Current Collaborations
Below are brief descriptions of our current collaborations and projects.
• Q2 Habitat
Save the date, 2010 performance of Q2: Habitat will take place August 3-8 at 5 pm at the Settlement Granite Quarry in Stonington, Maine. This project explores the ongoing dialectic between specific, local ideologies and the natural history of a particular place. This project will take place in collaboration with choreographer, performer and puppet artist Mia Kanazawa and also with composer Nigel Chase. Q2 Habitat is a project commissioned by Opera House Arts in Stonington, ME.
More Information & Tickets: Q2: Habitat Performance Information
• The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
The piece is an unusual collaboration between Alison Chase, choreographer, Sean Kernan, photographer, and Derek Dudek, cinematographer, which brings to stage a visual and physical retelling of Gabriel García Márquez's The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, blending the supernatural and ordinary reality and drawing the audience into an unexpected landscape. The dancers, musicians and projections share the narrative in an intricate interweaving of live video feed, projected film and photos, dance and live music that captures García Márquez's story.
View Samples: Summer Session Photos | Fall Session Photos | Video Sample
• Rubbleman
Rubbleman explores the fantastical adventures of an 18-foot puppet who comes to life and of the street kid who befriends him.
• Gym Events
Gym Events are special short events that are designed to take place in a gymnasium. They have both community and school participation and result in highly physical and whimsical performances. Gym Events has 2 versions, one which uses rigging and one which does not.
• Motorcycle Chronicles
Motorcycle Chronicles an out-of-the-ordinary presentation of physical storytelling combing a local motorcycle club and a diverse group of singers and dancers.
• The Odyssey
The Odyssey is a cross-genre spectacle and a multi-dimensional storytelling project. It takes on a contemporary retelling of Homer's Odyssey, and blends projection design, music and movement into a narrative evening that is void of text.
• Imagination Workshops
Imagination Workshops feature the art of choreography in the 21st Century and the tools of invention.