January 11th: From the Margins, This, Unmentioned (excerpt), Dance New Amsterdam APAP showcase, NY.
March 5th: From the Margins, This, Unmentioned (excerpt), shoot for upcoming webisodes of Mr. Nice web series "Haute & Bothered", Teen.com
March 26th: untitled work in progress, music by Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble, Studio34, Philadelphia, PA
April 10th: untitled work in progress, music by Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble, RAW Festival, NYU's Tisch School for the Arts, New York, NY
May 14th: Pool (2007), music by Willow Williamson, InHale Performance Series, CHI Movement Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
May: featured in webisodes of the Mr. Nice web series "Haute and Bothered" directed by Ami Armstrong on Teen.com
June 25th-July 2nd:
residence at Silo/Kirkland Farm, made possible by DanceNOW (NYC)/Silo, Bucks County, PA
August 8th-15th: performances of Ocelot at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Venue 150 @ EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 13th: new work in progress, Philly PARD, Mt. Vernon Dance Space, Philadelphia, PA
December 11th-12th: 48 Hours, Susan Hess Modern Dance Choreographer's Project showing, Performance Garage, Philadelphia, PA
2009
February 21st: Film screening and dance performance party - screening of "Coming to Grips", documentary about MDP by Lori Petchers, and excerpts from new work, Whitney Arts Center, New Haven, CT
May 29th: performance by MacArthur Dance Project and Adele Myers & Dancers at the New Haven Lawn Club Ballroom, New Haven, CT. MacArthur Dance Project performed excerpts from the piece From the Margins, This, Unmentioned - a collaboration with composer Bryan Senti.
July 11th: premiere of Disappearing Woman, movement and media collaboration with Nell Breyer, Alissa Cardone and Lorraine Chapman, the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston, MA.
July 30th-August 3rd: Disappearing Woman, Berkshire Fringe Festival, Great Barrington, MA.
October 15th-17th: premiere of From the Margins, This, Unmentioned, multimedia co-production with composer Bryan Senti, the Brooklyn Lyceum, NY.
2008
January 11th: performance of excerpts of new work in LIT, 100 Grand Street, New York City
March 9-10th: performance of "Grip" in the FAB Festival, Franco American Center, Lewiston, ME in conjunction with workshops and discussions at Bates College; a NEFA Regional Dance Development Initiative exchange
April 12th: performance of "Grip" in the Rebound Festival, ACES Arts Hall, New Haven, CT
April 24-26th: premiere of "Coming to Grips" as part of a multimedia performance event, World Beyond, co-produced with Adele Myers, 817 Grand Avenue, New Haven, CT. ("World Beyond," featuring "Quartet" choreographed by special guest Lisa Race was made possible in part with support from the LEF Foundation's Contemporary Work Fund. Please click here to find out more about the LEF Foundation awards. Read what the New Haven Advocate had to say about "World Beyond"! Click here.)
June 2-3rd: performance of "Coming to Grips" at Summer Stages Dance, Concord Academy, Concord, MA; a NEFA Regional Dance Development Initiative exchang
MacArthur Dance Project in performances and discussions at Concord Academy June 2-3, 2008 NEFA'S EXCHANGE SERIES FOR DANCE CONCORD, MA
MDP participated in the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) organized event, the sixth in a series of seven events intended to encourage the exchange of ideas in New England's dance communities. These first-ever exchanges were the next steps in the Regional Dance Development Initiative for New England as part of NEFA's National Dance Project. The National Dance Project provides a system of support for the production and touring of contemporary dance in the United States, and these regional initiatives seek to strengthen dance communities at the local level.
These free events are designed to bring together local dance artists, educators, presenters, funders, advocates, and audiences to engage in dialogue on topics of significance in the field of dance. Each exchange included performances by regional dance artists, facilitated discussions, and opportunities for community-building, professional development, and networking.
A two-day exchange for dance in Concord, MA, FREE OF COST AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, exploring the work of regional dance artists; providing opportunities to see and discuss regional dance work with colleagues in a relaxed setting. We will also explore the topics of:
This event was designed for dance artists, educators, presenters, audience members, advocates, students, and anyone else with an interest in dance. The event featured performances by Adele Myers, Polly Motley, Aparna Sindhoor, Talya Epstein and Bronwen MacArthur.
September 2-20th: Summer Stages Dance/Baryshnikov Arts Center Residency, New York City
October 17-26th: residency Vermont Performance Lab/Marlboro College, Brattleboro, VT
November 9th: screening of "Coming to Grips", a documentary about MacArthur Dance Project by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Lori Petchers,Hartford International Film Festival, Hartford Childrens Theatre, Hartford, CT http://www.capitolcinemacollective.org/
2007
May 4th and 5th: debut performancesof MacArthur Dance Project, ACES Arts Hall, New Haven, CT
May 20th: performance Shubert Theater, New Haven, CT
June 12th: International Festival of Arts & Ideas. MacArthur Dance Project performances, with Adele Myers and Dancers, on the New Haven Green, and in the Dance Salon hosted by Richard Move at Gotham Citi, New Haven, CT
June 21st-24th: Motion in Dialogue (MIND) presentation at the SDHS/CORD conference "Re-thinking Practice and Theory," Paris, France
June 25th-July 6th: creative residency, Hebron, NY, with Olga Pona's Chelyabinsk Theater of Contemporary Dance from Chelyabinsk, Russia, culminating in a showing of our work in progress for the local community
July 25th: performance of a new work in progress, "The Hebron Four" (working title), ACES Arts Hall, New Haven, CT
July 28th-August 4th: participation in the first New England Dance Lab, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, Connecticut College, New London, CT
October 3rd: performance of MIND's 2005 performance collage "Memory Suite" as part of the DeVane Lecture series by Professor Joseph Roach, Center for British Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
November 30th: performance of MIND's new in-progress trio as part of a lecture and discussion led by Professor Joseph Roach, Brown University, Providence, RI
December 1st: MDP fundraiser supported by Urbane New Haven, LLC in Urbane's recently refurbished building, formerly Frank's Hardware
Photo by Steven Paul
MacArthur Dance Project, LLC PO Box 22530 Philadelphia, PA 19110
