Lori Belilove & The Isadora Dance Company have been invited to perform with the Downtown Dance Festival.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

January 3, 2009, 6:30-8 pm, Target Free First Saturday
FROM STAGE TO PAGE
Lori Belilove and Sabrina Jones, author and illustrator of Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography,
present an evening of live dance, digital slides, and discussion about Isadora's life and art.

Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY

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Jan 11-18, 2009
WINTER INTENSIVE 2009
The Technique and Repertory of Isadora Duncan

Morocco's Studio and IDDF Studio
New York, NY

FEBRUARY

Monday, Feb 9, 2009, 7 pm
ISADORA GOES DOWNTOWN: the woman. the inspiration. the legacy.
A Free Multimedia Event
Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) is pleased to present a collaborative arts event, Isadora Goes Downtown: the woman. the inspiration. the legacy. On Monday, February 9 DNA invites art lovers to embrace Isadora at a dynamic threefold event that will include: the official opening of a mixed-media visual art exhibit linking Isadora Duncan to Lori Belilove, exploring the women, the inspiration, and the rich historical legacy of Isadora Duncan dance; a slide show of works by Sabrina Jones, author/illustrator of Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography; and
a live performance by Lori Belilove joined by young Duncan dancers the Beliloveables. There will be a post-performance reception with book signing and selling by Ms. Jones.

Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers), New York, NY

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Feb 9-March 1, 2009
ISADORA GOES DOWNTOWN: the woman. the inspiration. the legacy.
Exhibition
Isadora Goes Downtown: the woman. the inspiration. the legacy illustrates the link between Lori Belilove and Isadora Duncan, and the rich historical legacy of Isadora Duncan dance. On display will be historic photographs of, and visual art inspired by, Isadora Duncan; mixed-media art and photographs of modern dance artists influenced by Isadora’s visionary aesthetic; and select pieces from Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography.

Photographers and artists featured include Sabrina Jones, Hal Eastman, Rose Eichenbaum, David Fullard,
Jack Mitchell, Margaretta K. Mitchell, Vladimir Lupovskoy, Jose Clara, and Abraham Walkowitz.

This exhibition has been funded in part by a grant from New York State Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick through the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

Gallery Hours: Monday–Sunday, 9am–9pm
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers), New York, NY

MARCH

March 11-15, 2009
THE ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE COMPANY AT JUDSON CHURCH
In a refreshing staging of Duncan repertory the Isadora Duncan Dance Company will perform Duncan’s choreography to the Andante and Scherzo from Schubert's 9th Symphony; Death and the Maiden, Harp Etude, and Gypsy Mazurka to music of Chopin; and The Many Faces of Love to the suite of Brahms Waltzes opus 39. They will be joined by junior company the Beliloveables.

Judson Church Theater
55 Washington Square South, New York, NY

APRIL

April 25, 2009
LA CLAUSURA SCONFINATA
Work-in-progress showings of a new performance combining contemporary dance, baroque music and Gregorian chant, at the Corsa all'Annello Festival in Narni, Italy. The dance theater work, conceived and directed by the American dancer and IDDC affiliate Julia Pond, and choreographed by Lori Belilove, explores the paradoxical richness of cloistered life in an Italian early baroque convent. Belilove and members of the Isadora Duncan Dance Company (Cherlyn Smith, Beth Disharoon and Danielle Kwozko) join an international group of women musicians directed by Candace Smith, founder and director of the Italian ensemble, Cappella Artemisia.

This project is one of the first to be created under the auspices of the Art Monastery (artmonastery.org) in Umbria, which produces music, art and performance through an innovative creative process deeply inspired by tradition.

For further information contact Julia Pond at julia@artmonastery.org

Corsa all'Annello Festival
Chiesa di San Francesco
Narni, Italy

MAY

May 4-10, 2009
INTERNATIONAL INTENSIVE 2009
The Technique and Repertory of Isadora Duncan
Lori Belilove travels to Brazil to lead an intensive workshop for beginners through advanced levels, with performance opportunities for participants. Sessions include Master Classes, Teachers' Workshop, Dancers' Workshop, Ensemble Rehearsals, Children's Class, Teens' Class, Round Table Discussion: Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century. US dancers welcome. Housing available.

For further information contact Fatima Suarez at ciamantra@ig.com.br

The School of Cultural Foundation
Brazil

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May 28-31, 2009
WHAT MOVES US: 2009 General Assembly World Dance Alliance-Americas
Lori Belilove, Artistic Director of the Isadora Duncan Dance Company, will set selected choreography from her original work The EveryWoman Series: The Red Thread on a group of Assembly dancers. Participation involves daily rehearsals/workshops during the Assembly.

