2024 SCDT 10th anniversary celebration

ARTIST BIOS
October 5th 6pm Installations and 8pm Workroom Performance

INSTALLATION ARTISTS

Hatchery & Hatchery Pit Band
Unique in the Pioneer Valley, SCDT's Hatchery Young Artist program offers training in contemporary performance forms in dance: Modern, Improvisation, Contemporary Ballet, African Diaspora forms, music and dance and visual arts: Composition and performance Production. Hatchery offers opportunities for teens to work closely with internationally acclaimed guest artists to create choreographic works or simply to take class.

Hatchery Pit Band is SCDT's Teen Sound, Music & Video focused program. It’s a working playground where young musician artists (11-18) of all skill levels work in collaboration and showcase their creative voices and interests. With an emphasis on playing and free expression, the band explores songwriting and improvisation utilizing a variety of instruments and styles. Students are encouraged to play their own instruments, as well as to explore other sounds and avenues of musical expression to suit the creative needs of each piece. Students are exposed to audio engineering theory and practices (mixing, effect processing, and recording) and philosophies of expressive artmaking and live performing, with a focus on developing the collaborative skills and flexibility to adapt to what each moment brings.

Mike & Kathy: Mary Beth Brooker & Todd Colby
Mary Beth Brooker makes and performs work for theater, video and installation, and writes plays and short fiction. Her work as a director and dramaturg includes spoken word movement works at the APE/Workroom, New Play Readings Series, Smith College, MFA Dance concert, Work in Progress (WIP) SCDT, and Northampton Playwright Lab’s Play by Play series.
MFA Theater, Smith College 2020.

Todd Colby is a visual artist and poet who works in Northampton, Massachusetts and Brooklyn New York. Colby recently presented his visual art at Picture Room, Familiar Trees, BES Millerton, Platform Project Space, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Legion Arts, and White Columns Artist Registry. He has given readings at DIA Art Foundation, MoMA PS1, The Public Theater, Hudson Opera House, and The Poetry Project, among others. He is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently, It’s Okay to See Ghosts Now (Spiral Editions. 2023)

Everything Old is Trash
Bobby LaBitch makes things out of discarded items, stuffed animals, and hot glue–mostly home goods and other traditionally girlish and gayish arts. He installs the things he makes in art galleries, homes, as part of live performances, and sells his purses out of Win Win in Easthampton. Most of his “art” deals with built space and living space, history, colonialism, the body, family, childhood and sexuality. He has been a ballerina since age 4 and is currently balding from injectable testosterone.

For the Birds 
K Adler is an interdisciplinary artist based in Greenield, MA. Their artistic practice includes the co-creation of an arts collective Cloudgaze Productions with collaborations alongside Eggtooth Productions and artists throughout Western MA. They are a part of the ValleyCreates cohort receiving funding through MassMoCA's Assets for Artists with support from the Community Foundation for Western MA. K's range of work often incorporates largescale installations, experimental music, vaudevillian clowning and drag. Additionally, they produce multi-artist shows and festivals including an annual production of "A HAPPENING" Immersive Arts Festival at the Shea Theater in Great Falls, MA. Recently, their choreography is featured in the music video "Handfuls" from musicians Cloudbelly, filmed and directed by Robert D. Krzykowski. K is the Franklin County Arts Correspondent for 9.39 WRSI The River hosting the segment "Art Chat with Kat" on a weekly basis.

Bølge
Tori Lawrence is a choreographer and dance filmmaker who creates site-specific performances and installations. She has been a lecturer at Smith College, Bennington College, Middlebury College, and the University of Kansas where she has taught courses in dance film, improvisation, and contemporary technique. Recently she’s been working on a new multimedia project in Bergen and Trondheim (Norway), where she was in residence at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, DansiT, and USF Verftet. Other awarded fellowships/residencies include: Yaddo, Djerassi, Volland Foundation, Playa, Brunakra, and Ucross Foundation. She recently collaborated as a dancer and filmmaker with choreographer Sara Shelton Mann on a new performance installation with residencies/commissions at Project Artaud, Counterpulse, Fresh Festival at Joe Goode Annex, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, and Berlin’s Dock11.

