Snappy Dance Theater

{{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Companies|date=September 2022}} {{No footnotes|date=September 2022}} }} '''Snappy Dance Theater''' (founded 1996) was a non-profit postmodern dance company located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. It was founded by artistic director Martha Mason, Marjorie Morgan and George Whiteside. It closed in June 2008 ″due to a lack of institutional support for fulltime modern dance companies in Massachusetts.″<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/martha-mason-977b6510/ |title=Martha Mason |date=July 4, 2023 |website=LinkedIn |access-date=July 4, 2023}}</ref>

==The Company== The company was composed of Mason, Carey McKinley (Foster), Roger Fernandes, Jeremy Towle, Lee Walden, Bonnie Duncan, and Tim Gallagher. Alumni included Cathy Calhoun Bosch, Sean Kilbridge, Jim Banta, James Tanabe, Eveline Mostovoy, Lucy Bunning, and Bess Whitesel. It was notable for integrating non-traditional dance forms (e.g. circus performance, martial arts, puppetry) with more traditional ones. It was part of the 2003–2004 Bank of America Celebrity Series, and performed as part of the Open Look Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

==Awards== * 2004 ''Boston Phoenix'' readers poll: Best Contemporary Dance Company{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

==See also== *20th century concert dance

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.snappydance.com/|name=Snappy Dance Theater website}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060319081703/http://www.dancemagazine.com/dance_magazine/reviews/show_review.php?f=august_2004%2Fsnappy.php&PHPSESSID=603bb41ef3680550bfb1e2196b77587f Dance Magazine review]

Category:Defunct dance companies in the United States Category:Dance in Massachusetts Category:Contemporary dance companies Category:1996 establishments in Massachusetts Category:2008 disestablishments in Massachusetts Category:Arts organizations established in 1996 Category:Arts organizations disestablished in 2008