By Sarah Emery, Moving Poets Charlotte

Moving Poets, a cross-disciplinary, contemporary dance theater company based in Charlotte, N.C., and Berlin, revives its showcase of six 15-minute original works April 23-25, 2015, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

With “be curious” as its guiding principle, Moving Poets serves as a cultural arts incubator, bringing together national/international artists and creative professionals. They collectively explore disciplines to create innovative dance theater works that invoke, inspire and ignite the senses.

The 90-minute production features dance-theater company Alban Elved, Moving Poets Berlin with artist Wooguru, Moving Poets Charlotte, Hardin M. Minor of Omimeo, and Jacqueline White of Open Door Studios.

“The dimensions of artistic creation, execution and response are fascinating. Throw additional artistic disciplines and minds into the mix and the possibilities are even more limitless. The unexpected solutions that occur upon creation are another exciting factor in making art,” said Sarah Emery, Artistic Director of Moving Poets Charlotte. “The theme of this year’s 6/15, An Exploration of Humanity and Nature, was unexpected and presented itself naturally after each creator revealed their themes to me. I am curious to see what else will unravel during our weekend of shows.”

The performances are at The Chop Shop, 399 E 35th St., in NoDa, Charlotte’s historic arts district. General admission tickets range from $15 to $30. Tables for two to four can be reserved for $100-$200.

Moving Poets 6/15 At-A-Glance

Moving Poets Charlotte

Directed by Sarah Emery, Artistic Director of Moving Poets Charlotte. Mixed media video projection and dance.

Working title: With Eyes to the Earth. We face the inevitability of growth and decay, lightness and darkness in nature and mankind. “Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).” ~ Ovid, Metamorphosis

Moving Poets Berlin

Directed by Till Schmidt-Rimpler, Artist Director of Moving Poets Berlin and founder of Moving Poets. Dance, soundscape installation and vocals.

The End of the Nightingale

The nightingale loves to sing.

It sings to relieve the tedium as it sits on its nest through the night.

At dawn it sings so enthusiastically that it often completely exhausts itself.

Sometimes nightingales compete with each other.

The one that loses the competition frequently dies.

Wooguru

A South Korean native and Berlin dancer.

Untitled work – Wooguru creates a soundscape installation with found materials and the taps on his shoes. “This is a dance solely for dance’s sake,” he says. “I realize the radical core derived from my absolute individuality through my body.”

Alban Elved Dance Company The North Carolina-based company was founded in Berlin in 1997 by Artistic Director and Choreographer Karola Lüttringhaus. Dance installation.

adam-mah explores the symbiosis of human and nature, our creative and destructive capacities and the development of personal identity, territoriality and war.

Hardin Minor of Omimeo

Charlotte native and multidimensional performance artist. SENTIENT: A Dance Parable. Five creatures discover the natural patterns of adaptive intelligence demanding decisions in a dangerous world. Choreographed as a “directed collaboration” by six artists in motion.

D’angelo Dia and Jacqueline White of Open Door Studio Not So Random Jellyfish (or Glass House) is an exploration of personal identity, childhood, innocence, loss, and rediscovery. Through dance and poetry, the performers present the struggle and challenges of what it means to be an individual yet universally connected.

Artists

• Moving Poets Charlotte: http://www.movingpoetscharlotte.org/
• Moving Poets Berlin: http://www.movingpoets.org/home.html
• Wooguru: https://wooguru.wordpress.com/
• Alban Elved Dance Company: http://www.albanelved.org/
• Hardin Minor: http://www.hardinminor.com/
• Jacqueline White, owner Open Door Studios: http://www.opendoorstudios.com/

Venue, tickets

• The Chop Shop: http://chopshopnoda.com/
• Direct ticket link: http://carolinatix.org/events/detail/moving-poets