VPL in the News

Go North, Young Dancers
Vermont Performance Lab creates regional arts resource

By Jonathan Mirin
West County News Correspondent

November 14, 2007
West County residents, when they want to see some of New York’s better known dancers perform, generally turn to venues like the UMASS Fine Arts Center or perhaps consider making the trip all the way into the city. Quietly but steadily, a new resource is being developed in the other direction. Vermont Performance Lab (VPL), created in 2006 by Sara Coffey and her husband David Snyder, has been working in partnership with Marlboro College to bring esteemed citizens of New York’s dance world to this community of less than 1000 a few miles northwest of Brattleboro. Read more...

"Framework" for Understanding
Jon Potter, Brattleboro Reformer Staff

Thursday, January 11, 2007
BRATTLEBORO -- Who knew a typical teenager's busy schedule was the stuff of art? A dozen dedicated local teens, and their mentor, acclaimed choreographer/performance artist Yasuko Yokoshi, hope to convince a crowd of 4,000 arts presenters in New York city of exactly that. Read more...