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Intro to Ballet Workshop for Adults
with Ellie Goudie-Averill October 21, December 2 Drop-in, $15-$20 Sliding Scale 9:00-10:15am Sun Studio, The Arts and Industry Building, Suite 245, 221 Pine St, Florence, MA 01062 A workshop dedicated to introducing new dancers to ballet. Learn the basics, ask questions, and develop your knowledge and awareness of the body. We will dive into ballet with curiosity, kindness, specificity, and joy. |
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HUT is COMING TO BOMBYX
on NOVEMBER 4, 2023 at 7 PM Featuring works of: VANESSA ANSPAUGH ( Movement ) MAX GONEN ( words) LEMUEL MARK (sound) |
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THE Event of the Fall in Western Mass!!
YOUNG@HEART PRESENTS “LET’S DANCE” WITH SCDT's HATCHERY!Sunday November 19th @ 3PM Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton MA Young@Heart shake their tail feathers with some very special guests to kickstart the holiday season!! Buy Tickets Now! Click HERE to buy online or call the box office 413-584-9032 ext.105 Tue-Fri 3-6pm Photo by Julian Parker-Burns |
PAST SEASON EVENTS
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Hatchery performing at
South Hadley Arts Festival Main Stage at Chapin Auditorium, MHC 50 College Street South Hadley, MA 01075 3pm |
SUMMER 2023 IN REVIEW:
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SCDT COUNTERTECHNIQUE SERIES
July 10-14, 12-2pm with Maya LaLiberte and special Wednesday guest: Kate Martel at BOMBYX, 130 Pine Street Florence MA drop in: $12-$50 series: $50-$300 The Alexander Technique ( on Wednesday only) is an awareness-building study based in movement. In this class, one becomes aware of and un-learns habitual movements that may be causing stress, pain or difficulty. Through gentle, mindful movement, neuromuscular pathways are re-patterned for easier, more efficient overall use. This process can clear the way for optimal performance in movement and many other areas of one’s life. Anouk Van Dijk, creator of Countertechnique, credits the Alexander Technique with her ‘survival’ as a dancer, and the AT principles are a foundational element of a CT practice. In this Countertechnique summer class series, some guidance from the Alexander Technique will be offered to support students’ dance experiences. ( on Wednesday ONLY ) |
Countertechnique® is a contemporary dance technique class and movement system designed to help the dancer think about the dancing body, focusing on the process of incorporating information into action.
The class starts with a recurring set of exercises, allowing dancers to investigate the Countertechnique® principles in detail. The second half of the class consists of changing components, working towards luscious movement combinations and jumping at the end. The Countertechnique® class results in dancers using less energy, losing their fear of taking risks and gaining speed in changing direction. Dancers are encouraged to be pro-active in discovering connections and solutions, to be less concerned with judging themselves, and to work in a healthy way with regard to body and mind. Countertechnique was developed by Anouk van Dijk throughout her twenty-five year career as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Over the last fifteen years, the knowledge and experience she gained – in constant dialogue with her dancers – has gradually transformed into a detailed theoretical system and a teaching method, which now together form the Countertechnique system. Visit www.countertechnique.com for more information on the system, dates, locations and teachers. Instagram: @countertechnique https://vimeo.com/64474428 |
Saturday Ballet Practices- 10:30-12 at 33 Hawley St- donations $5-$20
Join us throughout the summer for a continuation of Hawley St Ballet! We will be meeting informally each Saturday to do a barre and some center and travelling dance combinations. This is a MIXED level class, everyone is welcome! However please know there will be less formal teaching than in our regular classes; exercises will be led by rotating volunteers in the group and the focus will be on personal expression and enjoying the form rather than technical skill.
July 8,15,22,29
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SCDT PAST EVENTS:
2023 WINTER/SPRING SEASON IN REVIEW
SCDT FALL 2022 PROGRAMMING RECAP- ENJOY and THANK YOU PETER RAPER!
