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Dana Munson, Marketing Director
The Cowles Center.

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9th Annual Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance
Nominees Announced for 2013 Awards Gala

Minneapolis, MN (September 11, 2013) The Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts announced today the nominees for the 9th Annual Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance, which will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 7:30 pm in The Goodale Theater. Tickets are $19 and are available for this award gala and reception by calling the Cowles Center box office at 612.206.3600, going to www.thecowlescenter.org or in person between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Friday.

The SAGE Awards is a much anticipated annual celebration which provides audiences with an intimate look into the nationallyrecognized Minnesota dance community. The SAGE Awards showcases performances by awardees from past years while honoring dance excellence from the previous season. This year Karen Sherman will emcee the evening with performances by past awardees Emily Johnson, Katie Johnson and Shapiro & Smith Dance. Greg Waletski will provide the music. Following the ceremony, join the nominees and performers in the U.S. Bank Atrium for a reception.

The evening promises compelling performances, heartfelt and surprising acceptance speeches and revelatory moments of awkwardness.

Each year, a new award is commissioned from a local artist to honor the dancers and their achievements. Minnesota visual artist, Karl Unnasch, created the 2013 awards.

2013 Sage Awards nominees:

Outstanding Performance
Canon - Jennifer Arave
Folding in Wings - Megan Flood
Groundbreaker Battle Festival Jason Noer
Jack and The Ophelias Shapiro & Smith Dance
Matching Drapes Chris Schlichting
Venus and Adonis Ballet of the Dolls

Outstanding Performer
Andy & Rick Ausland Bucket and Tap Shoes: Dreams (Ausland)
Kenna Cottman F6 (Pramila Vasudevan) and Pretend (Angharad Davies)
Krista Langberg - Matching Drapes (Chris Schlichting)
Jim Lieberthal Listen (Rosy Simas)
Nicolas Lincoln Glitter Garden (Larry Keigwin) and Yes! (Freeh, Fricke, Howard,
Mayer, Van Loon)
Sally Rousse - Giselle Pas de Deux (James Sewell Ballet), Freemartin Twins and
Bear, Salmon, Dancer, Marshmellow (Rousse)

Outstanding Ensemble
Ananya Dance Theatre in Moreechika Sherie Apungu, Sarah Beck-Esmay, Ananya
Chatterjea, Renee Copeland, Alexandra Eady, Rose Huey, Orlando Hunter, Lela
Pierce, Brittany Radke, Chitra Vairavan, Hui Niu Wilcox
Cast of Hillarys Assignment and Groove #1 (Deborah Jinza Thayer) Christine
Maginnis, Leah Nelson, Sharon Picasso, Taylor Shevey
Cast of Matching Drapes (Chris Schlichting) Mary Ann Bradley, Krista Langberg,
Dustin Maxwell, Max Wirsing, Laura Selle Virtucio
We're Muslim, Don't Panic, cast of Mourning in America (Amirah Sackett)Amirah
Sackett, Iman Siferllah-Griffin, Khadijah Siferllah-Griffin

Outstanding Design
Design team for Jack and The Ophelias (Shapiro & Smith Dance) Joanie Smith,
Carol Salmon, Mary Hansmeyer, Pearl Rea
Design Team for Matching Drapes (Chris Schlichting) - Chris Schlichting, Terrance
Payne, Max Wirsing, Morgan Peterson, Heidi Eckwall
Design Team for Niicugni (Emily Johnson/Catalyst)- Emily Johnson, Max Wirsing,
James Everest, Aretha Aoki, Heidi Eckwall, Bethany Lacktorin
Butch Thompson Pianist and Music Director for Destination Twin Cities (Sarah
LaRose-Holland)

Outstanding Dance Educator
Patricia Brown
Florence Cobb
Suzanne River
Zoe Sealy

Special Citation
Bryant Lake Bowl
Florence Cobb
Hauser Dance Company and School
Jim Smith

About the SAGE Awards
Since 2005, the Minnesota SAGE Awards have been presented annually to honor choreographers, dancers, educators, presenters, scenic and lighting designers, visual artists and others who continue to make the Twin Cities a national center of dance. This important celebration and recognition for local artists is named in honor of Sage Cowles with heartfelt appreciation for all she has done for Minnesota dance.

Since its inception in 2004, the SAGE Awards have continued to be directed, curated and administered by Twin Cities dance artists, Dana Kassel and Stuart Pimsler (Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater).

About The Cowles Center
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is the flagship for dance in Minnesota. Centrally located in downtown Minneapolis, The Cowles Center includes the newly refurbished 500-seat Goodale Theater; office and rehearsal space for 20 leading dance and performing arts organizations; the state-of-the-art Target Education Studio, housing The Cowles Centers distance learning program; the Illusion Theater, the James Sewell Ballet Tek Box; and the U.S. Bank Atrium.The Cowles Center is a catalyst for the creation, performance, education, and celebration of dance and the performing arts. Within these walls, people come together to create, to perform, to teach, to celebrate and above allTO DANCE!

Location: 528 Hennepin Avenue South at 6th Street, Minneapolis
Tickets: The Cowles Center Box Office | 612.206.3600
11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Friday or online anytime at www.thecowlescenter.org

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