Inside/Out Anew

by karen Krolak

Ok, I am hankering for vacation time so I can hotfoot it out to Becket and bask on the benches of the new Inside/Out stage. As further incentive, this summer's Inside/Out line up makes me drool. I am especially excited that two former classmates from Northwestern University, Julia Rhoads of Lucky Plush and Amanda Selwyn of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater, will be dancing there this summer.

In fact, let's start humming It's a Small World After All and meditate for a moment on how this stage supports the dance ecosystem. For example, Boston's Urbanity Dance will also be bounding about Inside/Out in August. Urbanity recently presented a piece choreographed by Ryan Casey, who was just named as one of Monkeyhouse's Bloggers-in-Residence. As you may remember from his post last summer, Ryan performed at Inside/Out as part of the first Tap program at the Pillow. Isn't it humbling and inspiring to consider how many people have launched their careers from Inside/Out's platform and to realize how many people teamed up to breathe new life into this stage?

So until I can sneak out to the Berkshires, please, please, please, feel free to chime in with your comments, pictures, or opinions about your experiences at new stage either as a performer or an audience member.

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are VERY excited to announce our new  

Bloggers in Residence:

Ryan Casey

Sarah Friswell

Gaby Mervis

and our new C2C Interns:

Sarah Grace

Sabrina Schwartz

Congratulations to all of you!  We look forward to working with you!

Tap Dance in New York City!

by Nicole Harris

It's summer in New York which means there is so much to do!  How do you decide which fabulous events to check out when?  Well, here are just a few of the upcoming tap events to choose from.

On Tap @ SummerStage -- FREE
Friday, July 1st @ 8pm
St. Mary's Park (South Bronx)

This amazing night of tap dancing contains many of my favorite dancers and choreographers including Ray Hesselink, Chikako Iwahori, Lynn Schwab, Michelle Dorrance & Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards.  And it's free!  What better way to spend a Friday night!


Copasetic Boat Ride -- $35
Thursday, July 5th @ 7pm
Circle Line Marina, Pier 83

Pack a picnic and set sail on this picturesque evening of music, dancing and fabulous company.  Meet the folks from Tap City and a whole boatload of tap dancers, fanatics and fans!
Call (646) 230-9564 to purchase your tickets!


Salute to the Copasetics -- $36/$20
Saturday, July 9th @ 8pm
Symphony Space

Join in the celebration of the Masters of Swing with performances by legendary performers along side hot new tap dancers.  As always, Tony Waag's performances are not to be missed!
Buy tickets at the Symphony Space Box Office at 212.864.5400

Keep an eye out for more upcoming events soon!

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Internship Application Deadline Extended!

I have been getting a lot of questions about the new Monkeyhouse internships, so I thought I’d take a minute to answer a few of the more popular ones.

WAIT!  I just heard about this, your website says applications are due tomorrow and I’m in exams this week!  What do I do?!

Thank you so much to everyone who has gotten their applications in already.  Due to the amount of excitement we’ve received about these projects, we are going to extend the application deadline to June 25^th.  Applicants will be notified by July 1^st.

I am SO busy!  What kind of time commitment are we really talking about and how is this going to fit into my schedule?

Both the C2C Internship and the Blogger In Residence Program consist of about one interview a month. 

The C2C Internship will have an orientation/training program at our office at Springstep in Medford, MA during the month of July.  After that, you are free to conduct interviews on your own time and are responsible for submitting a minimum of four written interviews over the next five months.  You will also have the opportunity to conduct one interview on our C2C television program in Somerville, MA.

The Bloggers In Residence are invited to the orientation gathering in July at our office at Springstep in Medford, MA.  After that you are responsible for posting at least once a month.  Each Blogger will be given a time frame in each month in which they are responsible for posting.  (ex. Jasper posts the first week of each month.)  All interviews and posts are written on your own time.

Where do I meet these people I’m supposed to be interviewing?

Monkeyhouse has been conducting interviews with artists all over the globe for many years now and can help you connect to artists that interest you.  Many of you already have ties to artists in your communities and we would love to learn a little more about them too!

What if I go to school outside of Boston?  Can I still participate?

Yes!  Most of the project is conducted via the internet so we want to hear from you, whether you’re studying abroad or just down the turnpike!

kerPlunk in Cambridge, MA

You may remember that Connect 2 Choreography  interviewed kerPlunk's Artistic Director, Katherine Richardson last summer as part of our series on Jacob's Pillow's Inside/Out stage. When I heard that kerPlunk will be heading to Cambridge next week to perform with Falling Flight Project, I was curious to know more about how this project developed.

by Katherine Richardson

kerPlunk dance is returning to the great North East after a successful season in 2010.  Following a two night run in Boston at the Arsenal Center for the Arts and an evening at the prestigious Jacob’s Pillow Inside/ Out stage, kerPlunk is back in Massachusetts teaming up with the creative talents of the local dance company Falling Flight Project for a two night run at The Dance Complex. 

kerPlunk dance met Falling Flight Project at the Charles River Dance Festival in early 2010.  Drawn to each-others athletic physicality matched with the depth of insightful choreography the two companies formed an instantaneous artistic friendship.   Karen Murphy-Fitch (Falling Flight Project) and I began mapping a duel city performance for 2011, one in Cambridge, MA  on June 17 & 18 and the second in New York City for August 27.    

The show at The Dance Complex will be an intermixing of the two companies.  kerPlunk dance will be performing two premieres for the Cambridge show.  The first piece, which is currently untitled, is choreographed by Natalie Desch of Doug Varone and Dancers, whom of which is a dear friend of kerPlunk.  This new piece is a quartet set on the whimsical musings of Jenny Gillan, Meghan MacAlpine, Sarah Wiechman and myself.  The second work, Galanta, is a twenty minute pieces set to Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta performed by another local, the Atlantic Brass Quintet.  Galanta is an ensemble work an excerpt of a full evening program featuring the musical stylings of Baroque, Renaissance, and Balkan composers in collaboration with the Atlantic Brass Quintet to begin touring in 2012. 

Both new works will also appear in the New York City show alongside a reconstructed work and installation piece, Touch and Go.  For more information regarding this performance or any other future shows please visit us at www.kerplunkdance.com

Falling Flight Project & kerPlunk dance 

The Dance Complex

536 Mass Ave

Cambridge, MA

                                                       June 17 & 18th @ 8PM                                                                                                                                  

Tickets $25 General/ $20 Student, Senior and BDA members

Reservations: 781.378.2528