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HUT: APRIL 1
Saturday April 1 at 8 PM THE FLEX, 33 Hawley Street MOVEMENT: CHLOE LONDON WORDS: EMILY HUNERWADEL SOUND: C LAVENDER SUAREZ HUT the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co- curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson. |
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RESONANCE Friday March 31 at 7:30 PM The FLEX , 33 Hawley Street A Live Performance of improvisational collaborations between SOUND & MOVEMENT Artists! Performers: SET 1) Jake Meginsky - Percussion, C. Lavender Suarez - Percussion, Chris Aiken - Dance, Angie Hauser, Dance SET 2) Maya Laliberte- Dance, Ben Goodbody and Danny Meyer- Sound |
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WIP XXIII
Sunday March 26 at 4:30 PM The FLEX, 33 Hawley Street artists: Miranda Lawson • Katherine Kain and Evelyn Kirby • Emma Quan Dewey • Jimena Bermejo The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond. |
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HUT: MARCH 4
Saturday March 4 at 8 PM The FLEX Theater, 33 Hawley Street MOVEMENT: JESSE ZARITT WORDS: LUCY WAINGER SOUND: LEMUEL MARC HUT the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co- curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson. |
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A.P.E.'s MAKING GROUND From February 22 - March 4, A.P.E. will make available the 3800 sq ft. floor of the Workroom Theater at 33 Hawley for a public, participatory creative action -- Making Ground. Thanks to a federal grant awarded to the Northampton Community Arts Trust, renovations to the Workroom and 33 Hawley will begin in early March. These upcoming renovations of the Workroom offer A.P.E. a unique opportunity to integrate the expressions of artists and other community members into the very structure of an arts space. For the 11 days of Making Ground, the Workroom and the land on which it sits will be a site for personal and interconnected creative engagement with our relationships to land, community, space, imagination, and stewardship. The Workroom floor will be the canvas upon which artists and the wider community are invited to create, reflect, and imagine together. All levels of art experience are welcome! |
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WIP XXII
Sunday February 19 at 4:30 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond. ARTISTS: Michelle Marroquin, The Picnic Sisters, Mathew Holiday and Maya Laliberte/Danny Meyer |
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HUT: FEBRUARY 4
Saturday February 4 at 8 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street MOVEMENT: Leah Fournier & Amelia Heintzelman WORDS: PETER GIZZI SOUND: BILL NACE Tickets $10 online/ $15 at the door FACEBOOK https://fb.me/e/1WEpTMFFl HUT the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co- curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson. |
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Hatchery
Saturday December 17th at 6 PM Sunday December 18th at 2 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street SCDT’s Hatchery Dance Company is an experimental movement based performance company for young artists ages 13-18. Unique in the Pioneer Valley, Hatchery offers training in contemporary dance forms such as Modern, Improvisation, Contemporary Ballet, African Diaspora forms, Composition and Dance Production. Furthermore, Hatchery offers opportunities for teens to work closely with internationally acclaimed guest artists to create choreographic works or simply to take class. |
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HUT: DEC. 3
Music: Greg Kelley Movement: Lauren Horn Words: Ide Thompson Saturday December 3rd at 8 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street HUT the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co- curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson. |
WIP XXI
Sunday November 13 at 4:30 PM
A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists.
The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond.
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nicole Fuentes • Lucia Gagliardone • Alta Miller
Sunday November 13 at 4:30 PM
A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists.
The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond.
