Friday, March 28, 2008 - 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM
Studio Stage - Shadbolt Centre For The Arts

What if we all started the day with dance?

I take a sip of my coffee. The dancers are close enough to see sweat.
One movement is sharp, the next tumbling.
Black out. Then lights up.
Three delegates beside me share their impressions which transforms what comes.

Since 2002, Gail Lotenberg of LINK Dance Foundation has been creating Breakfast Dances--informal, informative presentations of dance over breakfast. While coffee flows, so too does an exchange about intention and interpretation in dance.  By creating this innovative approach, Gail is building bridges between dance and the public.  The premise is that dance requires initiation to broaden its reach, so Breakfast Dances are designed to invite dialogue between artists and the public.This interactive technique works to both expand the potential knowledge of the dancers as well as the audience.

The choreography of Gail Lotenberg is what fuels the fire of the LINK Dance Company. Gail has danced for many highly respected choreographers and her own pieces have been presented from  New York  to  Alaska.  Next year, LINK Breakfast Dances are headed for  Ontario,  New Brunswick,  Alberta  and  New York.

After growing up in  New York, and living with her family in  Whitehorse  for 15 years, Gail now lives here with her husband Alejandro and their daughter Twyla on Bowen Island, just off the lower mainland.

A Breakfast Dance will kick off Pacific Contact on Friday, March 28th. Buses leaves the Hilton Hotel at 9:15 sharp to The Shadbolt Centre For The Arts. Lezlie Smith and Deer Lake Catering is sure to be a perfect opening act for the dancing that will follow it. She will be offering Mist On The Lake, a continental breakfast of mini muffins, croissants, mini bagels, scones, assorted yogurt and fresh fruit. The Coffee and Tea has been generously supplied by Midnight Sun Coffee Roasters of Whitehorse, Yukon. 

Contemporary dance, muffins, fruit . . . Why not? After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

For more information about Link Dance Foundation and MaraGold Theatre go to  www.linkdance.ca or www.maragoldtheatre.com