June 14 Travel Tales at Woolly Mammoth

It came. and went but was wonderful fun to put together several older works. Woolly Mammoth is a comfortable space for us. Video works well on the concrete walls of the rehearsal hall. We got a nice mention in the Sentinel Newspaper.

Finished the first edition of Adult Dance Camp on Friday. There were a couple of new people who joined in and we danced every day....5 whole days in a row! We also experimented with some repertory and it was good fun with really nice people. I'll be planning more work for adult dancers and I've been thinking of doing an Adult Dance and Video project in August that would take us across the footbridge of Four Mile Run near the Shirlington dog park. Check the web site soon. There is nothing written up as yet, but I am excited about the possibilities of using this time to experiment with an upcoming project: "Of Bones and Bridges."

Videos from Holmes Run Park

In May, six dancers and I went about an outdoor exploration of Holmes Run Park in Alexandria. We worked in several very different locations/environments/ecosystems/habitats within a short distance starting with "Edge" and "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Water" which were done near the bridge overpass of the creek from Van Dorn Street. Further along the bike path going towards Duke Street we taped "Head Over Heels" in an open expanse of greenery on the Beatley Library side of the footbridge and "LOOK" done in a foresty expanse that connects S Pickett Street to the bike path.
It was a great day for us to move and to video these unique locations. Please take a few minutes to see the results on YouTube.
thanks again to the Alexandria Commission for the Arts Special Opportunity Award 2009 and to dancers Wayles Haynes, Andrea Ligon, Cait Moler, Mike Nadolski, Peg Schaefer, and Ji Shin.
Here's the link:
TAKE A LOOK

Alexandria Commission for the Arts Special Opportunity Award 2009 -

Four Short Videos from Holmes Run

Edge

Rock Paper Scissors Water

Head Over Heels

LOOK