Jennifer Muller | The Works---Getting ready for the June Gala

Open House on April 17...sneak previews and more! Find out about the choreography of this American icon: www.jmtw.org

Jennifer Muller's Stunning Choreography in China

These are photos from a commissioned work for the resort on the island of Hainan, Southern China...

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!

In the mood for Jennifer Muller | The Works--Tueday Feb. 14

In the Mood for Muller--Valentine's Day 2012!

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.

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.

HATCHed Sequel Series: Happening Choreographers at Jennifer Muller|The Works Studio

Last evening, three up-and-coming creators received a second gift of cost-free space to present their work before a live audience at the Jennifer Muller|The Works studio in Chelsea. The Works' Studio has incubated numerous up-and-coming performers, and this HATCHed Sequel performance offers a return-engagement to support the development of the next generation of dancers in New York. Pascal Rekoert, a member of The Works, curates this nurturing project, and he emceed with his usual wit, clad in bermuda shorts owing to the suddenly summer climate of the evening, and three choreographers' communities came together to support each other's art.An eclectic experience, ranging from the theatrical to the cool to the clown, the sequel evening was full and provocative. Experiments alternated with classical allusions to the history of dance in the works of three: Koryn Wicks, Kensaku Shinohara, and Kendall Cornell/Clowns Ex Machina. All three pushed the boundaries of integrating sound and movement.

Two works by Koryn Wicks stood out as the most fully formed in this evening of dances in various stages of progress. Op.117, danced by Wicks and Yue Tong Kwan exhibited the polish of a careful study that transcended the poignent Brahms score. They were graceful and technical proficient, and the dance is beautiful and full. A standout performance was offered in a second electrically theatrical piece about heading home intoxicated, It's a Long Walk Home, performed by Kudzaishe Geti, Malik Kitchen (both trained byAiley) and Jessie Niemiec (former Muller apprentice).  Wicks' company included Sarah Molczan, Hildur Olafsdottir, Tommy Sutter, Lindsay Hall, Matthew Manix, Natalia Messa, Kassi Narcisse-Cousar, Tatiana Sanchez, and Jane Sawyer. There's an epic effort going on here, and they will be seen!

Kensaku Shinohara's Third Supper, a spirited and fun take on urban experience, incorporating spoken word and a range of sounds, opening with barking dogs. Kuan Yu Chen, Mei Yamanaka, and Shinohara collaborate well together. The dance is more than its sound track, and it will be interesting to see how the work progresses.

Clowns Full-Tilt is an ambitious workby Kendall Cornell and the Ensemble exploring the female universe through the eyes of woman clowns: Carla, Bosnjak, Julie Kinkle, Michaela Lind, Diana Lovrin, Clare O'Sheeran, Aly Perry, and Lucia Rich. There are witty moments and good questions posed in this fusion of spoken voice and clown movements. The amusing appearance allows them to tackle otherwise tabu, intimate topics under the cover of a lot of laughter. Cornell opened with a wry sketch on de-whitening the walls of the Muller Studio, and the piece proceded sometimes with the hilarity of an imaginary overstuffed car, and other times looking at subjects like depression with all the sadness a clown can bring. Heading to LaMaMa where a number of Cornell's pieces have appeared, this effort, as they say, has legs!

Side note: Jennifer Muller's newest work, a full-length dance The White Room opens on June 22 at Cedar Lake. It takes a village to nurture the next generation of artists, and Jennifer has been supporting this effort since 1974. Tickets.

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.

Get Ready for The White Room: Jennifer Muller | The Works Creates Poetry in Motion

It has been fifteen years since Jennifer Muller premiered a full-length dance piece. Welcome to "The White Room." Jennifer Muller | The Works is dancing all over the world  in sleek, fine form these days. This company has quietly cultivated the next generation of dancers in New York for more than 35 years through its school programs, a Works apprentice program, and The Hatch program for young dancers.

Nurturing creativity and self-esteem, they offer their gifts to young dancers everywhere. How fitting that this new work, "The White Room," addresses the experience of young person coming to terms with the world.

Preview "The White Room" here.

The White Room premiers on June 22, 2011 at the Cedar Lake Theater. Tickets available at this link.

Jennifer Muller was honored this month with a conference on her work at The University of Santa Barbara. You can enjoy some of the photos and details of the experience online. What a lovely generational tribute, organized with a National Endowment for the Arts grant by Christopher PIlafian, a former Muller | Works dancer. What goes around, comes around.
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