Jennifer Muller | The Works at Ailey Center March 19

Monday is a great night to catch Jennifer Muller | The Works performing the beautiful "Aria" to the accompaniment of the excellent Da Capo Chamber Players at the Ailey Center. Tickets at Smarttix.
Don't miss it!

Audra Carabetta' "Roots" at The HATCH Presenting Series

Last week, Audra Carabetta showed her lyrical choreography in New York at Jennifer Muller | The Works' HATCH presenting series for Emerging Choreographers. A group of dancers connected with Across the Ages Dance in Cambridge delighted the audience with this piece that premiered last June. A documentary on this group is in the works by Howards Frog Productions.

Pirouettes Rewarded--Angelina Ballerina: the Musical

Vital Children's Theatre does it again! Wonderful production of Angelina Ballerina: the Musical.

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!

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.

Launching The White Room

Last night marked the launch of Jennifer Muller's The White Room at Michael Namer's Gallery 151 in NYC. Muller offered selections from the second act of this full-length work, and the dancers were in beautiful form. The company's season opens with a preview night on June 22. Come see this intense elaboration of innocence and experience at Cedar Lake.

No Limit Dancers with Disabilities

 Just completed a brief exploration of this topic. Read it here. Integrated dance ranges from the recreational to the artistic. A common feature concerns the perceptions of differently abled bodies in motion. This article is related to The Estate Project piece I contributed earlier this month.

Just Published: New Article on Jennifer Muller | The Works

Take a look at this new article, "Innocence and Harsh Realities in Jennifer Muller's The White Room, featuring Muller's newest work. Think about getting tickets, and then go to Smarttix to reserve a good seat at a performance in June. Artistic Director, Jennifer Muller; Associate Artistic Director, John Brooks. Executive Director, John Louis Bryant. General Manager, Christie Zummo. Administrative Assistant, Elise King.

Company members in 2011 include Susanna Bozzetti, Mariana Cardenas, Elizabeth Disharoon, Rosie Lani Fiedelman, Seiko Fujita, Duane Gosa, Gen Hashimoto, Abdul Latif, Jen Peters, Pascal Roeckert, and Apprentices, Mario Bermudez Gil, Katherine Hozier, and Husing-Hua Wang, collaborating to deliver The White Room.

The White Room Choreographed by Jennifer Muller for JM|TW

Gala Pre Launch May 23

Jennifer Muller | The Works focuses their Cedar Lake Season on The White Room, June 22-26. Here is a video link to a description of the development of the piece through the eyes of the dancers and the choreographer. If you care about how we find our way in the world, you will want to see this dance. It begins with the story of a young girl, and it enlarges to include all of us.

Across the Ages Dance Project

Cambridge May 1, 2011 - Android Camera

Began documentary filming of rehearsals for Across the Ages Dance Project, produced by Eliza Mallouk and Marcie Mitler in Cambridge. Participants range from age 4 to the eighth decade of their lives. It is a wonderful group project where everyone is teaching everyone else. Choreographers Audra Carabetta, Joan Green, Daniel McCusker, Catherine Wagner, and Melody Ruffin Ward. High Def cinematography by James McCalmont.

Ultimate Fusion? Science meets Dance

Speaking of poetry in motion, here's a dancer alert. All you need is a scientist who wants to compete.

Here's a link to an unusual fusion that takes collaboration to a new level--the 2010 Dance Your Ph.D. Contest.

NPR and The New York Times have profiled the competition, and it looks like a winner for trickle down interdisciplinary possibilities. So, find your favorite scientist and start choreographing for next year.

Westfest Dance Next Weekend!

Check out:  Westfest Dance at the Cunningham Studio next weekend! Twenty-five dance companies, dance films, dancers!

Howards Frog Produces Film Documentary for Across the Ages Dance Project

Howards Frog Productions is currently working on a film documentary for Across the Ages Dance Project.
You can find them on Facebook. (Click "Facebook" at left for the link!)

Eliza Mallouk and Marcie Mitler are producing this exciting, multigenerational evening of work by New England Choreographers Audra Carabetta, Joan Green, Daniel McCusker, Catherine Wagner, and Melody Ruffin Ward. Across The Ages Dance Project is pleased to announce their first annual concert June 17th & 18th, 2011 at Green Street Studios in Cambridge MA.

From the ATAD Mission Statement:
"Across The Ages Dance Project's Mission is to produce a concert emphasizing an inter-generational ensemble of dances featuring five unique choreographers.

We believe in the rich life experience of this mixed population, which includes dancers of all ages, and wish to create this opportunity for dancers and choreographers to come together and share their art with the larger community.

Our intention is to create one successful concert and in so doing, enhance the possibility of future concerts with an inter-generational theme."

Howards Frog completed interviews with the principals in October and will be filming rehearsals and the performances this spring to assemble a record of the project and create a festival quality film that documents the process.