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.

Keeping up with Kelley Donovan and Dancers

Kelley Donovan, joined by guest choreographers Sharon Montello, David Parker, Jessica Parks, and Stephanie Booth, presented a strong program last weekend. Read about their work at this link. To find out more about the Company, take a look at their blog.

Next spring, Kelley will return to Boston to work on performing with Across the Ages Dance.

New Photos for Across the Ages: Audra Carabetta

See stills for a beautiful dance called, "Roots," as performed in Cambridge, Massacusetts last fall by ATAD as choreographed by Audra Carabetta.

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!

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: Interview Excerpt Eliza Mallouk

Background for the documentary on Across the Ages Dance at this link. Performances in Cambridge June 17 and 18.

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.

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.