Performer Bio: Anthony Pucci currently dances for Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was a company member with NW Dance Project and has performed with Tori Lawrence & Co. on a number of different films and performances.

WORKROOM PERFORMANCE ARTISTS

Live Modular Synthesis
Composer/filmmaker Jake Meginsky, a New Music USA award winner and Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellow in both music and film. Meginsky has been reviewed extensively in leading contemporary music, art and culture publications worldwide. In 2018 Artforum Magazine wrote, “On recent releases, Meginsky juggles off-kilter patterns of undulating bass, prickly sine pulses, and shards of white noise to build rhythmic worlds of dizzying density, depth, and textural variety.” Art In America Magazine says, “Meginsky’s digital concrète takes percussion to outer extremes.” Critic David Keenan called Meginsky’s 2014 solo record, L’appel Du Vide, “a hallucinatory electro percussion masterpiece.” Meginsky’s debut solo album, L’appel Du Vide, was included in WIRE Magazine’s Top 10 Records of the Year for Outer Limits and his third release, Seven Psychotropic Sinewave Palindromes, was listed in FACT Magazine’s Top 50 Albums of 2016. His most recent release , Trinities , on Poole records is a collection of modular synth improvisations.

You and Me
Gabrielle Revlock is a postmodern dancer, choreographer and movement educator. Her choreography often depicts the complexity of interpersonal relationships, in order to interrogate underlying social norms and create moments of absurdity, joy, humor, and compassion. She is a NYC Bessie Award-winning choreographer and her work has been presented by The Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, New York Live Arts, JACK, The Flea, School for Contemporary Dance & Thought, Joyce Soho, Gibney, Philadelphia Dance Projects, Center for Performance Research, Movement Research at Judson Church, FringeArts, ODC, Velocity Dance Center, Provincetown Dance Festival, and American Dance Festival among others. Internationally she has toured to Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Hungary, Russia and India. As a dancer, she has performed for Lucinda Childs, jumatatu m. poe, Susan Rethorst, David Gordon, Christopher Williams, Vicky Shick, Bill Young, Almanac Dance Circus Theater, Susan Marshall, and Jane Comfort. She is the creator of Restorative Contact, a partner mindful touch and movement practice. Revlock holds a BA in Art History from Vassar College, and an MFA in Dance from Smith College. GabrielleRevlock.com

Performer Bio:
Chloe London (she/her) is a choreographer and performer based in-between Northampton, MA and NYC. She graduated in May 2023 with her MFA in Performance & Choreography from Smith College and is currently on dance faculty at UMass Amherst. She dances for Barbie Diewald and Gabrielle Revlock and is working with playwright Mary Beth Brooker. She is choreographing a new evening-length piece commissioned by Triskelion Arts, premiering in April 2025. Chloe is currently dancing with Bebe Miller Company in an archival project for Danspace Project, culminating in performances in March 2025.

Brown Stew Fish Story
Lauren Horn is a movement and text based artist from Connecticut. She graduated from Amherst College with degrees in Psychology and Theatre and Dance. Lauren’s work explores identity and how it can be uncovered, marginalized, highlighted, and erased. By utilizing movement and text to foster a more welcoming form of vulnerability, her work creates a space for self-reflection and conversation for both the performer and viewer. Lauren’s choreographic work has been showcased at The BAM Fisher Theatre in Brooklyn, NYC, The Meydenbauer Center Theatre in Belleview, WA, Judson Church in Manhattan, NYC and other venues.

