Across the Ages Dance Performance--June 17-18 Cambridge

Here's a link to a slideshow for the runthrough of this intergenerational dance group in Cambridge:

The documentary is progressing. A short article on Intergenerational Dance in Cambridge can be found here.

New Photos from the Across the Ages Dance Project



Dancers Gather to Rehearse for ATAD in May
cc by Deborah S. Greenhut 2011

Scenes from Daniel McCusker's rehearsal process last month are available at: Defining The Capture.

The technical rehearsal was completed yesterday, and the production week is generating tremendous excitement. Scenes from the development process will be available this week at the DTC blog, in and around our filming of the final week.

Producer Focus: Marcie Mitler for Across the Ages Dance

Some people sit around and complain that there are no opportunities for them to be creative. Other people go out an invent them. Here's a link to my posting about Marcie Mitler, who is co-producing Across the Ages Dance with Eliza Mallouk. Their program will open next week, and they are achieving their goals. No, there may not be that many opportunities for people over fifty or under twenty to dance professionally--unless we keep making new ones. Cheers, ladies. We can all borrow a page from your playbook!

Choreographer Focus #5: Daniel McCusker

Choreographer Daniel McCusker has nurtured a movement in the Cambridge dance community. Two of his students, Marcie Mitler and Eliza Mallouk, are producing Across the Ages Dance, and he has choreographed a piece for the group. He's committed to the idea that artists must contribute to their communities in order to sustain them, and it is clear that what goes around comes around in this intergenerational project. I met Daniel just as he was starting to work on his piece. Excerpts from an October interview appear here.

Young Choreographer

Cat Wagner is a young choreographer who is working on an intense and technically interesting piece for the Across the Ages Dance Project in Cambridge. Read about her plans for the June concert at Defining The Capture, here. It's less than a week to the opening. Cat's dance includes some of the youngest participants in the concert. Truly intergenerational!

Thinking about Child Prodigies: Viewing Aelita Andre's Paintings



"Africa," by Aelita Andre
30" x 20" x 5"
Photo by Deborah S. Greenhut cc some rights reserved

Yesterday I paid a visit to Agora Gallery to see the Exhibit, "The Prodigy of Color: Aelita Andre/ a Solo Exhibition," which runs through June 25. I went out of curiosity after noticing a hefty number of comments doubting that the 4-year-old had created the paintings. Despite some people's disbelief, Ms. Andre has captured five-figure fees for some of her works, and in shows from Hong Kong to Italy and now New York, art buyers have snapped them up. Agora has supplied a video that shows Aelita painting. Here's a link to a more extended review with more illustrations that I posted today.

New Dance Opportunities from Cradle to Elder

New article published at Suite101 describing intergenerational dance opportunities in Boston and elsewhere, featuring Across the Ages Dance and the role of Prometheus Elders in this new group.

ATAD Choreographer Focus #2: Melody Ruffin Ward

Melody Ruffin Ward is working on her piece for the Across the Ages Dance Project, an intergenerational work that will premier in Cambridge this month. I interviewed Melody for a film documentary in October 2010. Here's a link to some excerpts from that interview at Defining The Capture.

Across the Ages Dance Update

New on Defining The Capture Blog:
Meet Audra Carabetta, who works with students from 3 to 70. Her own choreography will be featured in Across the Ages Dance in Cambridge later this month. Intergenerational Dance is cool this summer.