What Moves Us is hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Program
Madison Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue, Madison, WI
www.dance.wisc.edu

JUNE

Thursday, June 25, 2009, 1:30-2:30 pm
Take a Bite of the Apple: Exploring Resources to Promote Best Practices
NDEO (National Dance Education Organization) Annual Conference
Lori Belilove, Artistic Director of the Isadora Duncan Dance Company, presents 'Teaching the Art of Isadora Duncan: What are "Best Practices" to Keep it Alive?'

LaGuardia Arts High School at Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Institute
New York, NY
www.ndeo.org

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June 8-12, 2009
Isadora Duncan Dance Classes & Repertory Workshop for Young Dancers
For details click here

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June 15-21, 2009
Isadora Duncan Dance Technique Workshop (Basic)
For details click here

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Sunday, June 21, 2009, 3 pm
The Beliloveables at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn
The Beliloveables perform to the music of Chopin and Brahms as part of the piano recital for the students of Susan J. Fischer, at Brooklyn Heights' beautiful and historic Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims.

JULY

June 29-July 3, 2009
All Ages Workshop
For details click here

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July 20-31, 2009
Advanced Isadora Duncan Dance Workshop
For details click here

AUGUST

Saturday, August 1, 2009, 6:30 pm
THE ISADORA DUNCAN DANCE COMPANY AT ALICE AUSTEN HOUSE
Join us as we honor notorious revolutionary dancer Isadora Duncan, and Victorian rebel photographer
Alice Austen - both 20th Century icons of freedom - in a program of dances choreographed by Duncan, on the magnificent grounds of Alice Austen House with a view stretching from the Statue of Liberty to lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Verrazano Bridge.

IDDC, the Beliloveables and guest dancers will perform solos and group works from the Duncan repertory centered around themes of nature, a subject Duncan shared with Austen. With voice-over narrations and theatrical vignettes depicting the era, the program will unfold Isadora's life and art with sensational dancing, delighting audiences of all ages.

Suggested donation at the gate $5

Alice Austen House
2 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY
For directions by car, bus or ferry go to www.aliceausten.org or call 718-816-4506

NOVEMBER

Monday, November 2, 2009, 7 pm
24th ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE OF CAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS
America Dances! Celebrating Our Sparkling Heritage - Broadway, TV & Film

Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company will perform selected Duncan choreography to help celebrate Career Transition for Dancers' 24th Anniversary. The evening will also include appearances by Ethan Stiefel, Laura Benanti, Bob Fosse's Dancin, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Dancing with the Stars, DJ Activephaze, Electric Boogaloo's Mr. Wiggles, Nicole Fosse, Valerie Harper, Lombard Twins, , Kathleen Marshall, Melanie LaPatin and Tony Meredith's Dance Times Square, Samuel Ramey, Ashley Bouder & Andrew Veyette, PopMaster Fabel, Ann Reinking, Rock Steady Crew, So You Think You Can Dance, Sophisticated Ladies - a Tribute to Duke Ellington, Jock Soto, "Step UP 3", Tap City Youth Ensemble, Sonya Tayeh Dance, and many more. The program will be followed by an Anniversary Supper with the Stars at The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York. READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE.

Show only tickets begin at $45, with gala tickets beginning at $600. Call 212-228-7446 x33.
For more information, visit www.careertransition.org

New York City Center
130 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019

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Monday, November 23, 2009, 7 pm
MOVEMENT RESEARCH: Reconstructions and Re-Imaginations
Panel Discussion: Entire dance economies, from ballet to Graham, are based on rebuilding historic works. What is the role of reconstruction in contemporary practice? How are artists exploring the space between reconstructing and re-imagining? What constitutes re-imagining? Discussion topics will include pedagogical efficacy, intellectual property, and nostalgia. Panelists include Lori Belilove, Deborah Black, Pat Catterson, DD Dorvillier, Levi Gonzalez, Richard Move, Stacy Spence, Jodi Sperling, and others. Moderated by Randy Martin.

The Movement Research Studies Project Series is an artist-curated series of panel discussions, performances and other formats that focus on provocative and timely issues of aesthetics and philosophy in the intersection of dance and social politics, confronting and instigated by the dance and performance community.

NO RESERVATIONS and ADMISSION IS FREE
P.S. 122
150 First Avenue at 9th Street, New York, NY
www.movementresearch.org