Emotional Tofu: Northampton
Tristan Koepke (he/him) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in Portland, ME. His creative works, collected as Big Boy Dance, have been presented by SPACE Gallery, CANDYBOX Dance Festival, Patrick’s Cabaret, Bryant Lake Bowl, Bates College, Bates Dance Festival, The Wooden Floor, Point Dance Ensemble, The 1419 Collective, and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. He has performed in contemporary and experimental dance works by Chris Schlichting, Vanessa Anspaugh, luciana achugar, Cally Spooner, Doug Varone, Mathew Janczewski, Kendra Portier, Heidi Henderson, Matthew Cumbie, Annie Kloppenberg, and was a member of Zenon Dance Company from 2011-2015 and 2017-2019. He holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently Assistant Professor at Bates College and Associate Director of the Young Dancers Intensive at the Bates Dance Festival.

Performer Bios:
James Barrett (he/they) is a Brooklyn-based performer, choreographer, and teacher. He received his BA in Dance from Point Park University, and has performed in the works of Ohad Naharin, Fernando Melo, Marguerite Donlon, and Aszure Barton. During his time with New Dialect under the direction of choreographer Banning Bouldin, he worked with Rosie Herrara, Idan Sharabi, Joy Davis, and Yin Yue, and has since collaborated with Faye Driscoll on “Weathering,” which premiered at New York Live Arts and is currently touring nationally and internationally.

Emilia Bruno (they/them) is an Italian-American, queer movement artist currently based in College Park, MD. They received their BFA in Dance and BS in Kinesiology from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is currently pursuing their MFA in Dance at the University of Maryland, College Park. Emilia has most notably had the honor of working for Shapiro and Smith Dance, Zenon Dance Company, Tristan Koepke, Brit Falcon, MK Ford, Rebecca Steinberg, and Slo Dance Company. Emilia has a long-standing relationship with the Bates Dance Festival as a mentor for the Young Dancers Intensive and is deeply dedicated to working in non-competitive, supportive learning environments for aspiring artists.

900 Bees Are Humming, excerpt
K.J. Holmes has been practicing improvisation as process and performance since 1981. These practices have deeply informed her journey as a dance artist as well as an actor, vocalist, writer and teacher. An avid improviser and creator of solo/duo and ensemble work, she has collaborated with Simone Forti, Image Lab with Lisa Nelson, Steve Paxton, among others. She has been very influenced by Body Mind Centering ® and the work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Ideokinesis with Andre Bernard, Meisner acting work with Terry Knickerbocker, voice and singing with Richard Armstrong, Barbara Maier Gustern and Samita Singha, among others. K.J. is a certified Yoga teacher through her studies with Sondra Loring, and a certified Ayurvedic Holistic Health Counselor through her studies with Dr. Naina Marballi. She teaches at NYU/Experimental Theatre Wing and Movement Research in NYC, as well as traveling nationally and internationally teaching, performing and creating. K.J. has performed most recently in the work of filmmaker/artist Matthew Barney, dancer/writer Karinne Keithley Seyers, music video of Mitski, as well as her own solo work 900 Bees are Humming. She is currently conducting a new ensemble piece, Blu/print, begun Fall 2023 with the mentorship of composer/instrumentalist Henry Threadgill through a grant from the NY State Dance Force.

SCDT's 10th year FUNDRAISER CELEBRATION

LOVE ART, LOVE DANCE

SAVE THE DATE!
SATURDAY OCTOBER 5th, 2024
6-9PM
at 33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA

Welcome to our SCDT FUNDRAISER CELEBRATION!
join us for workshops, a party and a performance event!

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Friday Oct 4
10-12 PM - WORKSHOP with Tristan Koepke

Saturday Oct 5
10-1 PM - WORKSHOP with K.J. Holmes

6 PM – PARTY and INSTALLATIONS
with free food and drinks, live music, installations
with SCDT's Hatchery, works by Tori Lawrence, Bobby LaBitch, Kat Adler, and MaryBeth Brooker, with music by Hatchery Pit Band

8:00 PM – CELEBRATION PERFORMANCE
featuring work by First Generation, Lauren Horn, K.J. Holmes, Jake Meginsky,
Tristan Koepke, Chloe London/ Gabrielle Revlock, and others!

