Minneapolis, Minn. February 22, 2012 The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts is thrilled to have Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum & The New Standards together in The Goodale Theatre March 16th and 17th. The Flying Foot Forum will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary in an exciting and high-stepping evening with The New Standards. Set to the bands distinctive music, this unusual variety show will feature an eclectic mélange of dance pieces and guest appearances by company members past and present who have been a significant part of the Flying Foot Forums unique community of dance, music and theater artists. The New Standards personality-laden brand of witty and engaging performance, and their extraordinary jazz and pop settings of familiar but always surprising new standards, will be the backdrop to this powerhouse team, featuring some of their favorite musical collaborators including Peter Ostroushko, Natalie Nowytski, and Peter OGorman with The New Standards extended Big Band, seen annually at their beloved Holiday Show. Dont miss this exciting evening of music and dance, The New Standards only Spring appearance, and a wonderful and witty tribute to the dancers and performers who have brought their unique artistry and personalities to make the Flying Foot Forum one of the most unique companies in the Twin Cities for 20 years.

About Flying Foot Forum

Flying Foot Forum is a vibrant and bold percussive dance/theater company that fuses percussion and percussive dances with many other forms of music, dance and theater, telling unusual tales, creating a wild variety of characters, and exploring universal ideas in inventive and exciting new ways. Repertory concerts and full-length pieces are available for touring along with an exciting mixture of residency activities for people of all ages and degrees of dance ability.

About The New Standards

The New Standards are a unique jazz trio making a splash around the world with their personality-laden brand of heartfelt engaging performance and extraordinary musicality. Each member comes from a distinguished background in pop, rock and jazz, and brings something fresh to the project. John Munson on stand-up bass, is a founding member of chart-topping bands Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic, Chan Poling on piano, founded the seminal 80's pop-punk band The Suburbs, and Steve Roehm, climbing breathtaking jazzy and minimal-chiming colorful heights on his vibraphone, started in the punk Billygoat and avant-jazz Electropolis. The New Standards perform regularly in New York City (Joes Pub, Le Poisson Rouge, City Winery); they have been featured in The New York Times and been pick-of-the-week in Time Out/New York, as well as featured guests on WNYU, NPRs World Cafe, and The Current. Besides fine clubs and theaters in the US, theyve played Europe and China, and in their hometown Minneapolis/St. Paul regularly sell out their Dakota Jazz Club multiple show stands as well as the 1000+ seat Fitzgerald Theater in St, Paul with their Annual New Standards Holiday Show.

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.

Flying Foot Forum and The New Standards

20th Anniversary

Friday, March 16 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 17 8pm

Single tickets - $25

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 Group discounts are available

MARCH AT THE COWLES CENTER

Mathew Janczewskis ARENA DANCES

in the ARENA

Friday, March 2 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 3 8pm

Single tickets - $28

Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater

We, The Others

Friday, March 9 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 10 8pm

Sunday, March 11 7pm

Single tickets - $20

Cantus

The Singing Revolution: Songs from the Baltic Awakening

Friday, March 15 7:30pm

Single tickets - $10-25

Flying Foot Forum and The New Standards

20th Anniversary

Friday, March 16 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 17 8pm

Single tickets - $25

Minnesota Dance Theatre

La Cathedrale Engloutie & Ancient Air

Friday, March 23 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 24 8pm

Sunday, March 25 2pm

Single tickets - $20-32

B-boy J-Sun presents Hip-Hop?

Friday, March 30 8pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, March 31 8pm

Single tickets - $12-18

Contact: Andrea Tonsfeldt

612.206.3631

atonsfeldt@thecowlescenter.org

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