THE VISION: To build a company that is known for creating unique, original dance/theater works of extraordinary excellence, and to present them on a national stage.
THE MISSION: To create narratively-structured, evening-length concerts and site-specific performance pieces that demonstrate our passionate belief in the power of live, in-the-moment art to transport audiences emotionally, personally and intellectually in ways impossible through other art forms.
THE WORK: Award-winning 3rd Law Dance/Theater builds “mesmerizing” and “striking” dance performances that express the artistic vision of its directors—a vision that merges a powerful, energetic bodily idiom with a thoughtful and personal spirit. We conceive, design and present provocative, entertaining performances that engage the audience. We desire to create a magical space for our audience, a space that will transport them for the evening to a place outside of the here and now.
We are adept at addressing serious subject matter with a witty and droll style—creating a unique and exciting brand of performance: dramatic soundscapes, moving imagery, thoughtful and engaging narration, vivid and imaginative costuming and lighting. We invent athletic, gesture-based movement embodied in new, distinctive vocabularies—all to evoke heartfelt response from our audience.
The company draws on every theatrical device and scheme to entrance its audience and create that magical space, and we collaborate with electronic media artists to extend our reach. In recognition of that accomplishment, the directors were awarded the “Cutting Edge” Award of the Colorado Dance Alliance for “innovative and creative use of twenty-first century artistic and technological tools in dance.”
Every year the company is seen by thousands of audience members in settings as
expansive as Denver Botanic Gardens and as intimate as the Emmanuel Gallery at
Auraria Campus. 3rd Law has appeared to acclaim at the National Performing Arts Convention and Denver “Museum Night” and has collaborated with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
The critics say:
Bread & Salt: “... is an intelligent, high energy work that reaffirms 3rd Law's willingness to think big and take risks." -Kyle MacMillan-Denver Post
“Art of the Open Air Brought Indoors” (Collaboration with Denver Botanical Gardens): “there is a certain fluidity to Moore's sculptures, and 3rd Law did a beautiful job of capturing it … Truly, it was beautiful.”- Jeff Otte-Westword
The CleanRoom:“…has gone from wonderful to stunning ....” –Don Atwood-World Dance Reviews
(and) “...it was hard not to be impressed by the intelligence, audacity and sheer scope of this expansive, highly theatrical piece.” -MacMillan-The DenverPost
Till We Wake (with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival): “And the poet's voice, [is] almost the antithesis of the gentle beauty of Katie Elliott's choreography, and the lyricism of the patterns she creates.” –Wittman-Denver Westword
Every year the company is seen by thousands of audience members in settings as expansive as Denver Botanic Gardens and as intimate as the Emmanuel Gallery at Auraria Campus. 3rd Law has appeared to acclaim at the National Performing Arts Convention and Denver “Museum Night” and has collaborated with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
3rd Law is also supported by:
Boulder Arts Commission (an agency of the Boulder City Council), Boulder County Arts Alliance, Colorado Creative Industries, The Denver Ballet Guild, Polk Family Charitable Fund, Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, The Community Foundation, The Denver Foundation and through corporate funding and contributions from generous individuals.
*And, yes, ... that's Newton's Third Law: "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."
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