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SUMMARY:The Moorings of Mackerel Sky
DESCRIPTION:Vivid Motion Dance is proud to collaborate with local author
  MZ to present new dance works inspired by MZ’s debut novel\, The Moor
 ings of Mackerel Sky. See the spoiler-free show live and go home with yo
 ur copy of the book – three weeks before it is available for the gener
 al public!\nThis all ages show runs for one night only at 7:00 p.m. and 
 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday\, February 6th at The Hill Arts on Munjoy Hill in P
 ortland ME. Tickets are on sale now at vividmotion.org and include a sig
 ned advance copy of the novel.\nThey say Mackerel Sky was founded when C
 aptain Burrbank first saw Nimuë the Mermaid and forgot the sea. Stricke
 n by love\, he moored his tall ship and made camp on the highest cliff\,
  hoping to forever gaze upon her beauty. That camp became a settlement\,
  the settlement a town\, the town a community both blessed and cursed by
  their tempestuous affair.\nThree hundred years later\, the legend of th
 e Mermaid and the Captain who loved her still invigorates and haunts the
  inhabitants of the small Maine lobstering town. In this close-knit town
  famous for its infamous mermaids\, community is built through love and 
 lore—willful elements that the townsfolk will have to harness if Macke
 rel Sky is to endure for another three hundred years.\nWHO: MZ &amp\; Vi
 vid Motion Dance\, Portland’s innovative and kinda quirky dance compan
 y\nWHAT: The Moorings of Mackerel Sky\nWHEN: Tuesday\, February 6\, 2024
  at 7:00 p.m. and at 9:00 p.m.\nWHERE: The Hill Arts (formerly St. Lawre
 nce Arts)\, 76 Congress Street\, Portland\nAll tickets include a signed 
 hardcover copy of the book. Tickets are $45 in advance/$50 at the door a
 nd are available at vividmotion.org or madteawithmz.com.\n###\nVivid Mot
 ion Dance is a nonprofit\, volunteer dance company for long-time dancers
  who want to bring dance back into their lives\, and a place for anyone 
 who always wanted to be a dancer but never had the chance. Audition for 
 a show\, volunteer backstage\, come to our pay-what-you-can dance classe
 s\, or catch a performance. From book trailers to ballet to burlesque\, 
 it's all here!\nMZ (Emily Zack) is a choreographer\, a classically train
 ed ballerina\, songwriter\, and a contemporary and burlesque dancer. She
  studied theatre at Tisch School of the Arts\, earned her BA in French f
 rom the University of Southern Maine and the Université Catholique de l
 ’Ouest in Angers\, France\, and received her MFA in Creative Writing f
 rom Lancaster University in England. The Moorings of Mackerel Sky is her
  debut novel.
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LOCATION:76 Congress St\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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