Hi. This is my first post, long time coming!
I was planning on making my first post an interview of the choreographer Anna Sperber. I have the interview, but she never approved that I could put it online so I never went ahead with it. Too bad, because her answers were pretty interesting.
I attended two classes at the Movement Research Festival, one with Ann Liv Young and another with Eleanor Houlihan. I performed in one of the festival’s performances, “Populous,” curated by AUNTS (aka. Jbird/Jamm/Jean Marie Leary). More on all the MR Festival activity soon. You can become a member of the MR forum here and read the discussions surrounding this year’s MR festival:
http://movementresearch.org/publishing/forum/
AUNTS/Jbird Leary hosts Alligator Mondays
“at 8pm, ALL MONDAYS, but really no one comes until 9pm and we go until 11 or midnight or whenever. anyone, bring anyone… Alligator Monday was started April 2, 2007 to talk about dance, drink beer and eat pizza. you get a free wood oven personal pizza with every drink. Alligator Lounge, 600 Metropolitan @ Lorimer Williamsburg, Brooklyn G to Metropolitian L to Lorimer http://www.alligatorlounge.com/”
(from the the Alligator Mondays forum post on the MR forum)
This week (starting tomorrow) I’ll be attending Helen Pickett’s Forsythe workshop. More on that soon!
Ms. Nancy Garcia
Nancy with one of her dancers, Jacqueline Fritz, on a sailboat.
O my how our family is growing with such fun and interesting people!
I’d like to welcome our latest addition, Ms. Nancy Garcia (on the left), who covers many interesting bases. I’ve read her bio, and have had some back and forth with her over email, and I am still trying to get a handle on all the things she does… and wants to do.
She’s currently a Masters student at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), which those of you who read my posts will know I’m very excited about. One of the projects she’s been working on involves 360 degree cameras and dance, and she is hoping it will be shown at ITP’s Spring Show in May. (You can see my post from their past Winter Show, here).
In addition to her creative technical pursuits, she is also a dancer, a choreographer, and a musician with her own band, Monotract. She says her work focuses on integrating the processes of soundmaking and dancemaking, in the studio and in performance. The people and places she has worked with are impressive… I can’t wait to see what she will share with us.
Welcome Nancy!
