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In the News
City Paper:
Taking Up Space , LABCO dance company grows Ripe , Marking 10 Years
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Mysteries of S(even) , Private Domain Review , Dance MVPs
The Rocket, Slippery Rock University:
Private Domain Review
Pictures on the Web
Flickr.com - Gallery Crawl 2007:
Tiny Dancer , Friday Performance , Dancers & Photographers
Performance Information
New dates coming soon!
This season was made possible by the generous support of The Howard Heinz Endowments, The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Mary Hillman Jennings Foundation, Breathe Yoga Studio, and an anonymous donor.
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Important Websites:
Kelly-Strayhorn Community Performing Arts Center
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New Hazlett Theater
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Palissimo Dance Company - Pavel Zustiak, LABCO Guest Artist
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ProArts Tickets
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Union Project
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This is our Tenth Anniversary Season
LABCO History
LABCO dance represents a company of experienced professional dancers and choreographers with a collaborative spirit living in Pittsburgh. Providing performances, professional classes, and outreach programs, LABCO has become an integral part of the Pittsburgh arts community.
LABCO was established as an initiative of the Dance Alloy in September 1996. As of May 1999, LABCO was recognized as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. After several years of functioning under a collective philosophy, LABCO currently operates with a sole artistic director, Gwen Hunter Ritchie. Ms. Ritchie came to LABCO after dancing with Dance Alloy for five years and serving as Assistant to the Director for Malashock Dance and Company in San Diego for four years.
LABCO's company members are both well established and emerging dancers, choreographers, and performance artists who have come together in the Pittsburgh area, bringing with them varied movement backgrounds. LABCO members have performed in New York, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, and Europe. The artistic director, with the assistance of the company members, oversees classes, educational residencies, workshops, lecture demonstrations to universities, public schools, art festivals, and performances throughout Pittsburgh and other cities.
Labco Dance is included in the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Roster.
Funding may be available to support engagement in DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV, and the US Virgin Islands.
For more information www.pennpat.org. or email [email protected].
LABCO's performances, classes and outreach could not be made possible without the following support
Mission & Vision Statement
Laboratory Company Dance is a contemporary dance company dedicated to the
presentation, production, creation, and teaching of contemporary dance. It is a company committed to its mission of passionately advancing the daring art of movement while nurturing unity within the dance community. To this end, LABCO strives to create a home for local artists,allowing them to stay and thrive in the Pittsburgh region. LABCO supports artists of all mediums and diverse communities for the creation, teaching, and performance of new works of high artistic merit in both traditional and alternative venues. In this way, the company also fulfills its vision that every movement artist has a home in a community that values and supports contemporary dance.
