Sasso & Company is excited to announce that we will be hosting our semi-annual shared performance series, Deeply Rooted this February at The Dance Complex Julie Ince Thompson Theatre in Cambridge!
This season, the company has been hard at work in the studio creating brand new, world premiere choreography based on the psychological theory of attachment. Additionally, the women of Sasso & Company have collaboratively explored how these relationships impact our daily lives.
What is attachment theory? How is it portrayed in Deeply Rooted?
Deeply Rooted explores the nature of attachment and our visceral reactions to such relationships. In psychology, attachment theory attempts to describe the dynamics of long-term and short-term interpersonal relationships between humans. Moreover, the feeling of security, anxiety, and/or apathy has a direct relationship to how our bodies react to one another. Deeply Rooted deconstructs attachment through movement, gesture, and soulful dance expression.
Deeply Rooted will showcase two world premiere pieces as well as fan favorite company repertory. As part of the company’s mission to create a greater sense of connectivity in the Boston dance community, Sasso & Company has the honor to be presenting the work of eight local artists and companies.
We are excited to share our journey with our muse, attachment, and have invited these artists to create work based on this theme. Further, we are overjoyed to be sharing this work collectively with live audiences in Boston in just under one month.
I invite you to take part in our journey and read a bit more about our performances. I cannot wait to see you in the audience!!
Sasso & Company is excited to be presenting the work of:
Five artists on Friday, February 23rd:
- Boston Community Dance Project
- Layne Willis
- Lynn & Paul Dance
- Nozama Dance Collective
- Raquelle’s Dance Company
And four artists on Saturday, February 24th:
- Abilities Dance
- Colleen Roddy and Dancers
- Erin McNulty
- Lea D’Arminio
Performance and Ticket Information:
- Tickets: deeplyrooted2018.eventbrite.com
$20 advanced/$25 at the door (General Admission);
$18 advanced /$20 at the door (BDA/Student/Senior/Military/DCTA & DCWS) - When: Friday & Saturday, February 23 & 24, 2018; Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm
- Where: The Dance Complex, Julie Ince Thompson Theatre (Red line T accessible via Central Square, Parking available on Green Street)
About Sasso & Company
Founded in 2014 by Artistic Director Lacey Sasso, Sasso & Company is a Boston-based contemporary dance company. Sasso & Company creates innovative contemporary dance that blends sassy jazz and heartfelt gestures with unexpected rhythmic interpretations.
Lacey Sasso is the founder and Artistic Director of Sasso & Company, a Boston-based contemporary dance company. She has recently been on faculty at Boston University teaching contemporary jazz. Lacey attended Missouri State University where she earned a B.F.A in Dance Performance with a minor in Psychology. Lacey spent six seasons with Undertoe Dance Project (NYC) where she served not only as the Jazz Captain, but she was also the resident Jazz teaching artist. Her choreography was presented in the annual New York Season, Astoria Dance Festival, and Undertoe Dance Festival. In Boston, Lacey was a member and featured choreographer for Six One Seven Dance Collective for four seasons. In 2015 Lacey graduated from William James College with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy. Lacey has spent the last two years living in the United Kingdom. She has been on staff with the Royal Academy of Dance’s Step into Dance, Montage Theatre Arts, Kew Dance Arts, and SOTO Dance. Lacey has recently returned to Boston where she is on staff with South Shore Ballet Theatre and continues to direct Sasso & Company.
Colleen Roddy is currently in her third season with Sasso & Company serving as both a Senior Company Member and the company’s Rehearsal Director. Colleen received her early training at Gloria Jean’s Studio of Dance under the direction of Gloria Jean Cumming and Stacy Eastman and New Haven Ballet under the direction of Phillip Otto. She received her B.S. in Health Studies and Minor in Dance as well as her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Boston University. Most recently, Colleen completed her DPT Academic Practicum Project entitled: Project B.I.N.D.: Inclusion Hip Hop Dance Class at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. As a member of the USA Dance Team, she has performed at Madison Square Garden in NYC and competed across the U.S. and Germany at the World Dance Championships receiving the Gold medal as a soloist and team member. Colleen has received recognition for her work including Young Choreographer Awards from American Dance Awards and North American Dance Championships. Since 2013, she has had the honor to present her work at the American College Dance Festival, Urbanity Next Residency Series, Jose Mateo Dance Festival, BU Dance Faculty Concert, BU Dance Showcase, and Kelley Donovan’s Third Life Choreographer’s Series. Colleen now serves on the faculty at Boston University in both the Children and Adult Dance Divisions, and as a guest teacher and choreographer across several New England schools. She has performed with Six One Seven Dance Collective, BoSoma2, Urbanity Underground, Transit Dance Company, and as a back-up dancer for SNL Comedian, Hannibal Buress.
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