Ballet dancers fly into a perfect arabesque, tappers bounce off the floor, and silk performers drop only to be caught by their ribbons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week, the Telluride Dance Collective is performing its annual Mass Movement<\/em> show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMass Movement<\/em> is an annual performance. It\u2019s really a celebration of dance for the community, and an opportunity for people to experience dance and perform,\u201d said Kelsey Trottier, artistic and executive director of the Telluride Dance Collective (TDC) \u2013 and a choreographer in this year\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TDC is once again partnering with Palm Arts on the production. The show features eight local choreographers, 18 adults, and around 20 local youth. There aren\u2019t auditions for the show. Trottier said their goal is to include everyone in the celebration of movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have people who have danced professionally, and we have some people who it\u2019s their first time performing,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s really the spirit of the Dance Collective. We always say we want people to find what moves them and believe that dance is for every body. It\u2019s a fun way to create an opportunity for people to celebrate dance, and feel like they can participate in it, and have it feel accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Styles include ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, aerial silks and lyra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trottier said this year\u2019s Mass Movement<\/em> is looking to bring joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis year we were all talking about how we could use good news, so all the choreographers selected music and created work with that in mind,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely this umbrella where anything goes, bring people together to try and create some good news with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Trottier, it\u2019s about building community through the movement of any body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s beyond words in that it\u2019s this nonverbal way of communicating and expressing,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that\u2019s really beautiful that you don\u2019t need to speak the same language to understand dance. It\u2019s really an emotional and expressive art form and that it ties together time and space. It\u2019s a really ethereal art form so you put it out there and you have to be in the moment to experience it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The community is invited to be in that moment of dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mass Movement<\/em> will take place at the Palm Theatre on Thursday, June 5, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at telluridepalm.com or at the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ballet, tap, aerial silks, and more take center stage as the Telluride Dance Collective presents its annual Mass Movement show. With no auditions and dancers ranging from seasoned professionals to first-time performers, the event celebrates inclusivity, joy, and the expressive power of movement. Catch the performance at the Palm Theatre on June 5.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4856,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"news-category":[514],"news-tag":[300,477,883],"class_list":["post-4849","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-featured-stories","news-tag-colorado","news-tag-telluride","news-tag-telluride-dance-collective"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n