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nicole Fuentes • Lucia Gagliardone • Alta Miller
Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
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Izumonookunl
work in progress Aretha Aoki and Ryan Macdonald Saturday November 12 at 7:00 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street Join us for a showing of this wonderful WORK IN PROCESS- IzumonookunI is a dance/punk/glam-goth/synthwave show weaving together the lost (her)story of Kabuki and its real and imagined influences. IzumonookunI (in development) is a dance inspired by Izumo no Okuni, founder of the Japanese dance-drama form, Kabuki—a form that currently contains little trace of its female-centric, grassroots origins. Choreographer Aretha Aoki and sound and visual designer Ryan MacDonald are re-imagining Okuni as a punk rock/sci-fi figure in a landscape of digital design and live synthesizer. The piece touches on the tensions between erasure and hyper visibility and is an ode to the women in Aoki’s ancestry of whom little is known. Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald have been collaborators for over a decade bringing their backgrounds in dance (Aoki), visual art, creative writing, and sound (MacDonald) together in conversation to make experimental, interdisciplinary performances that center themes of accumulation and emptiness, lineage, authorship, and the body as a medium for time/space travel. Their collaborative process is rooted in improvisation and a style that sometimes draws attention to itself and to the contradictions of movement. As such, each work is unique, and has included video, hyper-real animation, somatics, sculptural elements, musical theater, memoir, dance criticism, Noh theater and more in conversation with dance and sound-scapes. Since 2014, their work has touched on Aoki’s Japanese ancestry, creating formal containers and worlds for ancestral research. Aoki and MacDonald create work that, at times, withholds meaning, not to torment the viewers but to open their eyes to some of the workings of movement and sound, the attractive and radiating forces in each gesture as it continues to evoke other gestures, opposites, movements similar in operation or associated to it in memory. |
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HUT: Nov. 5 Music: Stella Silbert Movement: DAVIS SISTERS Words: Vick Quezada Saturday November 5 at 8 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street HUT the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co- curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson. |
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Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra
Thursday October 27 at 7:30 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street “The NAKATANI GONG ORCHESTRA" is a contemporary live sound art project that tours internationally. NGO is a continuous, growing community engagement sound art project; and the only bowing Gong orchestra in existence in the world today. Artistic concept, musical composition, conduction, and direction are Tatsuya Nakatani. For each performance, participating gong players are selected by a local presenter or the curator. Nakatani gives a specialized “training workshop” to gong players in preparation for the performance. Players will also learn Nakatani’s own unique point of view regarding gong techniques and will experience undiscovered dimensions while immersed in the vibrations and sounds during a training workshop. Nakatani is the composer and orchestral conductor for the evening of the performance. |
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First Generation presents "Mother Tongue"
Saturday October 22 at 7:30 PM Sunday October 23 at 3 PM in A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA “Mother Tongue” is a 90 minute original multilingual physical theater performance, created by First Generation Ensemble. The piece is inspired by events and family stories from Congo/Tanzania, Burundi/Nepal, South Sudan, Holyoke, and Springfield. “Mother Tongue” incorporates movement, music, and text in four languages (Arabic, Swahili, Nepali, and English). Themes touch on war and displacement, family, culture, and first generation identities. |
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Moving Through
