THE BENTFOOTES' NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE, JULY 22 On Tuesday, July 22, White River Junction's Center for Cartoon Studies and the Main Street Museum will present the New England Premiere of The Bentfootes as part of the summer film program "ARTifacts." Kriota, the film's co-director and choreographer, will introduce the premiere and answer questions after the showing. The 7 PM pre-premiere reception with Kriota Willberg and cartoonist/animator Robert Sikoryak will open the evening at the Main Street Museum at 58 Bridge Street in White River Junction, VT, followed at 8 PM by the premiere of The Bentfootes at the Center for Cartoon Studies, 92 South Main Street in White River Junction, VT. Admission is $5 per person, free for Museum members and CCS students. For more information, call 802-356-2776.

DURA MATER AWARDED 2008 DANCE MOViES COMMISSION EMPAC, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, announced the four recipients of the 2008 EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission last week. Dura Mater's latest project, Sunscreen Seranade, was one of them!! Chosen from a short list of 28 projects by an international panel of dance-film practitioners, curators and producers, the projects range in format, style and emotional tone: from single-channel video installation to 16mm film, from the spectacular to the surreal. Sunscreen Serenade, directed and choreographed by Kriota Willberg, with sound by Carmen Borgia and illustration and design by R. Sikoryak (USA) is a global-warming themed, Depression-era musical, populated by hand puppets. We'll be shooting the new footage at the beginning of October and will keep you posted on its progress!

ANATOMY WORKSHOPS Summer Anatomy workshops include visits to Philadelphia, Long Island, and Indianapolis. Check the calendar for details and additions. click here

"Willberg makes, you know, dancing — musical, interesting, slyly funky, nicely structured." — Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice "Willberg's simple movement is endlessly inventive and her choreographic craft is mature, her dances continually engage the eye. Only at the end does their humor become apparent…after a few moments of staring openmouthed at the dancers, I burst into giggles I couldn't stop." — Terry Brennan, Chicago Reader "Kriota's knowledge of the body, as an anatomist, dancer and yoga practitioner make the perfect blend … She is inspiring, humorous and an excellent facilitator. I can't wait to return next year for more on-going study." — Cheryl Catranbone, owner of Golden OM Yoga "Dem' Bones … Dem' Bones," Main Street Gazette, July/August 2003