Lucky Truck, Breaking Ground, Hidden Away

This summer, The Lucky Penny turns two years old. 

We're excited to share these highlights of our upcoming season:

JUNE

Dance Truck Returns 6/28

With local choreographers, BEATRIX, Kala Seidenberg and Erik Thurmond. 

Featuring special guests tEEth via Portland, OR and New Orleans, LA.

Including specialty trucks by ASIFA-Atlanta (animation), Whitespace (gallery), and The Good Food Truck (poodles). Check out the evolving details at dancetruck.org.

JULY

Breaking Ground

Theater Emory has invited The Lucky Penny to a residency in July for their inaugural summer session of Breaking Ground: New Works Series. A space for exploring and generating with Nicole Livieratos, Helen Hale and Blake Beckham.

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

HIDDEN AWAY, the library at night

A new performance work by Nicole Livieratos and Phillip DePoy.

Prepare for a whirlwind that will leave you breathless and re-engaged with one of our nation's treasures: the public library. Sneak into the Decatur Branch with us, August 31 - September 7. More at nicolelivieratos.com

Lucky! Lucky! Lucky!

Heads Up, Lucky Pennies. Some incredible things have been happening...

In an astonishing act of generosity, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation surprised us with a 3-year, $30,000 operating support grant from their SEED Fund. We are so humbled, thrilled and encouraged by the news!

Creative Loafing gave us two honors in their Best Of 2012 Issue: Best reason to hole up in a cardboard box (Threshold) and Best Dancer (Blake Beckham).

In recognition of the ambitious vision behind Threshold, The Lucky Penny received Spotlight Recognition from The National Endowment for the Arts.

This fall, Lucky's Blake Beckham received a Community Impact Award from Emory's Center for Creativity & Arts.

Our deepest thanks to these fine folks, along with Lucky's supporters, sponsors, volunteers and audiences.

Check out the video by Room Eleven Media

Threshold from The Lucky Penny on Vimeo.

We'll be screening more footage, and giving an artist talk on Tuesday, October 9th at 7:30 pm, in Emory's Schwartz Center Dance Studio. Come experience insights from the design team, discover more about our creative process, and learn about the choreography, imagery and concepts driving the work!

Threshold - the reviews are in!

Photo by Bobbi Jo Brooks.  Email media requests for photography to blake at theluckypenny.org

Check out the reviews in BurnAway and ArtsAtl

Plus a photo slide show at Creative Loafing

Can't get enough? Save the date for an artist talk on October 9th at Emory University. For this Threshold Redux, we will share some gorgeous documentation by Room Eleven Media plus dig in to the ideas, imagery and collaborative process behind the work. 

Finally, we want to say: THANK YOU, ATLANTA. The Lucky Penny feels incredibly grateful for the many ways our community came together to support Threshold. It was an outrageous idea, a profound effort, and a very special piece to create for Atlanta audiences.  Here are some of the incredible numbers…

Days to build the cardboard house: 28
Hours to complete construction and technical production: 2,000
Lucky Penny artists, crew members and staff employed: 30
Volunteers: 70
Volunteer hours logged: 900
Supplies: 800 pieces of hexacomb and corrugated cardboard plus over 100 gallons of wood glue, hot glue and liquid nails
Average cups of coffee consumed per day by the crew: 50

Buy your tickets to Threshold HERE
$14 students and artists | $25 general
Thursday, 8/16 @ 8pm
Friday, 8/17 @ 8pm-SOLD OUT!
Saturday, 8/18 @ 2pm + @ 8pm
Sunday, 8/19 @ 2pm

Advanced ticket sales are strongly encouraged due to limited seating capacity at each performance. Walk-up transactions by cash or check only. GA Tech students may pay by Buzz Card. The box office opens 1 hour prior to show time. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early. Late seating is strictly prohibited due to the distinct nature of the production and set design. 

Performances take place at DramaTech Theater, located at the northeast corner of the Ferst Center, on Georgia Tech's campus.

Threshold: Kickstarter Campaign

The Lucky Penny is proud to present Threshold, a new work by Atlanta choreographer Blake Beckham, noted for her recent works American Muscle (Eyedrum, Emory University and Dance Truck at PICA's Time-Based Art Festival) and PLOT, a critically acclaimed production at The Goat Farm Arts Center, named Best Dance Performance of 2011 by Creative Loafing.

This summer, Beckham challenges a community of architects, engineers, paper scientists, sculptors and theater technicians to design and build a two-story home made entirely out of paper products. Sponsors so far include Idea Capital Atlanta and Possible Futures. As we seek further support from other cultural institutions and corporations, we ask YOU to pitch in a little. Your donation will go directly towards paying our artists. Thank you for your genuine support and enthusiasm for our work and the artists we believe in.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1042894430/threshold-3?ref=live

The Lucky Penny Turns 1

Birthday Party

Join us for dancing, drinks, cake and cardboard

Thursday, June 28, 7 to 10 pm
MASS Collective, 364 Nelson St SW

MASS Collective offers a perfect spot for celebrating The Lucky Penny's first successful year of advancing artistry and cultivating community in Atlanta. $15 for drinks*, cake, and a special preview performance of Threshold, Beckham's new work for a house made out of cardboard, designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects. Bring your heaviest bag of pennies for a chance to win free tickets to the Threshold premiere in August. Then hit the cardboard dance floor with guests DJ Git 'Em Gurl and Brigitte Bidet. Admission by cash, check or Lucky Pass.

* Drink quantities limited and ID required
Special thanks to our hosts, MASS Collective, a multi-disciplined group of makers, creators, artists and engineers. www.masscollective.org

The Lucky Pass
Admission to 5 Lucky Events: $50 artists or $75 general

Your pass grants you discounted admission to our 2012 season, featuring distinguished national guests and local talent who make contemporary art with intention, rigor and grit. Events include: 

-our Birthday Party on June 28
-priority seating for the August premiere of Threshold August 16-19
-our apocalypse art party on 12.21 at The Goat Farm Arts Center
-2 other eligible performances, workshops or presentations
-plus, invitations to private events with our community of Lucky artists