Dance company moves — and brings technology along with it
GAYLE WORLAND
Updated
Kanopy Dance's "Martha Graham: The Next Generation," performed in 2020, featured dancers from Kanopy 2, the company's pre-professional training program.
Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance co-artistic director Robert Cleary, right, and James McFadden of McFadden & Company architects examine the progress being made on converting a former coffee shop into the dance company's new home.
Lisa Thurrell, co-artistic director of Kanopy Dance, gestures to where large video screens will be installed in the dance company's eventual new studio space.
Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance co-artistic director Robert Cleary carries a piece of flooring designed to absorb weight and pressure inside the dance company’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St. The special flooring for dancers was removed from Kanopy's former studios on State Street.
The new Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance at 329 W. Mifflin St. is located next to the Madison Opera Center and close to the Overture Center for the Arts.
A future dressing room for dancers at the Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance serves as a temporary storage space for components of a floating floor system at the center’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St.
Components of a floating floor system await installation inside the Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St. From left are co-artistic director Robert Cleary, company spokesperson Susanne Voeltz and architect Jamie McFadden of McFadden & Company.
Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance co-artistic director Robert Cleary, right, and James McFadden of McFadden & Company architects examine the progress being made on converting a former coffee shop into the dance company's new home.
Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance co-artistic director Robert Cleary carries a piece of flooring designed to absorb weight and pressure inside the dance company’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St. The special flooring for dancers was removed from Kanopy's former studios on State Street.
The new Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance at 329 W. Mifflin St. is located next to the Madison Opera Center and close to the Overture Center for the Arts.
Kanopy Dance's "Martha Graham: The Next Generation," performed in 2020, featured dancers from Kanopy 2, the company's pre-professional training program.
Lisa Thurrell, co-artistic director of Kanopy Dance, gestures to where large video screens will be installed in the dance company's eventual new studio space.
A future dressing room for dancers at the Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance serves as a temporary storage space for components of a floating floor system at the center’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St.
Components of a floating floor system await installation inside the Kanopy Center for Modern and Contemporary Dance’s new location at 329 W. Mifflin St. From left are co-artistic director Robert Cleary, company spokesperson Susanne Voeltz and architect Jamie McFadden of McFadden & Company.
