We recently completed an artist-in-residency program at Borton Primary Magnet School. We brought aspects of our project FLOW to second and third graders, using movement to explore the local water cycle, riparian animals, and the history of the Santa Cruz River. We had a wonderful time wiggling around with these lively and intelligent children. Thank you, Borton!
Arizona Public Media captured this story about the residency:
Watch the river FLOW again. Hear stories from those who remember it flowing. Glimpse the mythical La Llorona. Celebrate your love of water!
Sunday, April 22
10am-12 noon
Santa Cruz River Trail Park
900 N. Riverside Dr. (park and playground halfway between St. Mary’s and Speedway, west side of river)
Dance works address our daily bathroom routines, our excessive consumption of plastic water bottles, the joy and sorrow of swimming where there’s no water, and the natural and cultural history of the Santa Cruz River
Guest performers include:
Odaiko Sonora
Borton Magnet School
Pima County Coummunity Centers After-school youth
PLUS:
Family-friendly activities & refreshments in a beautiful setting!
Suggested donation: $10
Come sit, walk, or bike along the path and watch the river “flow.”
FLOW is a project of NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre exploring the local watershed, the Santa Cruz River, and water conservation strategies through dance. With support from the Kresge Foundation, the Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Arizona Commission on the Arts, and generous individuals.
Tired of PowerPoint presentations? We thought so.
That’s why we teamed up with Watershed Management Group to create a different kind of presentation using DANCE to illustrate the concept of community-based “green infrastructure.”
This 20-minute moving “talk” will show you what is possible when you work with together with your neighbors to capture rain, control stormwater, attract wildlife, and beautify your neighborhood! Featuring Lisa Shipek, Executive Director of Watershed Management Group and NEW ARTiculations dancers in an unforgettable lecture that will make you wanna go home, get out your shovel, call your neighbors and get to work…before the monsoons!
See? We keep telling you that dance isn’t only pretty. It’s also useful!
Indeed, dance will wake you up and show you how to make your neighborhood greener, more desert-friendly and appropriate, and more alive!
Want to see it?
Tuesday, March 27, 3:30 pm: We’ll premiere the piece in front of 200 or so water and landscape specialists at the Arid Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure Conference (AridLID).
Hotel Tucson Conference Center, 475 N Granada
Call 270-4352 for more info.
Saturday, March 31, 7 pm: NEW ARTiculations headlines the Rhythm Industry Quarterly Review this month with “Trickle Up” and other excerpts from FLOW, our upcoming performance in the Santa Cruz Riverbed, April 22, 10 am-12 noon. Additional performances by Odaiko Sonora, Jodi Netzer and the Water Festival team, Batucaxe, and other amazing Tucson performers housed at the Rhythm Industry!
Rhythm Industry, 1013 S. Tyndall
Suggested donation: $10
Join us for the final Walk the Watershed tour through an urban Tucson neighborhood.
Sunday, March 11, 1-3 pm
Location: Navajo Wash – near Ft Lowell and Mountain Blvd., Hendrick Acres Neighborhood.
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Hosted by Eric Dhruv of the Ironwood Tree Experience and NEW ARTiculations dancers. Learn about your watershed in a lively walkin’/talkin’/groovin’ way!
Free and open to the public.
Activities will include: listening, observing, playing, marveling, moving, and learning. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and sunscreen. Bring water.
“Walk the Watershed” is a tributary of FLOW, a New ARTiculations project exploring the local watershed, the Santa Cruz River, and water conservation strategies through dance.
Join us this Sunday for the second Walk the Watershed tour … especially for KIDS…and kids-at-heart!
Sunday, Feb. 26, 1-3 pm
Location: Santa Cruz River, park/meet at Santa Cruz River park, N. Riverside Rd. between St. Mary’s and Speedway (west side of river)
Hosted by Eric Dhruv of the Ironwood Tree Experience and NEW ARTiculations dancers. Learn about your watershed in a lively walkin’/talkin’/groovin’ way!
Free and open to the public.
Activities will include: listening, observing, playing, marveling, moving, and learning. Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and sunscreen. Bring water.
“Walk the Watershed” is a tributary of FLOW, a New ARTiculations project exploring the local watershed, the Santa Cruz River, and water conservation strategies through dance.
Come delight in our dancing jukebox and devour a spicy and sweet dinner fare. Help us raise funds for FLOW, a project exploring the local watershed, the Santa Cruz River, and water conservation strategies through dance.