Celebrating Peter B. Schmitz In A.P.E.'s WORKROOM Theater A weekend of events honoring dance/theatre artist Peter B. Schmitz, celebrating his creativity and impact in this community and internationally. Shaped for the public as well as those who knew and loved Peter’s artistry. FULL WEEKEND INFORMATION HERE! Felt Absence of a Presence: an installation gathering space Friday, Oct 14, 12-7pm & Saturday, Oct 15, 2-4pm Free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations required. Created by Kathy Couch, Katherine Sanderson, and Joey Trazo Schmitz Moving Through: Performance Works created in relationship with Peter Schmitz Saturday, October 15 12pm (In person or live stream sponsered by NOM) 5pm (In person only) Includes works by Andrea Olsen, Paul Matteson, Mary Beth Brooker and Kathy Couch, Peter Schmitz (recording), Anne Love Woodhull, Pamela Vail, Maya Laliberte and Joey Schmitz, Katherine Sanderson and guests . GET YOUR TICKETS HERE Masks required for audience members. All proceeds go to the Creative Coaching Fund. In Carole's Dance Studio, 33 Hawley Reset: Restoring Easeful Movement: a workshop with Caryn McHose and Andrea Olsen Sunday, October 16, 11am – 1pm RESERVE YOUR SPACE HERE For more about Peter B Schmitz, please spend time with this website For information on the Creative Coaching Fund http://www.apearts.org/the-creative-coaching-fund.html |
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WIP XX Sunday October 16 at 4:30 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond. PERFORMING ARTISTS: Dana Duren • Leah Fournier and Amelia Heintzelman • Mary Beth Brooker and Erin Kouwe • Maya LaLiberté • Maggie Nowinski, Michelle Marroquin, and Zazie Tobey |
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HUT: Oct. 1| 8 PM Saturday October 1 at 8 PM in A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street Movement: PASSIONFRUIT DANCE Words: Tommi Parrish Music: MINERS HUT the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co- curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson. |
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SCDT's Artist Talk Women in Hip Hop with Shakia The Key in conversation with Tatiana Desardouin/Passion Fruit Dance Saturday September 24 at 7:30 PM A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street |
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SCDT's FALL 2022 Visiting Artist Series
welcome to the void Saturday September 10 at 7 PM A.P.E.'s WORKROOM, 33 Hawley Street SARA SHELTON MANN in collaboration with Jesse Zaritt and Tori Lawerence with Jenna Riegel, Jen Polins, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Leah Fournier, Amelia Hientzelmen, Sarah Konner and Vanessa Anspaugh! welcome to the void – you can choose the absolute or the section that has everything. A moment of passage into an interim that has no exit or entrance – we find ourselves mid-thought, aspirations hanging like fairies in the wind, feet dropping through ice, heart pounding while breathing in the silence of somewhere. The performance will be preceded by the analog 16mm and super 8mm film installation 7 Excavations created by U.S. based artists Tori Lawrence and Sara Shelton Mann during the height of the pandemic, civil protests, and California's wildfires. Revolutions of the past cycle into the present and foreshadow an uncertain future. The film features Sara’s journal entries, animated frame by frame, found historic footage and new footage shot on a vintage Bolex camera. Director: Sara Shelton Mann Lead collaborator/dancer: Jesse Zaritt Analog film installation: Tori Lawrence Sound design: Niall Jones |
EXCHANGE
Sunday September 18 at 7 PM
A.P.E.'s Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley Street
RSVP: on Facebook
A dance event presented by the Northampton Arts Council in collaboration with SCDT and A.P.E.
LIVESTREAM HERE
Six artists share movement-based performance works engaging questions of “exchange”: cultural, environmental, physical, and imaginative. Featuring performances from Lauren Horn (Hartford, CT), Rebecca Pappas (Hartford, CT), Tyler Rai (Northampton), Tori Lawrence (Chesterfield), Ellie Goudie-Averil (Chesterfield), and Sakina Ibrahim (Springfield/LA).
The Northampton Arts Council highlights dance in collaboration with SCDT and A.P.E. The Arts Council expands their offerings to the public, tapping into the wealth of contemporary dance in our community. EXCHANGE is a special collaboration that highlights the work of six local and regional dance artists who work with spoken word, videography and community engagement. All profits from EXCHANGE will benefit the Northampton Arts Council's spring ArtsEZ Grant round.
