PRESS RELEASE
7th Annual Queens International Film Festival
Subject: The Michael Shannon Film "COURSE"
Screening: Saturday,
5:45 pm, November 14, 2009
The Michael Shannon Film, COURSE, presented by Empower Entertainment in association with Topiary Productions,
has been selected by the 7th Annual Queens International Film Festival for its WORLD PREMIERE screening at the Frank Sinatra Center
for the Arts in New York City.
PRESS RELEASE
Subject: Nadezhda Gracheva Gala Performance
Performance: Bolshoi Ballet
and the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra - November 10, 2009
At the request of prima ballerina, Nadezhda Gracheva, Michael Shannon's
"MADAME BOVARY" will be performed at a Gala Performance in her honor during the Bolshoi's 234th Season in Moscow on November 10, 2009
with Madame Gracheva in the leading role of Emma Bovary.
PRESS RELEASE
Subject: Configuration Dance Theatre Celebration
Speaker,
Fundraiser, Performance: November 7, 2009
Configuration Dance Theatre celebrates its past, present and future with its First
Annual Fundraiser and Performance, November 7th at 7:00 p.m., featuring guest speaker, Dance Theatre of Harlem star, Virginia Johnson, wine,
hors d'oeuvres, auction. CDT's performance will begin at 8 p.m. with works by Joseph Cipolla, Susan Jaffe, and Michael Shannon, at
St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, 845 Kenmore Avenue in Buffalo. You can purchase tickets at CDT's new studio at 230 Lexington
Avenue in Buffalo, or by calling, 883-4510.
PRESS RELEASE
Subject: The Daniel Ulbricht Dance Spectacular
Performance: September 20, 2009
The Ulbricht Dance Spectacular at the UB Center for the Arts features dancers and repertoire from New York
City Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Configuration Dance Theatre, firmly grounded in Balanchine's tradition of making choreography
the star, with works authorized by the George Balanchine Foundation, and contemporary ballets, Susan Jaffe's "Royenne," Joseph
Cipolla's "Breathless," and Michael Shannon's "What's the Pointe."