Kanopy Dance Company
Kanopy Dance Company is comprised of professional dancers and choreographers; and, is a Resident Company of the Overture Center for the Arts, Madison WI. Members of the Kanopy Dance Company include Cynthia Bachhuber, Robert E. Cleary, Angie Curry, Elizabeth Fine, Lyndsey Groth, Karen Heusinger-Searles, Meg Johnson, Kerry Parker, Brianne Schenkel, Elyse Snider, Lisa Andrea Thurrell and Jessica Vokoun.
Kanopy has developed an extensive repertoire, adding new creations with each concert season. Artistic Director, Lisa Andrea Thurrell, formerly with the Martha Graham Company, holds an MFA in Dance & Choreography from the UW and the Certificate from the Martha Graham Professional Teaching and Trainee Program. Kanopy Associate Director, Robert E. Cleary, danced with Bill T Jones, Bebe Miller, Minnesota Dance Theatre, Ballet Minnesota and holds degrees in Dance and History. Kanopy encourages local, national and international creative artists (choreographers, composers, and other theatre artists) by bringing their work before wide audiences.
The Kanopy Company, Studio, and Kanopy School for Contemporary Dance and Choreography have been located for 31 years in downtown Madison. All concerts are at the Overture Center for the Arts unless otherwise noted.
Past Productions
- Celebration of Dance - April 16-18, 2010
- Dark Nights: Tanztheatre - February 19-21, 2010
- Autumn Heart - November 13-15, 2009
- Kanopy Dance Company 2009-2010 Performance Season Auditions - August 8, 2009
- Dance Here, Dance Now - March 20-22, 2009
- Dark Nights: Baba Yaga and other dreams - March 7-9, 2008
- Winter Joy Celebration - November 16-18, 2007
- Fall for Dance: Bright Nights - September 28-30, 2007
- Second Fusion and Transposed Heads � a novel by Thomas Mann - April 22, 2007
- "Dark Nights, Landscape of the Soul" - March 2-4, 2007
- "Dark Nights, Landscape of the Soul" - March 2-4, 2007
- Winter Joy - November 17-19, 2006
- Fall for Dance: Passionate Fusion - September 29 - October 1, 2006
- Open House - Sept. 2, 2006
- Spring Inspirations - May 11-14, 2006
- Dark Nights - March 2-5, 2006
- Winter Joy - Nov. 18, 2005
- Balance of the Wheel - September 29 to October 2, 2005
- Fall for Dance - Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2005
- Spring Inspirations - May 19-21, 2005
- Legends and Heroes - February 24-27, 2005
- Winter Joy Celebration - November 19-21, 2004
- Dances of Earth and Spirit - May 20-22, 2004
- Kanopy Dances Americana - February 27-29, 2004
- Winter Joy Celebration, November 19-23, 2003
- Dances From the West - TBA
- Dance Here, Dance Now- May 23-24, 2003
- Civic Center Concert - February 28, 2003
- Winter Joy, Celebration! - November 15-17, 2002
- Spring Dances - April 19 and 20, 2002
- Winter Concert - February 1 and 2, 2002
- Autumn Heart - November 9 and 10, 2001
- Spring Dances - May 18 and 19, 2001, 8PM&endash; Music Hall, UW Campus
- From Kanopy with Love - February 23 and 24, 2001, 8PM &endash; The Bartell Community Theatre (formerly the Esquire) just off the Capital Square
- Generation to Generation - November 10 and 11, 2000, 8PM - Music Hall, UW Campus
- Summer Breezes - May 26-27, 2000
- Kanopy Does Metallica - February 18-19, 2000
- In Concert - November 13-19, 1999