33 Hawley is a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust, Northampton MA
APE@HAWLEY and SCDT PRESENTS
DISTRIBUTED CURATION PROJECTS - JULY 2022
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Raveling <>Reweaving Three works of dance performance by: Rebecca Pappas, Tatyana Tenenbaum, Lailye Weidman The Workroom, 33 Hawley Street Northampton, MA Friday, July 15, 2022, 7PM: Program A—Rebecca Pappas and Lailye Weidman Saturday, July 16, 2022, 7PM: Program B—Tatyana Tenenbaum, Rebecca Pappas, and Lailye Weidman Sunday, July 17, 2022, 2PM: Program C—Tatyana Tenenbaum *There will be a walk led by the artists on Saturday, July 16 at 10am, at the Alexandra Dawson Conservation Area, 18 North Ln #8, Hadley, MA 01035. We'd love to see you there! ADAVANCED TICKETS HERE |
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Our Texts and Shift Again with Sara Smith an exhibition & video performance with live singing Our Texts will be on view at the Workroom from Sunday July 24 to Sunday July 31. Shift Again will happen at two matinee performances in the Workroom on Sunday, July 24, at 1:30pm and 3:00pm. Suggested donation: $10 Advance Tickets HERE |
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The school for Contemporary Dance & Thought presents:
SCDT SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL AUG 1-6 2022 WELCOME to SUMMER 2022! SCDT is proud to present an in person a week long festival of dance at 33 Hawley Street, in Northampton! FEATURING THREE INTENSIVES! SCDT TEEN DANCE MAKING INTENSIVE SARA SHELTON MANN: MOVING ALCHEMY SHAKIA the KEY: COMPANY INTENSIVE Sign up for one section or for the whole thing! Drop ins welcome! REGISTER HERE NOW! |
VANESSA ANSPAUGH: THE COACHING PROJECT SHOWING
Friday June 10 at 7pm
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SCDT presents Vanessa Anspaugh's
Early Mournings (part 2 in process) Friday June 10 7 PM, 33 Hawley St, Northampton in the WORKROOM Suggested Donation $10-$20 This is a work in process showing, a kind of rough brush strokes sketch of a piece if you will. Rough but with moments of fine and precise detail and bad-ass dancing. It is a performative document of the time we spent together over the last three weeks in what is formally called "The Coaching Project Workshop Intensive." We began by acknowledging that we were all self-identified as white hetero and queer women and the complexity of this kind of homogeneity in the room and how that absolutely affects what gets made and asking questions around these problematics. The Texas Massacre had just occurred and as a group we sat with the gravity of this violent act, along with the" on-goiningness" of atrocities in this cultural moment. Most of us as strangers, we began exploring both the somatics as well as our emotional relationships to death in all its vicissitudes. What we have made together so far is both an exploration in our relationship to deaths that come to soon, as well as a protest, a protection and a spell casting for all of us. |
Dancers: Meredith Bove, Erin Kouwe, Maya LaLiberte,
Chloe London, Sonya Marx, Molly McBride, Kaitlyn Payne, Sydney Schwartz, Mykelle Walton. |
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SATURDAY May 7, 2022 | HUT XXXIV | 8 PM Featuring LOCULUS: MOVEMENT FRANCIS LO WORDS PUSSY VISION: MUSIC ... HUT RETURNS! This interdisciplinary performance series is presented by SCDT and co-curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. WELCOME BACK TO HUT! WE ARE NOW IN OUR NEW HOME AT THE WORKROOM THEATER AT 33 HAWLEY STREET, NORTHAMPTON MA! The space is 3000 square feet with 30 foot ceiling and plenty of room to social distance. $10 online/ $15 at the door PRE REGISTRATION RECOMENDED, LIMITED SEATING. MASKS AND PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED. ... SCDT is pleased to welcome the ELEVENTH season of HUT—the interdisciplinary performance series presented by SCDT and co-curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. HUT's roster of local and internationally recognized contemporary artists including among others Caliph Ali, Steve Baczkowski, Shura Baryshnikov, Chris Corsano, Joy Davis, Paul Flaherty, Jacob Fried, Jenifer Gelineau, Steve Gunn, Sean D. Henry-Smith, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Ben Hersey, K.J. Holmes, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Matt Krefting, Jason Lesceleet, Emily Lukasewski, V. Manuscript, Carole Maso, Bill Nace, Samara Lubelski, Cori Olinghouse, Natalia Panzer, Andrea Pensado, Jennifer Nugent, Vic Rawlings, Zach Rowden, Luke Stewart, Mariana Valencia, Laura Warman, and Wendy Woodson.... Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com |
MAY 7, 2022 | THE SWITCHING
a workshop facilitated by Jumatatu Poe
Saturday, May 7, 2022
10:30am-1:30pm
In Person in the Workroom Studio Theater at 33 Hawley St.
Sliding Scale $25-50
I like to imagine that this practice in performance improvisation, The Switching, is a strategy in immediate evolution, rapid-fire shifting, sublime learning of and in the moment. I began this practice while dealing with my curiosities around a question I obsessed over: “Can I change myself?”
