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Please e-mail kim@ponesinc.com by 12/24 if interested.
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GRAPHIC
Part of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival ’16
Begins at Know Theatre
Over-the-Rhine
Written by Derek Snow
Directed by Michael Burnham and Brian Robertson
Choreographed Ian Forsgren & Kim Popa
Pones Inc. takes the audience outside the theatre and into the streets. The murals by ArtWorks and Higher Level Art have created an urban art gallery in the City, and Graphic extends these backdrops off their walls and into real life by creating six pop-up stages. Over 25 artists collaborate to share with you the stories behind the paint. 70 minutes.
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Filed under Cincy Fringe Festival, On Stage
COVINGTON, KY– Imagine you’re on a bus, mind numb, traveling from Point A to Point B. You’re worrying about the bills you have to pay, the errands you need to run, and… suddenly, people start dancing on the bus with you… Wait, on another bus, there are classical musicians and acoustic guitar and drums… And three other buses have been transformed into an art installation for a day! What is happening? Is this the coolest thing you have EVER seen? Is your day officially MADE?
Join in the celebration of your city, public transit and art as you connect with your neighbors during “Ride with an Artist” Day. Pones Inc. and TANK are teaming up for free pop-up art experiences happening throughout the day on buses. For the price of bus fare, riders will be transported in mobile stages and galleries on their ride to school, work, or home.
Leading up to the day are multiple free community classes and workshops for all ages and abilities, including dance classes for students at John G. Carlisle and Glenn O. Swing schools. We also need your help to create the mobile galleries!
Sign up today for free workshops for the whole family at Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center, The Carnegie, and Pique. Join your friends, family, and neighbors in making a bus come to life.
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“Ride with an Artist” Day Information:
Date: Friday, May 13th between 11:00am-6:00pm
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This event was made possible with generous funding from Covington Ten and The Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington. More information on “Ride with an Artist” Day and the surrounding events can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/520484391472388/ or www.ponesinc.com.
Pones Inc. provides artistic opportunities for community growth by creating engaging new ways for audiences to experience dance. Founded in 2008, Pones Inc. has collaborated with over 200 artists and 100 art and service organizations. The company creates site-specific performances through a fusion of movement and dance with other art forms. Pones Inc. performers use their bodies to speak their minds and use their signature pedestrian-inspired movement to spark collaboration, connection, and community. Pones Inc. believes that art creates powerful change.
The Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky is an integral part of the Northern Kentucky community, providing public transit service to Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties as well as downtown Cincinnati for more than 35 years. Close to 4 million passengers each year rely on TANK buses throughout the region to get them where they need to be. Visit TANK on the web at www.tankbus.org.
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Filed under Events, Press Releases
Embark on a journey with Pones Inc. as we explore our city with a new perspective.
On the heels of its sold-out Fringe production, Shelter, Pones Inc. brings a new piece to Cincinnati audiences which investigates the dynamics of poverty in the Queen City. POV (previously titled ConverseNation) was presented at the CrisisArt Festival held in Arezzo, Italy in 2014, and premiered in Cincinnati in October 2014 as a demonstration of the powerful effect art can have on social change. The work was incredibly well-received on both international and local platforms, with audience members sharing how they “now question their own ideas of privilege,” and calling the work “A beautiful crescendo that invited me to play” and “Powerful, meaningful, sensual, poetic. Very good use of space, the best show I have seen in a long time.”
Through technology and careful listening, Pones company members interviewed a range of people, recording as many interviews as possible and creating POV as a dance piece with a documentary video component. The work is site-specific, taking the audience on a tour of Over-the-Rhine’s lesser-seen corners, using both natural and constructed spaces. “[The show] is visually striking and wonderfully innovative – taking the audience on an evening walk through the neighborhood that is the focus of the show, historic and diverse Over-the-Rhine.” Audiences begin at Washington Park and journey throughout OTR, seeing multiple dance vignettes and stopping off in various indoor spaces, such as NAST Community UMC, to view documentary video. The production involves collaborators such as the Young Professionals Choral Collective, local musician Preston Charles Bell III, Chicago’s hottest spoken word artist J. Evelyn, and local flash mob theatre collective Queen City Flash. Embark with us on this conversation about the economic inequality of our city, as we explore its manifestations with a new perspective.
Performances will take place September 11, 12, and 13 from 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Reservations can be made online, https://ponesinc.wordpress.com/productions/pov/ and tickets will be $15 per person, payable at the beginning of the performance via cash, check, or credit card.
Pones Inc. provides artistic opportunities for community growth by creating engaging new ways for audiences to experience dance.
Founded in 2008, Pones Inc. has collaborated with over 200 artists and 100 art and service organizations. The company creates site-specific performances through a fusion of movement and dance with other art forms. Pones Inc. performers use their bodies to speak their minds and uses its signature pedestrian-inspired movement to spark collaboration, connection, and community. Pones Inc. believes that art creates powerful change.
Filed under Events, Press Releases
Sunday’s full day of performances brought a swarm of people down to Over-the-Rhine, resulting in seven sell-out performances.
The Coldharts’ EDGAR ALLAN sold out its third consecutive performance on Thursday.
Eleven year old Edgar Allan has one goal: to be the most remarkable boy at boarding school. He has only one obstacle: Edgar Allan. A manic lullabye inspired by the childhood and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
Their final performance is Sat, June 6 at 7:25pm
Also selling out their penultimate performance was DUNGEON from Hit the Lights, Dad Theater Co. from New York City.
A young man falls into the unknown to rescue something he holds dear. Inspired by kabuki, video games, horror movies, and pixar shorts, Hit the Lights, Dad Theater Co. build a world where the darkness speaks louder than the light.
The last chance to it Sat, June 6 at 4:00pm.
Photo of Laurie Benning Roberts (Steph) and Jay Hobson (Jamie) by Katie Lupica.
CHEMISTRY from The Cake Shop Theater Company enjoyed its first full house with hits next to last performance.
Steph struggles with chronic depression. Jamie just overachieved himself off the deep end. When they meet in their psychiatrist’s office, they can’t deny their chemistry, but can they survive it?
You can still catch their final performance on Sat, June 6 at 9:00pm.
Photos by Jillian Beach.
SHELTER, a collaboration between Pones Inc.and Queen City Flash enjoyed its third sell out with its final performance of the Fringe.
At the end of the world, a teenage couple seek refuge in a backyard fallout shelter. As lights flicker and sirens blare, their internment reveals the cracks between them and their reliance on each other. They soon discover that survival isn’t what you escape, but what you bring with you.
As is pretty much the norm for all trueTHEATRE events, last night’s special event, trueFRINGE was a sell-out.
There are 15 performances to choose from on Friday and 23 performances on Saturday.
Filed under On Stage
Behind the Curtain Cincinnati 