You can find Monkeyhouse on Saturday, September 27th at 3pm and Sunday, September 28th at 4pm. All performances are held at the WHITE WAVE John Ryan Theatre, 25 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY.
Did we mention they are FREE!?
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9/17/14
DUMBO Dance Festival
You can find Monkeyhouse on Saturday, September 27th at 3pm and Sunday, September 28th at 4pm. All performances are held at the WHITE WAVE John Ryan Theatre, 25 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY.
Did we mention they are FREE!?
9/11/13
Upcoming Events!
by Aisha Cruise
That crisp bite in the morning air leaves no doubt that autumn is almost upon us, and as Boston gears up for the 2013/2014 dance season, September offers up some unique performances and occasions:
September 13 & 14 @ 8pm
September 15 @ 2pm
Secrets & Motion
Arts at the Armory, Somerville MA
Last year, Luminarium brought you into the fanciful world of Mythos:Pathos. This September, be among the first to see the company's new feature production, SECRETS & MOTION, combining dance, light, and text to create a performance riddled with contemplative thought, and a little humor. Collaborating with photographer Larry Pratt and installation artist Hannah Verlin (Fun fact: Luminarium met Hannah at this year's Against the Odds festival!), Luminarium presents an evening deeply rooted in the secrets we keep, share, and dismantle, while transforming the space into a breathing work of art. There will be a reception after the Friday performance, so stick around for drinks and discussion about the performance!
September 12-14 @ 8pm
Sunday, September 15 @ 6pm
Lilith
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown
A solo by Wendy Jehlen, "Lilith" explores the story of the first woman, who rebelled against Adam, and fled Eden. We view facets of her from the many perspectives that history, art and religion have viewed her - as the serpent who offers the apple to Eve, as a winged creature, a temptress, as an aggrieved mother a thousand times over. The creation of "Lilith" was originally inspired by the sculpture of the same title by Kiki Smith. The development of the narrative has been inspired and accompanied by the poetry of Keith Tornheim.
Return
Aerplaye Dance
RISD Auditorium, Providence RI
"Return" features the work and dance of Aerplaye founder Heather Ahern. Appearing in concert with Ahern are Aerplaye's founding dancers: Jamie Arnold, Shura Baryshnikov, Sarah Hopkins, Kathy Gordon Smith, and Brittany Lombardi, with a cameo appearance by special guest Michael Bolger. The performance includes six dances from Ahern's diverse body of work; moving, and at times playful, dipping into performance art and referencing many genres of dance.
That crisp bite in the morning air leaves no doubt that autumn is almost upon us, and as Boston gears up for the 2013/2014 dance season, September offers up some unique performances and occasions:
Mondays 09/09 - 10/21 @ 9:30-11am
Monday Morning Modern w/Mariah
Green Street Studios
Come invigorate your week with Monday Morning Modern with Mariah! Each class will include a thorough warm-up (floor & standing) designed to foster expanded range of motion and efficiency of movement, followed by center movement phrases in Mariah's distinctive style. Phrase work is technical, but organic and easy on the body, with a focus on theatricality, subtlety, detail and creative expression. All levels welcome!
Some other great Boston studios starting fall dance classes:
The Dance Complex (for any dance you can think of)
Jose Mateo Adult Drop-in series (for classical ballet)
Cambridge Center for Adult Education(for ballroom, ballet, jazz and tap)
Brookline Ballet School (mostly ballet, but some fun exceptions)
Monday Morning Modern w/Mariah
Green Street Studios
Come invigorate your week with Monday Morning Modern with Mariah! Each class will include a thorough warm-up (floor & standing) designed to foster expanded range of motion and efficiency of movement, followed by center movement phrases in Mariah's distinctive style. Phrase work is technical, but organic and easy on the body, with a focus on theatricality, subtlety, detail and creative expression. All levels welcome!
Some other great Boston studios starting fall dance classes:
The Dance Complex (for any dance you can think of)
Jose Mateo Adult Drop-in series (for classical ballet)
Cambridge Center for Adult Education(for ballroom, ballet, jazz and tap)
Brookline Ballet School (mostly ballet, but some fun exceptions)
September 13 & 14 @ 8pm
September 15 @ 2pm
Secrets & Motion
Arts at the Armory, Somerville MA
Last year, Luminarium brought you into the fanciful world of Mythos:Pathos. This September, be among the first to see the company's new feature production, SECRETS & MOTION, combining dance, light, and text to create a performance riddled with contemplative thought, and a little humor. Collaborating with photographer Larry Pratt and installation artist Hannah Verlin (Fun fact: Luminarium met Hannah at this year's Against the Odds festival!), Luminarium presents an evening deeply rooted in the secrets we keep, share, and dismantle, while transforming the space into a breathing work of art. There will be a reception after the Friday performance, so stick around for drinks and discussion about the performance!