Our practice will deal with strategic essentialization – through the immediate re-design of ourselves into other creatures, or other ways of being our innate creatures – and working with immediately identifying the restrictions/limitations that are inescapable. It’s round about, and ideally will come full circle.
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MAY 8, 2022 | WIP - WORKS IN PROGRESS
SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2022 4:30PM PROOF OF VACCINATION AND MASKS REQUIRED MAY 8 Artists: Eleanor Goudie-Averill and Jenna Riegel (MA) Angelina Hoffman and Fiona Spiegler (MA and NYC) Shannon Mockli (OR) Caitlin Canty and Noli Rosen (MA) EmmaGrace Skove-Epes (NYC) where? At our NEW SPACE- 33 HAWLEY STREET, The Work Room Theater! how? This performance will take place LIVE! Please register to receive the link to attend. Tickets are $5-10. what? The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond. Students are eligible to apply, but priority will be given to artists who are not currently enrolled in a degree-granting program. Preference will also be given to those who have not yet shown in the WIP series. |
MAY 22- June 10, 2022 | SCDT COACHING PROJECT
Vanessa Anspaugh
Workshop Dates: May 22- June 10
Wed, Thurs, Fri 9-12 & Sundays 2-7:30
All Participants Required for Rehearsal hours.
Optional Coaching Sessions Mondays & Tuesdays 9-12
Friday June 10, Showing 7pm
$150-$250- working artist discount
$250- $500- financially stable
Join Vanessa Anspaugh in this unique workshop intensive: The Coaching Project. Anspaugh will work with participants on two fronts; creating work on dancers for her current piece entitled, Late Mournings, and the other as a one-on-one adviser/mentor. This is an opportunity for both the dancer and or dance-maker to have a more intimate experience of Vanessa’s creative process and the rigorous experience of being a collaborating dancer in part of a quickly constructed section of professional piece. Late Mournings will premiere at New York Live Arts in NYC in November and participants will be credited in Anspaugh’s program as contributing dancers.
Anspaugh is a nationally known and respected choreographer who loves making dances with individuals who are open-minded, risk takers and love the creative process. Various technical backgrounds are welcome, and a friendly attitude and a willingness to get lost is required. Learn more about Vanessa's work by visiting her website at vanessaanspaugh.com
Personal Narrative Movement Workshop with Judith Wombwell and Sayer Mansfield
Sunday, May 22, 2022
1:00-5:30pm
In Person in the Workroom Studio Theater at 33 Hawley St. Proof of vaccination and masks required at SCDT.
In this workshop we will explore personal narratives through movement and story. Participants will be led through movement games, physical warm-ups, writing prompts, drawing, music & life mapping, all as tools to explore their unique experience and story. The workshop is designed to promote individual and collective health, well-being and agency through dance and creativity; rooting individuals into their own bodies while connecting them to each other. This workshop is geared to all bodies, no matter previous experience with movement. Required: a desire to share and connect in a respectful, safe environment.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
1:00-5:30pm
In Person in the Workroom Studio Theater at 33 Hawley St. Proof of vaccination and masks required at SCDT.
In this workshop we will explore personal narratives through movement and story. Participants will be led through movement games, physical warm-ups, writing prompts, drawing, music & life mapping, all as tools to explore their unique experience and story. The workshop is designed to promote individual and collective health, well-being and agency through dance and creativity; rooting individuals into their own bodies while connecting them to each other. This workshop is geared to all bodies, no matter previous experience with movement. Required: a desire to share and connect in a respectful, safe environment.
