Minneapolis, Minn. January 25, 2012 The Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts is excited to bring recent Tedx participants Black Label Movement to The Goodale Theater February 10th 12th. Black Label Movement (BLM) will present Visceral. Plunge into the ballistic dance world of Twin Cities based BLM with its world premiere of Artistic Director Carl Flink's surreal new work Canary and the Twin Cities premiere of HIT, an exploration of the technique of physical impact between human bodies. The Chicago Tribune declared about HIT's 2011 world premiere in Chicago's Same Plane Different World Dance Company that Flink "employs a singular, combative image, more an act of aggression, really, as [a] signature motif. . . this combative edge intermingle[s] with a wealth of feats of acrobatic oomph."

The production also features a live performance of BLM's viral Internet hit A Modest Proposal created with Science Magazine writer John Bohannon for the 2011 TEDx Brussels conference in Belgium. The program is completed by Flink's poignant A Duet from Wreck performed by Flink and BLM Artistic Associate Emilie Plauchè Flink, For She a wrenching solo by Flink performed by Laura Selle Virtucio and BLM's signature work This Bleeding Heart . . . Tickets are $22 and can be purchased by calling 612.206.3600 or by logging onto www.thecowlescenter.org.

About Black Label Movement

BLM blasted onto the Minnesota dance scene in 2005 with its unique brand of daring physicality and thoughtful dance making. The Star Tribune describes BLM founder Carl Flink's artistic approach as follows, "His inventive choreography derive[s] from physical risk and kinetic surprise, [and] emanates a deep soulful humanity." The St. Paul Pioneer Press writes, "Watching Carl Flinks dynamic Black Label Movement dancers forge their way through his magnum force pieces, you cant help wonder why dance has not been designated as an Olympic sport. But then again, what sport could match the blend of gymnastic control and nonstop momentum of Flinks choreography? Or its beautifully sculpted movement? Or its emotional wallop?"

About The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is the Twin Cities' newest arts center and the flagship for dance in Minnesota. Centrally located in downtown Minneapolis, The Cowles Center includes the newly refurbished 500-seat Goodale Theater; the Hennepin Center for the Arts, home to 20 leading dance and performing arts organizations; the state-of-the-art Target Education Studio, housing The Cowles Centers distance learning program; and the new U.S. Bank Atrium. The Cowles Center fills the need for a place that is a catalyst for the creation, presentation, education, enjoyment and celebration of dance and the performing arts in the Twin Cities. www.thecowlescenter.org.

Black Label Movement

Visceral

Friday, February 10 8pm (Opening Night) Saturday, February 11 8pm Sunday, February 12 7pm Single tickets - $22

Location: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts

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 and Saturday & Sunday two hours prior to performances Online anytime at www.thecowlescenter.org Single tickets - $10-18 (group discounts available)

Contact: Andrea Tonsfeldt

612.206.3631

atonsfeldt@thecowlescenter.org

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