February 10, 2008 at 10:05 pm · Filed under dance, teaching, TONY, Laurel Dugan, trisha brown
I wanted to give an update on our friend Laurel Dugan. It has been a big year. In September Laurel married Luis de Robles Tentindo and is now Laurel Tentindo. They are a great couple. Luis is a former Doug Elkins dancer and currently doing great work in providing new media design for various dance and performance companies. See here. He is also developing experimental puppet work as a member of the Puppet Lab at St. Ann’s Warehouse.
This fall Laurel also began dancing for Trisha Brown. Thats a big deal! Anytime a dedicated dancer finds good work I get a feeling of victory. Laurel is also teaching a dance workshop beginiing this week in Skinner Release Technique. The course description reads as folows.
SRT is the pioneering approach to dancing that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing tension and habitual holding patterns we can move more freely, powerfully and articulately. In Releasing, spontaneous movement evoked by guided poetic imagery, music, and sound enables a creative exploration of technical principles such as multi-direction alignment, suppleness, suspension, economy and autonomy. In the practice of Releasing, engaging the imagination and involving the whole self integrates technical growth and creative process. Experienced dancers and beginners are welcome to participate in this three-day SRT introductory workshop.
The classes are this week at the Trisha Brown studios Feb 11, 13, 15 Mon, Wed, Fri, 10:00-12:00 p. m. and $20 per class. The studios are located at 625 W.55th St., between 11th and 12th Avenue, on the 2nd floor.
Hope to see you there! I will definitely keep you updating on any performances Luis or Laurel are having.
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February 22, 2007 at 2:43 am · Filed under TONY, Laurel Dugan
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Hello Wingers. This week our good friend Laurel Dugan is performing in the premiere of Vicky Shick’s Plum House (A Cartoon) at Dance Theater Workshop alongside Diane Madden, Juliette Mapp, Perrine Ploneis, and Derry Swan. A sound score by Elise Kermani with set and costume design by Barbara Kilpatrick help create a “world of claustrophobic busyness.”
I will be going tomorrow night. Laurel has been telling me about for some time so I am really excited to see it.
Plum House (A Cartoon) will be showing until February 24th. Hope you all get a chance to see it.
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December 12, 2006 at 1:31 pm · Filed under TONY, sarah lawrence, Anne Sexton, Dalton, HER KIND, Hannah Wolfe, Laurel Dugan
I would like to introduce you all to somebody very special.
Laurel Dugan is a wonderful dancer, teacher and a dear friend of mine. She is also a Sarah Lawrence alumnus. She and I took class together with Viola Farber way back in the day (1998). Since then we have reconnected and been conducting dance and media experiments together. Laurel has a wonderful sense of humor and likes to put on my glasses when we improvise.
At Laurel’s invitation, I will be guest teaching next week at Dalton high school where Laurel teaches dance and composition. I am excited to be working with young techno-philic dancers. It will be a great opportunity to exchange information, opinions and ideas about dance and its ceaseless transformation.
Over the next week Laurel will be performing down on the Bowery in…
HER KIND: The Life and Poetry of Anne Sexton by Hannah Wolfe
HER KIND is the result of a long-time fascination of the raw, vivid poetry of Anne Sexton. The work passes on the inspiration of Sexton’s poetry through characterizations of people in her life using a variety mixed media including video, photography and audio and most importantly, Sexton’s poetry.
First Performance
Wednesday, December 13th at 8pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (& Bleeker, across from CBGB’s)
Second Performance
Wednesday, December 20th at 8pm
Dixon Place
258 Bowery (between Houston and Prince)
$12 Tickets at Door Only
Bar Service at Venue
Run Time 1 Hour
I will be going this Wednesday. Please join me.
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