September 12-14 @ 8pm
Sunday, September 15 @ 6pm
Lilith
Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown
A solo by Wendy Jehlen, "Lilith" explores the story of the first woman, who rebelled against Adam, and fled Eden. We view facets of her from the many perspectives that history, art and religion have viewed her - as the serpent who offers the apple to Eve, as a winged creature, a temptress, as an aggrieved mother a thousand times over. The creation of "Lilith" was originally inspired by the sculpture of the same title by Kiki Smith. The development of the narrative has been inspired and accompanied by the poetry of Keith Tornheim.
Saturday, September 21 @ 7pm
Boston Ballet's Night of Stars
Boston Common
To kick off the 50th anniversary season, the Boston Ballet is offering this free performance on the Common, featuring the Boston Ballet dancers and the Boston Ballet orchestra. I strongly recommend showing up early to get a good seat, because this event promises to have an enormous turn out.
Sunday, September 29 @ 2pm Boston Ballet's Night of Stars
Boston Common
To kick off the 50th anniversary season, the Boston Ballet is offering this free performance on the Common, featuring the Boston Ballet dancers and the Boston Ballet orchestra. I strongly recommend showing up early to get a good seat, because this event promises to have an enormous turn out.
September 28th @ 2pm & 9pm
Monkeyhouse
25 Jay St, Brooklyn
Join Karen and Nicole as they perform two duets from Against the Odds alongside many other wonderful artists in the DUMBO Dance Festival!
Saturday, September 28 @ 8pm Return
Aerplaye Dance
RISD Auditorium, Providence RI
"Return" features the work and dance of Aerplaye founder Heather Ahern. Appearing in concert with Ahern are Aerplaye's founding dancers: Jamie Arnold, Shura Baryshnikov, Sarah Hopkins, Kathy Gordon Smith, and Brittany Lombardi, with a cameo appearance by special guest Michael Bolger. The performance includes six dances from Ahern's diverse body of work; moving, and at times playful, dipping into performance art and referencing many genres of dance.
8/12/13
Monkeyhouse Updates
Dear Friends:
Last month I heard from a number of you about how much you've been enjoying our newsletters. Before we get to the fun stuff I have a quick order of business for all GMAIL USERS. Many small businesses and non-profits have found that their emails are being automatically sorted into the "promotions" folder and therefore overlooked with this new email sorting system. Please take a minute to drag and drop a Monkeyhouse email into your "primary" email folder. This will ensure you continue to get Monkeyhouse goodness there every month. Thanks!
Now, back to your regularly scheduled progamming:
Monkeyhouse is kicking things into high gear as we get ready for fall. Karen, Aisha, Nikki and I are creating magic over at the Middlesex Fells along with guest choreographer Laila Fatimi and performers from Endicott College as we get ready for Dance in the Fells in October. We are excited to have the opportunity to work with Two Roads once again in such a beautiful location! Karen and I will be heading to New York City in September to perform in the DUMBO Dance Festival in Brooklyn. After taking a year off from the CoolNY Dance Festival we are thrilled to be heading back to White Wave with some of the work created for Against the Odds. Next week I will be locked in the Dance Complex with Shannon Sullivan for an overnight dance making adventure at CHOREOFEST with Luminarium Dance. There are all sorts of other exciting artists involved, including our dear friend Ryan Casey, so don't miss out!
While we are busy with our preparations, I know that many of you are busy getting ready for back to school. Whether you're heading to college for the first time, sending your kids to middle school, or simply taking advantage of back to school sales, we'd like you to remember Monkeyhouse as you do your online shopping. Head over to Goodshop and a percentage of your sales will be donated to Monkeyhouse! AND, there are all sorts of coupons for the places you're already shopping. Target, Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Staples... It's all there! Do a little good with your back to school shopping this year!
Much Love -
Nicole and All Your Friends at Monkeyhouse
Last month I heard from a number of you about how much you've been enjoying our newsletters. Before we get to the fun stuff I have a quick order of business for all GMAIL USERS. Many small businesses and non-profits have found that their emails are being automatically sorted into the "promotions" folder and therefore overlooked with this new email sorting system. Please take a minute to drag and drop a Monkeyhouse email into your "primary" email folder. This will ensure you continue to get Monkeyhouse goodness there every month. Thanks!
Now, back to your regularly scheduled progamming:
Monkeyhouse is kicking things into high gear as we get ready for fall. Karen, Aisha, Nikki and I are creating magic over at the Middlesex Fells along with guest choreographer Laila Fatimi and performers from Endicott College as we get ready for Dance in the Fells in October. We are excited to have the opportunity to work with Two Roads once again in such a beautiful location! Karen and I will be heading to New York City in September to perform in the DUMBO Dance Festival in Brooklyn. After taking a year off from the CoolNY Dance Festival we are thrilled to be heading back to White Wave with some of the work created for Against the Odds. Next week I will be locked in the Dance Complex with Shannon Sullivan for an overnight dance making adventure at CHOREOFEST with Luminarium Dance. There are all sorts of other exciting artists involved, including our dear friend Ryan Casey, so don't miss out!
While we are busy with our preparations, I know that many of you are busy getting ready for back to school. Whether you're heading to college for the first time, sending your kids to middle school, or simply taking advantage of back to school sales, we'd like you to remember Monkeyhouse as you do your online shopping. Head over to Goodshop and a percentage of your sales will be donated to Monkeyhouse! AND, there are all sorts of coupons for the places you're already shopping. Target, Apple, Bed Bath & Beyond, Staples... It's all there! Do a little good with your back to school shopping this year!
