Still afterglowing post-Fourth, we are back in the Studio with very new ideas. This week in rehearsal, we got a bit of insight into what our composer, Lori is working on, and we talked about maps. The maps embedded in our own bodies. Using maps to look forward, using them to look back. Charting out your own terrain. Click here to see what resulted!
So, the new piece I am working on has seven distinct sections, and I am toying with the idea of performing them in a different order every time they are perfomed. I’m dealing with perspective here….whose side of the story it is. And I think changing the order of the sections will shed [...]
After quite a hiatus, I have decided to return to my trusty rehearsal blog, as a means of further articulating the vague and mysterious world of “process,” and attempting to chart it in my own work.
The last piece I made, “Cheek to the Light” was my little love letter to my classical foundation. [...]
Join me this weekend at Triskelion Arts for Williamsburg Arts Nexus (WAXworks). Sunday at 7. 118 N. 11th St between Berry and Wythe in Williamsburg! We need a lovely, interactive audience….this means you!
TrioDance Collective is performing a rough draft/excerpt from the piece I am working on right now for Second. “Cheek To [...]
I needed a break from setting work for our performance in December, a break from the studio and, frankly, from the pieces I am making right now. I met our dancers at Jessie’s rehearsal and took them on a field trip to one of my favorite spots in central park, Bethesda Terrace. [...]
dance has this devastating, ephemeral quality.
it happens, and it is gone.
a dance, once seen, is not easy to go back to, or revisit.
I’ve been grappling with this in my work as of late, this idea of creating a dance so structurally sound that it lasts a little longer, has a bit more staying power.
I started [...]
September has been a whirlwind of rehearsals, performances, and new thinking. It’s also roughed me up a bit, and given me a relentlessly productive attitude that I hope will continue throughout the fall. With seven minutes of “Cheek To The Light” set, I’m about a third of the way done, but I’d like [...]
with four performances this weekend alone, TDC has a lot to look forward to. Jessie’s “Beyond the Monolithic Black” will be featured at the Perceptions Contemporary Dance Festival. Emily is showing an excerpt of her swans at DNA Works in Progress. Come see my work as well at:
Triskelion Arts’ Collaborations in Dance [...]
TrioDance Collective has the beautiful opportunity to kick off our second season with a three-day SILO residency at DanceNOW NYC’s Kirkland Farm in Pennsylvania. We are thrilled to be able to get out of the city for some concentrated time to work on new and existing material with our new family of dancers. [...]
1. cheek to the light rehearsal from this week.
2. We are showing this work in progress this Saturday at Steps on Broadway’s Performance Lab Series at 8pm. Do Come.
3. I have also started research on hopper sketches. I want to finish one by second. Probably this one:
The light on [...]