“Capturing The Love”
“Dance Partners: Animals and Their People”
A Solo Photography Exhibit by Alice Spears

November 7 – December 30, 2009
Opening Reception
Saturday November 7 5-7pm

Who: Alice Spears was a dancer trained in Balanchine’s School of American Ballet who performed in the Nutcracker Suite as a child before joining Alvin Ailey’s Clarke Center. Dance was her “ultimate form of self expression” at that time before she discovered the personal satisfaction of working as a Physician Assistant originally caring for HIV positive women in New York City then working in Family Practice in Woodstock, NY. Spears is currently employed by St Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Additionally, she lives with her partner on a small farm inhabited by horses, dogs, cats, chickens, an African Grey parrot named Annie and a Cockatoo named Radio.
What: These primarily color photographs express movement through the actions and interactions of animals and their people. Spears is motivated by her “deep love for the flora and fauna of this miraculous world of ours”. Her photographs reflect the interactions of people with their animals as well as animals with each other. Spear’s photographs record the fluid emotions and motions of animals as they swim against the surf, run into the wind, or make soulful eye-contact with owners. Though not choreographed the captured balletic movements may remind viewers dancers performing a pas de deux moving across the stage or corps de ballet members awaiting their cue. These photographs reflect Spear’s lifelong interest in movement as a form of self-expression.

When: This exhibit is open to the public November 7 through December 30
Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm. A reception with the artist will be held Saturday November 7 from 5-7pm.

Where: Montgomery Row Second Level is located on the second floor of Montgomery Row, 6423 Montgomery Street (Rt 9), Rhinebeck north of Upstate Films. There is parking at the building’s north entrance and at the Garden Street entrance.
For more information on “”Capturing The Love” “Dance Partners: Animals and Their People” please contact Sue Hartshorn (845.876.0543 or www.montgomeryrow.com) or Alice Spears (alicia999@frontiernet.net).