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The dance party of the year - not to be missed! Join us for the 6th annual SAGE Awards presentation at the Southern Theater! Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at the Southern Theater, Minneapolis 7:30pm, reception to follow Join the Minnesota dance community in an evening of award-winning performances and celebration to honor outstanding achievements in dance for the 2009-2010. The 6th annual SAGE Awards for Dance recognizes those whose work embraces a variety of forms and styles, transcends expectations and reflects our times. Past SAGE recipient Mary Ellen Childs will host this year’s gala event. Performers will include work by past SAGE Award winners Jane Shockley, Wild Goose Chase Cloggers and Vanessa Voskuil as well as an introduction of the 2009/2010 SAGE panel. Music will be provided by Eric Mayson and 6th and Vine. All 2010 SAGE Award recipients will receive a commissioned work by Twin Cities visual artist Amy Rice. Tickets: $12 Reservations Recommended For tickets call the Southern ticket line 612-340-1725 or go to www.southerntheater.org For more info: www.sageawards.org or www.southerntheater.org  Support provided by The McKnight Foundation,
the Dancing Fair, Surly Beer and Red Stag Supper Club.  The Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance are given annually for outstanding achievement in six categories for work presented in the previous year. The SAGE Awards are named in honor of Sage Cowles with heartfelt appreciation for all she has done for Minnesota Dance. Cowles herself, a choreographer, performer and philanthropist, is recognized for her dance leadership in the Twin Cities and nationally. The SAGE Awards was founded by Stuart Pimsler, who started the program with help from an initial committee of local dance community members. The awards were created to celebrate the dance community and bring national attention to the tremendous amount of high caliber dance activity in the Twin Cities. Dana Kassel and Stuart Pimsler serve as coordinators for the SAGE Awards in collaboration with an Advisory Panel representing the entire Twin Cities dance community. The SAGE Awards are generously supported by The McKnight Foundation and the Minnesota dance community.
Awards recipients will be selected by an anonymous group of peer panelists in the following categories: Performance, Performer, Design, Special Citation, Dance Educator and People’s Choice. Each year SAGE Award recipients receive a commissioned work by a Twin Cities visual artist.
The current panel is in place and seeing work until the season ends on August 31st, 2010. If you are interested in having your work seen and considered by the panel, please send a brief announcement of your show to newsletter(at)southerntheater.org. Deadline for the inclusion in each Wednesday’s newsletter is Monday at noon.
As requested by the community, the SAGE presentation evening has been held at several of the Twin Cities dance venues. Thank you to all of those who joined us for past events. To see a listing of award recipients and view photos of the past four award ceremonies, go to the Past Events page. Many thanks to the McKnight Foundation for their generous support. See the following links for press coverage:
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