FALL 2024 SEASON OVERVIEW
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THE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE & THOUGHT PRESENTS: The Hatchery young artist project in: WE MEET AGAIN THREE PERFORMANCE EVENTS in the A.P.E. WORKROOM THEATER "teens who think on their feet" hampshire gazette CELEBRATING and SPOTLIGHTING the inspiring and essential voices of our TEENS DANCE- MUSIC- THEATER- VIDEO WHAT? HATCHERY presents: WE MEET AGAIN New works by HATCHERY dancers and pit band, featuring guest artists: Biso Kabisco Kaba, Lauren Horn, Jen Polins and Katherine Kain WHERE? In A.P.E.’s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street, Northampton WHEN? FRIDAY and Saturday December 13th- 14th at 8:00 PM SUNDAY December 15th at 2:00 PM |
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FALLING small, big and shared:
Experimental Learning through Contact Improvisation and Tuning Scores Facilitated by Karen Nelson Saturday November 9 10-1pm in The Workroom, 33 Hawley St. Northampton, MA This workshop will warm-up with the “small dance” of our senses (Steve Paxton, Contact Improvisation), explore survival patterns, common sense and compositional choice to reveal wonders of dancing in a dancing world. Enhancing awareness of touch by inhibiting vision in one score (Tuning Scores, Lisa Nelson), we will learn falling movements from each other with eyes closed. Devising playful actions and communicating choices within “made up” pressures to “get it right” will challenge personal and cultural habits to unravel. The resulting experiment engages innate dancing skills and exposes innocent, beautiful, and creative abilities— super powers to unravel presumptions of knowing— and embody the present with openess. |
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HUT Performance X3
Movement, Words, Sound Saturday November 9, 8 PM 33 Hawley Street, Workroom Theater Movement: Karen Nelson Words: Deja Carr Sound: Regan Bowering HUT is an exciting and innovative interdisciplinary performance series that has been running for 14 seasons. It isco-curated by movement artist Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten and sound artist Jake Meginsky. The series showcases the work of three artists in each performance, featuring MOVEMENT, WORDS, and MUSIC from local and international artists who share a pursuit of experimental improvisation and an intention to push their forms forward. HUT draws diverse audiences who love music, writing and dance, offering varied communities a chance to sit together and experience performance styles they might not have appreciated before. By juxtaposing different artistic genres and emphasizing experimentation, HUT creates a unique space for building a new sense of public engagement and appreciation for the arts. image by Bill Nace 2024 |