Much Love -
Nicole and All Your Friends at Monkeyhouse
2/25/10
Connecting with Jessica Chen (part 1)
photo by: Quinn Batson
by karen Krolak
One of my favorite aspects of performing in the Cool New York Dance Festival is meeting other choreographers backstage. Personally, I love watching everyone warming up in costumes downstairs and imagining what transpires in their piece. Because we never do a full dress rehearsal, we can only catch glimpses of whoever is performing right before us. Hearing the music, occasional thuds or stomps, and the reaction of the audience only heightens the mystery.
I was delighted when one of our fellow choreographers from Program G, Jessica Chen, contacted Monkeyhouse through our Facebook fan page after the concert. It gave me an excuse to suss out more information about her piece, Training the Devil. Jessica was kind enough to indulge my barrage of questions through emails even though she was traveling in Taiwan.
karen Krolak: So was this your first time at the Cool New York Dance Festival?
Jessica Chen: Yes, this was the first time performing at Cool NY.
kK: Since choreographers have to be invited to perform in this festival, do you have any idea how Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of White Wave, heard about your work?
JC:I got involved with White Wave through the DUMBO Dance Festival. I performed on Sept 26, but I also ushered the night before. Young Soon let me usher a few shows instead of paying the application fee. I was applying to a lot of festivals last year, so this was tremendously helpful and sweet of her. Then she called me and asked if I wanted to show work at Cool NY. How could I turn that down?!
kK: As you know, I wasn't able to see your piece since we were in the same concert. Can you describe it for me?
JC: Training the Devil is a very physical and emotional duet, danced with two blue gloves and one black tie. It is a glance into the merging of two lives and the journey after “Happily Ever After.” Two individuals, who bring out each other’s demons, discover a world of acceptance and reconciliation.
kK: Wow, I like that it is danced by two blue gloves and one black tie...
JC: The truth is I got those gloves from a previous show I did. They are designed by "Sex and the City" and "Ugly Betty" stylist, Patricia Field. I just really like them. So I brought them to rehearsal one day along with some other things. We both got very inspired by them so we kept going with it.
kK: Was that right at the first rehearsal?
JC: This was probably in the middle of our creative process. It fit the story line and the direction the piece was going, so we didn't question it.
kK: I am always fascinated by watching the evolution of ideas within a piece. I wonder how much the costumes alter your movements or added to their meaning.
JC: We actually collaborated with a video artist. She filmed our rehearsals and performances and made them into a music video. It's a different viewpoint of the piece, but it shows some of the movement. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/user/jessicawchen
by karen Krolak
One of my favorite aspects of performing in the Cool New York Dance Festival is meeting other choreographers backstage. Personally, I love watching everyone warming up in costumes downstairs and imagining what transpires in their piece. Because we never do a full dress rehearsal, we can only catch glimpses of whoever is performing right before us. Hearing the music, occasional thuds or stomps, and the reaction of the audience only heightens the mystery.
I was delighted when one of our fellow choreographers from Program G, Jessica Chen, contacted Monkeyhouse through our Facebook fan page after the concert. It gave me an excuse to suss out more information about her piece, Training the Devil. Jessica was kind enough to indulge my barrage of questions through emails even though she was traveling in Taiwan.
karen Krolak: So was this your first time at the Cool New York Dance Festival?
Jessica Chen: Yes, this was the first time performing at Cool NY.
kK: Since choreographers have to be invited to perform in this festival, do you have any idea how Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of White Wave, heard about your work?
JC:I got involved with White Wave through the DUMBO Dance Festival. I performed on Sept 26, but I also ushered the night before. Young Soon let me usher a few shows instead of paying the application fee. I was applying to a lot of festivals last year, so this was tremendously helpful and sweet of her. Then she called me and asked if I wanted to show work at Cool NY. How could I turn that down?!
kK: As you know, I wasn't able to see your piece since we were in the same concert. Can you describe it for me?
JC: Training the Devil is a very physical and emotional duet, danced with two blue gloves and one black tie. It is a glance into the merging of two lives and the journey after “Happily Ever After.” Two individuals, who bring out each other’s demons, discover a world of acceptance and reconciliation.
kK: Wow, I like that it is danced by two blue gloves and one black tie...
JC: The truth is I got those gloves from a previous show I did. They are designed by "Sex and the City" and "Ugly Betty" stylist, Patricia Field. I just really like them. So I brought them to rehearsal one day along with some other things. We both got very inspired by them so we kept going with it.
kK: Was that right at the first rehearsal?
JC: This was probably in the middle of our creative process. It fit the story line and the direction the piece was going, so we didn't question it.
kK: I am always fascinated by watching the evolution of ideas within a piece. I wonder how much the costumes alter your movements or added to their meaning.
JC: We actually collaborated with a video artist. She filmed our rehearsals and performances and made them into a music video. It's a different viewpoint of the piece, but it shows some of the movement. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/user/jessicawchen
to be continued...
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