Your donations are greatly appreciated and will help to fund SCDT for another season of fantastic programming, scholarship funds for Hatchery, and the continued curation of national and international guest artists.

TICKETS HERE!

donate today

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, October 4th:

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Workshop with Tristan Koepke

Saturday, October 5th:

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Workshop with K.J. Holmes
6:00 PM: Party and Installations - Enjoy free food and drinks, live music, and immersive installations featuring SCDT's Hatchery, works by Tori Lawerence and Mary Beth Brooker, Bobby LaBitch, Kat Adler and with music by the Hatchery Pit Band.
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Celebration Performance - Experience captivating performances by First Generation, Lauren Horn, K.J. Holmes, Jake Meginsky, Gabrielle Revlock and Chloe London, Tristan Koepke, and more!

Your support is vital!
Donations will help fund SCDT's upcoming season, provide scholarships for Hatchery, and continue the curation of national and international guest artists.
TICKETS HERE!
DONATE NOW!
Featured Artists:

Lauren Horn
Tristan Koepke
Jake Meginsky
Ellie Goudie-Avril
Mary Beth Brooker
Kat Adler
K.J. Holmes
Hatchery Dancers
Hatchery Pit Band
Chloe London
Gabrielle Revlock
Tori Lawerence
Bobby LaBitch

10th CELEBRATION WORKSHOPS

Workshop with Tristan Koepke
Friday October 4 in The Workroom
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tristan Koepke (he/him) is a dancer, choreographer, and educator based in Portland, ME. His creative works, collected as Big Boy Dance, have been presented by SPACE Gallery, CANDYBOX Dance Festival, Patrick’s Cabaret, Bryant Lake Bowl, Bates College, Bates Dance Festival, The Wooden Floor, Point Dance Ensemble, and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. He has performed in contemporary and experimental dance works by Chris Schlichting, Vanessa Anspaugh, luciana achugar, Cally Spooner, Doug Varone, Mathew Janczewski, Kendra Portier, Heidi Henderson, Matthew Cumbie, Annie Kloppenberg, and was a member of Zenon Dance Company from 2011-2015 and 2017-2019. He holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Bates College and Associate Director of the Young Dancers Intensive at the Bates Dance Festival.

Workshop with K.J. Holmes
Saturday October 5 in The Workroom
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

K.J. Holmes has been practicing Contact/Improvisation forms as process and performance since 1981. These practices have deeply informed her journey as a dance artist as well as an actor, vocalist, writer and teacher. An avid improviser and creator of solo/duo and ensemble work, she has studied with the early pioneers of CI including Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith and Daniel Lepkoff and has also been very influenced by the Tuning Score of Lisa Nelson and Image Lab, Body Mind Centering ® and the work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Ideokinesis with Andre Bernard, Meisner acting work with Terry Knickerbocker, voice and singing with Richard Armstrong, Barbara Maier Gustern and Samita Singha, among others. K.J. is a certified Yoga teacher through her studies with Sondra Loring, and a certified Ayurvedic Holistic Health Counselor through her studies with Dr. Naina Marballi. She teaches at NYU/Experimental Theatre Wing and Movement Research in NYC, as well as traveling nationally and internationally teaching, performing and creating. K.J. has performed most recently in the work of filmmaker/artist Matthew Barney, dancer/writer Karinne Keithley Seyers, music video of Mitski, as well as her own solo work 900 Bees are Humming. She is currently conducting a new ensemble piece, Blu/print, begun Fall 2023 with the mentorship of composer/instrumentalist Henry Threadgill through a grant from the NY State Dance Force. K.J. has been honored to dance in many of Steve Paxton's creations, as well as knowing him as a dear friend.

SCDT PAST AND PRESENT EVENTS AND ARTISTS!

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Lauren Horn
Tristan Koepke
Jake Meginsky
Ellie Goudie Averill
Mary Beth Brooker
Sara Smith
K.J. Holmes
Hatchery Dancers
Hatchery Pit Band
Choe London
Gabrielle Revlock
Tori Lawerence
AND MORE!