MARCH EVENTS
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FRIDAY-SATURDAY March 28-29 WORKSHOPPING IN THE WORKROOM New Monologues written by Wendy Woodson Performances by MaryBether Brooker, Jen Polins, Phoebe Shaw and Wendy Woodson Live cello by Rebecca Shrader Admission is free, Seating limited reserve at [email protected] performances at 6 PM |
APRIL EVENTS
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Curriculum in Motion™ Institute
In-Person Embodied Information Session Saturday, April 5 from 12–1:30pm at The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (Northampton, MA) Would you like to build your skills as a choreographer and teaching artist and enhance your dance artistry? Join us for an inspiring in-person workshop with artist Lynn Peterson, where you’ll explore the Curriculum in Motion™ method through dance-making and learn more about the 2025-26 Curriculum in Motion™ Institute. The Institute is an opportunity to train in the community-oriented methodology and build community with a network of like-minded Artist Educators. The info session will include dance-making, a Q&A session, and refreshments. Special discounts for the Curriculum in Motion™ Institute are available for local residents—please email [email protected] for more details. Applications for the Curriculum in Motion™ Institute 2025-26 Cohort are accepted through May 12. Apply today and take advantage of the Early Bird registration rates through April 14. RSVP for info sessions is strongly encouraged online at jacobspillow.org/cim-info or by calling 413.243.9919 ext. 074. Drop-ins are welcome, pending availability. |
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Workshop with WIP Artist
Jesse Zaritt April 12, 12-1:30pm in The Workroom at 33 Hawley Jesse Zaritt's work engages drawing as dancing - a visual and physical practice linked to dreaming, drafting, and materializing futures. His choreographic, performance and teaching practices research the ways in which excessive, contemplative and resistive dance practices change how movement arises in the world and how dancing participates in processes of social transformation. A series of solo works made between 2008 and 2022 interrogate attachments to Jewish ritual and community, seeking to queer dominant paradigms of familial/national belonging, religion, gender and sexuality. Jesse has performed his solo work in Taiwan, Uruguay, Korea, Germany, Japan, Mexico and throughout the United States. He has performed with Shen Wei Dance Arts and in the work of Netta Yerushalmy and Faye Driscoll; he worked as an artistic adviser for Driscoll's projects through April 2023. Jesse is a faculty member of the newly formed Bennington BFA Dance Lab and worked as an Associate Professor at the University of the Arts through the spring of 2024. He currently works in creative dialogue with Sara Shelton Mann. |
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PHYSICAL DIALOGUES:
EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNICATION THROUGH MOVEMENT with Daniel Lepkoff April 23- May 28 6-9 PM AT BOMBYX, 130 Pine Street, Florence MA Our ever present physical dialogue with the environment is an expression of our imagination, intelligence, and desire for relationship. This workshop frames this spontaneous material as "danced composition" and cultivates our voice as improvising dancers and performers. Exploring the details inside of functional movement: breathing, rolling, reaching, crawling, standing, walking, running, falling; Addressing all our physical senses; Practicing: OBSERVATION THE MOVEMENT OF ATTENTION RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT. Offer concrete strategies for researching our own movement. In each class we will explore simple movement structures that filter and highlight various aspects of our experience; both in doing and watching. Daniel draws from his deep experience with Contact Improvisation, Anatomical Release Technique, personal research, and a life time of collaborating with improvising artists. Beginning in the early '70's Daniel Lepkoff played a central role in the development of Release Technique with Mary Fulkerson and John Rolland, and Contact Improvisation with Steve Paxton. Through ongoing experimentation in performance, exploring specific questions about movement with students in workshops, ongoing personal movement research, and a stream of collaborations with improvising artists, Daniel has continued to expand and deepen his understanding of functional movement and the presence of the imagination in the body. As a performer he is known for composing dances that arise from the process of living movement and as a teacher for his continual invention of original techniques, making direct contact with information and pursuing questions together with students. He is an original founder of Contact Improvisation since 1972 and one of the founders of Movement Research in NYC. |
MAY EVENTS
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FRIDAY MAY 9th R I F F T A L K S _ 10 SURVIVAL STRATEGIES 6 PM in the Workroom Moderated by ATLAND+ SCDT guest artists TBD! stay tuned! RIFF TALKS offers the local community a chance to get up close to internationally renowned contemporary artists, offering performances, workshops, and dynamic panel discussions focused around critical themes in dance. RIFF TALKS is an essential program of SCDT, whose mission holds an abiding respect for the tradition and history of reinvention and a resolution to continue challenging, established ideals. SCDT serves as a hub for performance art of the highest quality by connecting communities on an international scale. SCDT showcases contemporary movement training and performance practices that embrace multiplicity, arouse curiosity, and emphasize personal choice. |
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SATURDAY May 10th HUT 8 PM in the Workroom MOVEMENT: Gizeh Muñiz Vengel MUSIC: Chris Weismann WORDS: Ari Banas 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. art by Bill Nace |
JUNE EVENTS
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WONDERLAND HATCHERY SPRING SHOW in the Workroom Friday and Saturday June 13-14th @ 6PM Sunday June 15th at 2 PM An experimental, multimedia rendition of Alice in Wonderland! TICKETS COMING SOON! RIPP with Vanessa Anspaugh RIPP – Repertory Intensive Performance Project (aka “The Coaching Project” on Tour) 10 Day Summer Apprentice Intensive June 19th-29th Application Due by April 15th- first come first serve! Join nationally renowned choreographer, Vanessa Anspaugh in this unique workshop intensive format called RIPP*. Within this short but immersive time, Anspaugh works with performers in collaboration, creating a new evening-length work which will be taken on a small tour to New York City and other New England sites at the culmination of the intensive. |
