K+C will return to the mountains of Colorado for the Green Box Arts Festival to work
on old repertory and prepare for touring throughout the fall.
PERFORMANCE:
K+C will be performing at The Box JULY 1, 2011 @ 6:30
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K+C will also participate in a Creative Movement Class; SEE DETAILS BELOW:
Creative Movement Class
Start Date: Jun 30, 2011 – Start Time: 9:00 AM
DESCRIPTION:
This introductory class invites young students and adults alike to have a good time with creative movement/dance. This is “big kid” playtime. It includes not just basic contemporary dance ideas, but games and strategies for exploring dynamic movement unique to each of us. The class will begin with a basic warm-up moving in time to music. From there we will explore traveling through space, isolating body parts, movement invention, and creating a final dance together. No experience necessary, just come armed with curiosity and a sense of humor. Workshop will be led by Nicole Wolcott.
The story of the Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls begins with Christian Keesee, president of the Kirkpatrick Family Foundation. When Keesee renewed his interest in the community several years ago, things started happening and the town perked up.
While his family, for generations, had spent summers in Green Mountain Falls, Keesee surfaced as a public figure by funding and being part of the town’s comprehensive plan that, in essence, was the citizens’ vision for the future. In 2006, Keesee sponsored the summer residency of Keigwin and Company, a dance troupe based in New York City under the leadership of Larry Keigwin. The troupe has returned every year since.
Piqued by the town’s history, Keesee bought and restored a Victorian home on Park Street, one that included a studio for the troupe.
Little by little, Keesee made his mark on the town. Hailed as a hero by many, he sealed his stellar reputation when he bought the eyesore motel on Ute Pass Avenue, razed the buildings and established a park at the intersection with Mountain Avenue.
As a measure of Keesee’s cultivation of artists, to give them exposure, the park is distinguished by artistry, a multi-colored string sculpture in 2009 followed by the “Sleeping Dragon” steel sculpture last year.
Early this year, Keesee bought The Outlook Lodge and he is busy restoring the former pastor’s residence as a guest lodge. As well, he purchased the The Falls Motel and, because the buildings are in a floodplain, renovations are on hold.
Three years ago, on a low-key note, Keesee founded the arts festival featuring Keigwin and Company, a children’s author and a concert.
Last summer, the festival took off with a week-long series of activities that began with the dedication of the Kirkpatrick Trail and a hike with the town’s trails committee.
A cultural explosion, the festival had something for almost everybody: a theatre workshop for children; an Italian cooking class; the writer, Blake Bailey, a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize with his biography of John Cheever; a concert by the Youth Symphony and the grand finale, with the Gospel Workshop of America.
This year’s festival has a new lineup of diverse events, beginning with the kick-off June 26 at Church in the Wildwood.
In the interest of research, Ross Powell, the festival’s marketing director, was scoping out area taco trucks in late April, the winner to be on hand at the kickoff, along with a Boy Scout troop handing out cupcakes.
This year’s festival offers a sushi cooking class as well as Master Grill 101, a concert by the Youth Symphony and workshops on creative writing and youth theatre as well as a performance by Keigwin and Company.
The festival runs through July 2, a day that includes a trail hike, a dedication of the balloon art of Jason Hackenwerth and a concert that evening with the Gospel Workshop of America.
The festival is a result of Keesee’s interest in encouraging cultural awareness as well as enhancing the town’s economic sustainability.
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