7MPR Theme Dance Theater - Midnights Performance Series 2024

7Midnights Physical Research is dedicated to the exploration of 7 social issues: Class, Education, Ability, Sexuality, Race, Age, and Gender, which are the 7 themes consisting of the concept of 7MPR’s main program, Themed Dance Theater through 7 performances. “Midnight” is a special time of perceiving self-consciousness, transforming new energy, recovering from trauma, refreshing thinking, forming ourselves in a timeframe of new physical and mental discovery. 

7MPR's "themed dance" is aimed at investigating the dark side of human, how they shape our society, and how our society is influencing us through different issues and inner factors.Thinking about the inner relationship between human's "sins" and "issues" in the society where we are involving in as individual and found the “7/Seven.” The seven social issues, the seven themes, the seven deadly sins, the seven heavenly virtues.

In this performance, the 7 themes depicted by the dance artists’ movement and thinking, each choreographer’s work presented will express one or more than one topic aligning with the themes of the seven social issues. We have successfully done five midnight performances throughout the years of 2022 and 2023, and the Sixth and the Seventh Midnight will take place in 2024.

 

Logistics of 7MPR Themed Dance Theater-Midnights Performance Series

Each of work must be no longer than 12mins. 8-10 works will be selected for each Midnight.

Tech/Dress rehearsal will be posted before the performance week. Each work will be allowed 20 minutes within four (or five) hours block.

Due to the nature of the space, lighting will be low-key but simple requests can be accommodated. Welcome to bring your own lighting design for you piece.

There might be a Discussion Party following each show, no longer than 30 minutes depending on the time. 

The Sixth Midnight Performance will take place on January 7th, 2024. Application deadline will be 11/18/2023.

Each performance will be an hour and 30 minutes in length (8-9:30pm), and might be changed sometimes.

Our performance venue will be at Arts On Site, Studio 3F.

 

How to Apply & Application Fee

Applicants will receive an Application Form after contacting us by our email: info@7mpr.com and all choreographers will be asked to fill out basic information about their proposed works. A link of work sample video is required for application, which can be a completed work, or a work-in-progress. Selected works will be announced to artists individually.

Each applicant will be charged a $20 application fee, which is required and non-refundable. Application fee will be sent to 7MPR via Venmo: @ThemedDanceTheater-7MPR or PayPal: PayPal.Me/7mpr which can be also found on the bottom of the application form. Additionally, there will be a donation-based service fee for both photos and video footages, if choreographers would like to receive their dance photos and videos from us, suggested donation will be $ 15-30. For dance photo and video footage, artists can pay any time before or after the performance day. 

 

Performance Dates

Sixth Midnight Performance – January 7th, 2024

Seventh Midnight Performance – June 2024

(Notes: 7MPR Season 4, might start either in Fall 2024, or Spring 2025)

 

Tickets are provided at Arts On Site  (link will be available in Dec)

Tickets at door: $25

Venmo: @ThemedDanceTheater-7MPR

PayPal Link: PayPal.Me/7mpr 

7MPR Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/8df80bc8

Sugested Donation: $10-20 

 

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