Without Enough Funding, Dear Pina is Cancelled
by
Megan James
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May 22, 2013 at 5:24PM
Last January, Vermont choreographer Hannah Dennison announced plans to remount her ambitious dance-theater work, Dear Pina, which an ensemble of more than 30 local dancers performed at six sold-out shows in Shelburne Farms' soaring Breeding Barn last June. Feeling the production was still unfinished, Dennison said she was excited to "go deeper, to sharpen the edges, touch every part again, rub and burnish to a finish I had dreamed of last year but had to set aside because of time contstraints."Unfortunately, she's setting that dream aside again — this time because of money constraints. Last year Dennison raised $112,000, $90,000 of which was used to pay dancers and collaborating artists.