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SAT JUNE 4|HATCHERY TEEN DANCE COMPANY
in READY TO CONNECT TWO SHOWS in ONE DAY! Saturday June 4 @ 2 PM with the HATCHLINGS Saturday June 4 @ 8 PM READY TO CONNECTis a celebration of dance and represents the essential voices of young artists during these times of struggle, change, and growth in our world. Featuring works by professional guests: ANGELICA POLK ELLIE GOUDIE-AVERILL AMELIE STEVENS Featuring works by Hatchery members: STELLA TEMPLIN (SENIOR) MARIA DEAN (SENIOR) OLIVIA HANN ANA FOREST MASIE TUCK EDY SAVAGE/ MEIKE MATTESON YELENA CALDENARO NOA TOVAH BOUCHER/ MORGAN BROWN-MCNEIL CHARLIE MARK |
SCDT PAST EVENTS:
2021-2022 FALL/WINTER SEASONS IN REVIEW
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The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought and A.P.E presents
FINISHED WAITING by Bread and Puppet SUNDAY, MARCH 20 6 PM Eastern Time LIVE in the WORKROOM/THEATER at 33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA Masks and Vaccination REQUIRED Bread & Puppet comes to 33 Hawley Street in Northampton, MA on Sunday, March 20th with Finished Waiting, a new show created this winter by B&P director, Peter Schumann and the storied Vermont troupe of puppeteers, carpenters, bus drivers, musicians, dancers, agitators and bread-bakers – many of whom do all of the above in the process of inventing Bread & Puppet's aesthetically iconic and politically plainspoken shows and bringing them to audiences far and wide. Finished Waiting is a show for this moment of political, social, ecological and epidemiological rupture and uncertainty, a moment in which many feel the seduction of a stance of waiting: waiting for the pandemic to be over, for better leaders to be elected, for actions to be taken by the powerful to respond to ecological catastrophe, for families to be reunited or seemingly eternal wars to end. Bread & Puppet foments such practices of rising in the provocatively quotidian terms of "Domestic Resurrection" – under the banner of which aesthetic and spiritual sublimity are not at odds with political stridency and the rigors of traditional household chores. In Finished Waiting, Bread & Puppet invites audiences throughout the Northeast to harken to these practices of uprising, and take heart from them – as we all participate in the satisfaction of another, equally fundamental kind of waiting: the waiting for spring's arrival after a long winter. With this show, Bread & Puppet seems to call on us to recognize how nature itself shows us what is possible and what can arise, when we abandon waiting and embrace transformation. According to Schumann the show will star "the clock and it's customers, skies, cities, mountains, forward dancers, backward dancers, a stop officer, and an eye divinity who teaches seeing to non-suspecting eyes." After the performance Bread & Puppet will serve its free sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale. |
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MARCH 13, 2022 | WIP - WORKS IN PROGRESS
SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022 4:30PM MARCH 13 Artists: K Adler Alex Davis Makenna Finch Hunter Linscott The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond. |
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HUT XVIII
Performance x3. Three artists, three genres, three short sets.About this eventHUT XXXIII • MARCH 5 • 8pm Featuring SIMON THOMAS-TRAIN,/CLAUDIA-LYNN RIGHTMIRE MOVEMENT CAROLINE RAINER WORDS CHRIS CORSANO MUSIC ... WELCOME BACK TO HUT! WE ARE NOW IN OUR NEW HOME AT THE WORKROOM THEATER AT 33 HAWLEY STREET, NORTHAMPTON MA! The space is 3000 square feet with 30 foot ceiling and plenty of room to social distance. $10 online/ $15 at the door PRE REGISTRATION RECOMENDED, LIMITED SEATING. MASKS AND PROOF OF VACCINATION REQUIRED. ... |
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NOV 20, 2021 | Dance Film: Image Design + Camera Movement WITH TORI LAWERENCE, in collaboration with Vermont Dance Alliance & SCDT SATURDAY Nov 20, 2021 3:30pm-6:30pm in the WORKROOM MASKS and PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR ALL! This workshop will explore formal and conceptual elements of design in cinematography within experimental-based works. As possibilities of dance become amplified through cinema, how is the continuity of movement, which is natural to performing live, considered and adjusted as the body becomes eternally archived in time and space? This workshop will explore formal and conceptual elements of design in cinematography within experimental-based works. We’ll gain proficiency in the technical