Breaking Ground

This week, The Lucky Penny is delighted to join Breaking Ground, a laboratory for new works hosted by Theater Emory. We are bringing a dynamic mix of artists into Emory's space to work, test ideas, and create. 


Nicole Livieratos and Phillip DePoy will workshop their newest movement theater piece, HIDDEN AWAY, the library at night. Choreographer Helen Hale will create Sanity Ceremonies while Blake Beckham returns to the studio to explore new solo work. And, we are happy to bring back Melissa Dyne and Khaela Maricich of The Blow, as they develop a new performance premiering at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's TBA:13 Festival. 

Join us for an informal showing on Saturday, July 13 at 4:00 pm in the Theater Lab at Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. FREE Admission. Park in the Fishburne Deck and enter on the north side of the Schwartz Center, by the Business School.


Learn more about our Lucky artists
www.bdancing.com
www.nicolelivieratos.com
www.helenhale.com
www.pica.org/artists/the-blow

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, Blake Beckham, and The Blow.

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