PRESS RELEASE
February 20, 2014
Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place
2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Ellis, Managing Director
Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place
Office Ph#: (828)257-4512
E-Mail: jellis@dwtheatre.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Who:
The Chase Brock Experience
When:
March 21 & 22, 2014 • 8:00 p.m.
Where:
Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place
Ticket Prices: Regular $40; Students $35; Child $15
Student Rush day-of-the-show (with valid ID) $10
Info/Tickets: Box Office (828)257-4530  www.dwtheatre.com
Artist’s Website: www.chasebrockexperience.com
For Interviews, contact: Chase Brock • chase.brock@mac.com
For Calendar Listings: Broadway choreographer and Western North Carolina native Chase
Brock returns to the mountains with his hip, original dance troupe The Chase Brock
Experience. Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place. Friday & Saturday, March 21 & 22,
2014, 8:00 p.m. Tickets: Regular $40, Student $35, Children 12 and under $15; Student rush
day-of-show (with valid I.D.) $10. Tickets/Info: (828) 257-4530 or online at
www.dwtheatre.com.
“an energetic, sprightly troupe…one whose dances mix a witty Broadway sensibility with
rock-and-roll zest.” –New York Magazine
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THE CHASE BROCK EXPERIENCE LIGHTS UP THE STAGE WITH JOYOUS,
EXCEPTIONAL DANCE AT DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE MARCH 21 & 22, 2014 AT
8:00PM
One of Western North Carolina’s most notable young cultural prodigies returns to the
mountains with his hip, original dance troupe The Chase Brock Experience at Diana
Wortham Theatre on Friday and Saturday, March 21 and 22, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
A Hendersonville native, Chase Brock performed on Broadway, choreographed Broadway’s
SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark, and formed The Chase Brock Experience all before hitting
age 30. However, he notes that his “professional debut” actually took place on the stage of
Diana Wortham Theatre when the Junior League paid a then 12-year-old Chase Brock to
perform an original tap dance routine at their meeting.
At age 16 Chase Brock began his dance career in the original cast of Susan Stroman’s
Broadway revival of The Music Man and assisted choreographers and directors including Ann
Reinking, Kathleen Marshall, Tina Landau and Robert Wilson on and off Broadway before
beginning his choreography career. Brock has choreographed for American Ballet Theatre,
New York Theatre Ballet, and Ballet Spartanburg, where Brock was a longtime student. In
addition to his theatre dance work, he has choreographed for opera, television, music projects,
and created video game choreography for the bestselling Dance on Broadway for Nintendo
Wii (Ubisoft), which was released in North America and Europe in 2010.
Brock brought his well-honed talents back home in 2011 when he was invited by Flat Rock
Playhouse artistic director Vincent Marini to present “The Nutcracker” on the Playhouse’s
main stage as a reimagined, non-ballet piece of dance theater. The production’s cast included
students with the Playhouse’s YouTheatre, where Brock got his start.
The Chase Brock Experience is dedicated to developing and presenting Brock’s original
choreography. Since the company’s inception in 2006, Brock’s crowd-pleasing works have
been making ripples throughout the contemporary community. His body of work is
compelling and unique, significant for melding exceptional dance by a multi-faceted
collection of dancers, commissioning original scores from outstanding contemporary
composers, placing dance in fully considered visual environments, using live music when
possible, and collaborating with artists from a broad range of media.
In its March 21 & 22 performances at Diana Wortham Theatre, The Chase Brock Experience
performs: Mission: Implausible, an exhilarating, fast-paced dance theater extravaganza more
akin to Looney Tunes than modern dance; Curious Episode, a witty duet for two women
(Friends? Frenemies?) who tease and needle each other in alternating classical and jazz
modes; What a Wonderful World, a full company explosion of athleticism, color and abandon;
Slow Float, a folk-rocky five-song suite for the full company in a series of snapshots of
friendships, relationships and summer coming to and end; and Whoa, Nellie! A wild and
wacky traveling carnival of a dance performed to acclaimed and eclectic singer-songwriter
Nellie McKay’s album Obligatory Villagers.
The Chase Brock Experience has performed in numerous festivals, residences and prestigious
venues including six New York seasons at Abrons Arts Center, Joyce SoHo, Dance New
Amsterdam, The Connelly Theater and Baruch Performing Arts Center, in performances at
Fire Island Dance Festival, Dance Gotham Festival, Downtown Dance Festival and Solstice in
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Times Square, and in coveted residencies at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center and The
Orchard Project.
For insight and increased enjoyment, ticket holders of the March 21 & 22 evening
performances can attend free pre-performance discussions with Chase Brock in The Forum
at Diana Wortham Theatre at 7:00pm both nights prior to the performances. Seating is limited
and offered on a first come, first served basis. We regret that we may not admit patrons to the
discussions after 7:10pm.
In addition to the public performances, Chase Brock teaches a Master Class for intermediate
to advanced dancers on stage at Diana Wortham Theatre on Saturday, March 22 from 10:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Dancers will meet Chase Brock, engage in exercises with The Chase Brock
Experience company members, and learn repertoire from a piece presented during the public
performances. The class ends with a question and answer period. The Master Class is an
excellent opportunity for dance students and aspiring professional dancers. Cost for the class
is $10. Advance registration is required and is limited to 30 participants. Tickets for the class
may be purchased by calling the box office at 828-257-4530.
The Chase Brock Experience is also a part of the Matinee Series for Students and Families,
with a performance on Friday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m. The Matinee Series is open to school
groups, homeschoolers, community groups, and families.
The Chase Brock Experience’s Asheville performances are made possible by Performance
Sponsors William & Catherine Gay and Richard E. Howell, DDS; and by Mainstage Dance
Series Sponsors Hedy Fischer & Rancy Shull, Tina & John McGuire, Ronna & Rob Resnick,
BMW of Asheville, and Diamond Brand Outdoors; with additional support from Media
Sponsors WNC magazine and WCQS 88.1FM.
The new entrance for the Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place is marked by the location of
the theatre’s new marquee between 12 and 14 Biltmore Avenue. Patrons enter the theatre
through the breezeway next to Marble Slab Creamery and into a large interior courtyard for
Pack Place with multiple glass doors to the theatre’s lower lobby and new box office. The
intimate theatre seats just over 500 and boasts exceptional acoustics and sightlines, making it
the premier performance space in Western North Carolina. The Mainstage Series is supported
by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. The Mainstage Series
2013/2014 Season Sponsors are the Asheville Scene, Blue Moon Water, Creative Energy,
Laurey’s Catering and Gourmet-to-go, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Renaissance
Asheville Hotel. To obtain more information on the Mainstage Series or to purchase tickets,
call the theatre’s box office at (828) 257-4530 or visit www.dwtheatre.com.
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