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Forklift Danceworks

Forklift Danceworks seeks to create surprising, innovative, and unforgettable dance with all sorts of people. Their dances are frequently formed around a particular community's experience, and the final performance is a culmination of substantial research and preparation.

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    Forklift Danceworks

    PO Box 1304
    Austin, 78767

    Phone: (512)447-6405

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    05/08/10	Studio 54klift USArt Authority Studio 54klift Presented by Forklift Danceworks at USArt Authority May 8, 2010 Based on the (in)famous Manhattan nightclub of the late seventies/early eighties, Studio 54klift will be a night of dance and decadence set to a disco beat. This fun and glamorous evening will lend essential support to the ongoing artistic and outreach endeavors of Austin's acclaimed Forklift Danceworks. Live DJ! Dancing! Performances! Cash bar! Silent Auction!
    02/12/10- 02/21/10	Project FORKLIFT! The Off Center Project FORKLIFT! Presented by Forklift Danceworks at The Off Center February 12-February 21, 2010 Avg. Event Rating (3.5 Stars): Forklift Danceworks presents Project FORKLIFT, a concert of six dances by local choreographers, including a new work by Artistic Director Allison Orr- all in the style of Forklift Danceworks. Orr, who premiered The Trash Project in September and is known for creating dances with a unique and broad cast of performers, has challenged five of her favorite Austin dancemakers to choreograph dances in the style of Forklift Danceworks. Dances either engage people as performers not typically thought...
    09/12/09	The Trash Project Austin Studios The Trash Project Presented by Forklift Danceworks at Austin Studios September 12, 2009 Avg. Event Rating (2.5 Stars): Celebrating Austin's Solid Waste Services employees while exploring our relationship to waste, The Trash Project will feature over 15 large sanitation vehicles and a cast of Solid Waste Employees in a choreographed trash truck ballet! Presented in collaboration with the City of Austin Solid Waste Services Department, Trash Project is Allison Orr's largest project to date. Because the journey of creating a Forklift show is as revealing as the final performance, Orr has invited the public...
    08/06/09- 08/27/09	Physically Integrated Dance Workshop Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus Physically Integrated Dance Workshop Presented by Forklift Danceworks at Austin Community College Rio Grande Campus August 6-August 27, 2009 Tom Giebink has been teaching and studying contact improvisation since the 1970s. He has extensive experience working with dancers with disabilities. *Please know that Contact Improvisation relies on touch extensively. Space limited, email for a slot.
    03/05/09- 03/08/09	Skate! A Night at the Rink Playland Skate Center Skate! A Night at the Rink Presented by Forklift Danceworks at Playland Skate Center March 5-March 8, 2009 Forklift Danceworks is reprising its sold-out summer show SKATE! A Night at the Rink March 5th and 8th at Playland Skate Center. Aptly described by The Austin Chronicle as "a big wet kiss to the communal experience of roller-skating" The cast includes adults of all ages (oldest skater is 71!) and includes local jam skaters, competitive figure skaters, and even a few rollergirls. Audiences members sit right on the rink to experience close-up the thrill and joy of skating, and...
    07/24/08- 07/27/08	Skate! A Night at the Rink Skate! A Night at the Rink Presented by Forklift Danceworks July 24-July 27, 2008 Forklift Danceworks celebrates all that there is to love about the roller skating life with SKATE!: A Night at the Rink. Directed by Artistic Director Allison Orr and presented at Austin's Playland Skate Center, SKATE! features a cast of nearly 30 roller skaters- including teens through adults (oldest skater is 71!,) local jam skaters, competitive figure skaters and skaters from the Texas Rollergirls League. Hear a musical score filled with your favorite roller skating songs- from 50s...
    08/02/07- 08/18/07	The King and I Arts on Real The King and I Presented by Forklift Danceworks at Arts on Real August 2-August 18, 2007 Forklift Danceworks’ much loved and critically acclaimed dance theater homage to Elvis Presley will be re-mounted in August of ’07. Marking the 30th anniversary of Elvis’s death (it was August 16, 1977 if you forgot!), Forklift Danceworks will not only present three weekends of The King & I, but also will host numerous other “Elvis-inspired” events. Special Guests making a cameo Elvis appearance include Jim Swift of KXAN Channel 36 (8/2), local singer/songwriter Sara Hickman...
    11/30/-1	Skate! A Night at the Rink Skate! A Night at the Rink Presented by Forklift Danceworks December 31, 1969 Directed by Artistic Director Allison Orr and presented at Austin's Playland Skate Center, this new work features Forklift dancers and a large cast of community members - all performing on roller skates, of course! At Playland Skate Center, 8822 McCann Drive, Austin 78757 (183 and Burnet)

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    • Event Name: Project FORKLIFT!
      "Expanding the Definition"
      Review posted by: Rata Rey from Austin, TX USA, Feb 16, 2010
      

      Allison Orr, Forklift Danceworks' artistic director, defines “success” as asking, "Is that dance?" If so, Orr succeeded. However, that sells short. Each piece held my attention as it effectively... Expand

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      Allison Orr, Forklift Danceworks' artistic director, defines “success” as asking, "Is that dance?" If so, Orr succeeded. However, that sells short. Each piece held my attention as it effectively melded movement to music. The first half most impressed. In "A Series with a Chair and an 11-Foot Line" by Mari Akita, Katherine Hodges echoed and complemented the video image of herself behind her. In the intriguing final sequence, Hodges interacts with a chair directly in front of her similarly interacting video image. The interplay between live self, "live" shadow, video image and video shadow was musical. In "So Far Ago," 70+ Frank Yezer, who studied and worked with some of the great dancers of the last century, and Sharon Marroquin, in her 30s, both moved beautifully and gracefully. Poignantly, youth looked forward to age’s inevitable limitations while age remembered youth's ease of body. “The Massage Therapy Dance: showcased that profession’s movements. I especially enjoyed the sheets. Collapse

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    • Event Name: The Trash Project
      "No way to know if it was happening"
      Comment posted by: J.L. from Austin, TX, Sep 13, 2009
      

      I really wanted to see the Trash Project. As it rained all day yesterday I thought it would be cancelled and performed today (the published rain date). Yesterday afternoon I looked everywhere I... Expand

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      I really wanted to see the Trash Project. As it rained all day yesterday I thought it would be cancelled and performed today (the published rain date). Yesterday afternoon I looked everywhere I could think of for a number or way to find out if it was going to happen because of the rain, and I found nothing so I didn't go. In checking this site today I see that it did happen yesterday. I am so sorry I missed it and hope that in the future when the weather is questionable that there will be a way to confirm the event. Would love to see video from the performance. Collapse

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    • Event Name: The Trash Project
      "Dramatic! Fun! Quirky! Beautiful!"
      Review posted by: Laura Hirschfeld from Rollingwood, TX, Sep 12, 2009
      

      Wow that was awesome! It was dramatic, exciting, beautiful, a celebration! It made me laugh, gave me chills, and brought tears to my eyes.

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      Wow that was awesome! It was dramatic, exciting, beautiful, a celebration! It made me laugh, gave me chills, and brought tears to my eyes.

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