tools used for framing movement, measuring light, shot composition, camera movement, and shooting methods as they collaborate with the performative body NOV 21, 2021 | WIP - WORKS IN PROGRESS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2021 4:30PM November 21st Artists: Louis DeVaughan Nelson aka DeVO (NY) Mia Martelli (NY) Nona Monahin (MA) Kate Tarlow Morgan (NY0 Cat Wagner and Kelly Silliman (MA) MASKS and PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR ALL! WIP! SCDT's works-in-progress series showcasing developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than finished works, provides artists with audience feedback to assist in their development of the work, and aims to form connections with local and regional dance makers. Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com |
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DEC 4, 2021 | HUT XXXI SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2021 8PM Artists: Jules Skloot: Movement Margot Doualhy: Words Julie Bodian: Sound MASKS and PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR ALL! HUT RETURNS! This interdisciplinary performance series is presented by SCDT and co-curated by dancer Jennifer Polins, writer Jay Keery Weingarten, and sound artist Jake Meginsky. HUT showcases three artists in three short sets in an evening of music, words, and movement. Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com |
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DEC 18-19 2021 | HATCHERY WINTER SHOWCASE DECEMBER 18, 6:00p DECEMBER 19, 2:00p MASKS and PROOF OF VACCINATION FOR ALL! The School For Contemporary Dance & Thought (SCDT) presents world premiers of new work by The Hatchery Company and guests Lauren Horn and Vanessa Anspaugh. TIMELESS is a celebration of dance and represents the essential voices of young artists during these times of struggle, change, and growth in our world. Featuring works by Hatchery members: ARIN ANDREWS RHIANNON CAMPBELL MARIA DEAN EDY SAVAGE GRETA HOUGEN-SMITH STELLA TEMPLIN Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com |
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SEPT 24, 2021| MOTION STATE FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE
SEASON 4! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 at 7PM Eastern Time ONLINE ON ZOOM! 7 PM FILM SCREENING, 8:00 PM ARTIST TALK LEARN MORE>>> The Motion State Dance Film Series (formerly Kicking & Screening) is the only year-long, traveling short film festival in New England devoted to showcasing the diversity of contemporary creative voices exploring the medium of choreography for the camera. By taking the festival “on the road” and into non-traditional film venues, such as art galleries, music halls, performing arts theaters, and university classrooms, the Motion State Dance Film Series seeks to expose the films and filmmakers to new audiences. Every screening is followed by a public Q & A with the curators. Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. |
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SATURDAY SEPT 25, 2021 | SMALL MOVES, BIG PICTURE
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 at 7PM Eastern Time At the WORKROOM/THEATER at 33 Hawley Street, Northampton MA Small Moves, Big Picture is a unique celebration of the dancing body and choreographic thinking, sharing the work of 11 artists across an evening of intimate, in person performances, and projected films. with : Alex Davis, Lauren Horn, Andy Russ, Jen Polins- Liz Tonne, Ellie Goudie- Averill, Beau Hancock, Tori Lawerence, Betsy Miller, and more! LIMITED SEATING! PRE REGISTRATION HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. 
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Sept 30-OCT 3, 2021|FEET TO FLOOR FESTIVAL
Full Details HERE A FUNDRAISING FESTIVAL honoring dance artist Nancy Stark Smith and creating a resilient floor for dancing in Workroom/Theater at 33 Hawley Street. The 3800-square-foot, multi-arts space, with programming by A.P.E. and SCDT is a project of the Northampton Community Arts Trust. Featuring classes, workshops, performances and events with artists Laurie Sanders, Doug Anderson, Trish Crapo, Rosalyn Driscoll, Paul Jacobs, Margaret Lloyd, Henry Lyman, Richard Michelson, Missy-Marie Montgomery, Bill O’Connell, Anne Woodhull, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Cameron McKinney, Paul Matteson, Andrea Olsen, Peter Schmitz, and Simon Thomas-Train, Claudia-Lynn Rightmire, HATCHERY, and Rachel Jenkins, Miguel Castillo, and MORE! PRE REGISTRATION REQUIRED|LIVE EVENTS HAVE LIMITED SEATING Questions? Email us at infoscdt@gmail.com |
