. With work consisting of formal concerts, interactive performances, specialized community residencies, and professional training in the art of community-based dance, the artist-driven organization employs a collaborative approach to dancemaking. Current choreographic projects representing the company’s multiple artistic voices include explorations of coal mining, genetic research, radical prayer, and alternatively defined families.

Tickets and more information about the May 20 performance are available online and through The Paramount's Box Office at 434.979.1333.  For more information about Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, please visit www.danceexchange.org.