Feb. 10, 2012
7:30-10pm
Rhythm Industry, 1013 S. Tyndall Ave.
Homemade chile (vegetarian and non-veggie)! Chile/chocolate desserts! Live Jukebox dances! Buy a homemade valentine! Silent Auction! Win a HOT AIR BALLOON RIDE for 2!
$5 entry fee (CASH or CHECKS only. We cannot accept credit cards)
includes 2 free drinks
Additional for dinner/desserts ($5/chili, veggie and non-veggie options); $5/dessert).
Jukebox Selections ($5-$25/each).
Homemade Valentines (5/$5)
Raffle tickets ($5 each or 5 for $20)
Buy raffle tickets here (scroll down to bottom of page). You don’t need to be present to win: we’ll send you your ticket numbers!
Join us for the first Walk the Watershed tour.
Sunday, Jan. 29, 1-3 pm
Location: Arroyo Chico Wash
Park/meet on corner of
Santa Rita Ave. & 12th St. (in Lost Barrio)
Hosted by Eric Dhruv of the Ironwood Tree Experience and NEW ARTiculations dancers. Learn about your watershed in a lively walkin’/talkin’/groovin’ way!
Free and open to the public.
Activities will include: listening, observing, playing, marveling, moving, and learning. A short dance will also be performed for you! Wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and sunscreen. Bring water.
“Walk the Watershed” is a tributary of FLOW, a New ARTiculations project exploring the local watershed, the Santa Cruz River, and water conservation strategies through dance.
photo by Chris Noble
New ARTiculations Dance Theatre and Movement Salon present “Improvisologies” featuring the internationally-renowned improvisational troupe, The Architects, and Tucson’s very own Movement Salon.
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012
7 pm, ZUZI! Theater
738 N. 5th Ave., Tucson, AZ
Tickets: $10-$15 (sliding scale), cash or check at the door only
Come practice the fine art of paying deep attention to the moment as you watch these performers create compositions of dance, music, and spoken word text on the spot with no prior plan, no set choreography, no memorized text, and no prepared music. In any given moment these works will make you think, laugh, remember, imagine, cry, and feel more alive. And that’s a nice way to start a new year.
Ready to move? Ready to make stuff up? Ready to pay attention like you never have before? Ready to collaboratively create funny, heartbreaking, poignant, goofy-silly, meaningful work?
Then…ring in the year with the Architects, right here in sunny Tucson, AZ- January 5-8, 2012!
(that’s right…January 5-6-7-8! )
Register for the WHOLE shebang…or for drop-in classes (see below for details).
This 4 day intensive balances in-depth individual exploration with rigorous practice in spontaneous ensemble dance-making. Fresh perceptions and new choices are set in motion daily through provoking, open-ended questions. Each kinesthetic conceptual proposition acts as an entrance point for the mover and composer, a window into authenticity, connection, depth, and range. Of particular interest here is THE EMERGING: compositional languages and modes of perceiving and engaging that are in-progress, unfolding, as-yet-unseen.
Throughout the intensive, the artistic integrity of one’s voice is sharpened in conversation with the whole and a dialogue emerges as individual aesthetics meet, interact, and expand. As time allows, group discussions contribute to conscious integration of the experiential and the conceptual. Even here, moving into words is an invitation to discover, to uncover diverse perspectives, spark the imagination, and to notice the aesthetic and poetic effect of our compositional choices.
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All workshops and events take place in the beautiful studios of the ZUZI! Dance Theatre in downtown Tucson and the peaceful studios of The Movement Shala. Out of town participants are housed in the funky and comfortable Roadrunner Hostel and Inn, walking distance away from the theater and lively 4th Ave, home to many cafes, restaurants, bars and boutiques.
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Tuition: $300
Housing: $17-$34 a night, at downtown hostel.
Scholarships are available. Please inquire for details.
Workshop schedule/locations
Thursday, Jan 5:
9-12 ZUZI
2-5 Movement Shala
7-9 ZUZI
Drop-in costs: $25/2 hour session; $35/3-hour session
Friday, Jan 6
9-12 Movement Shala
2-5 Movement Shala
7-9 ZUZI
Drop-in costs: $25/2 hour session; $35/3-hour session
Saturday, Jan 7 (No drop-ins)
9-12, 2-5, 6-8 all at ZUZI
Sunday, Jan 8 (No drop-ins)
9-12 Movement Shala
2-5 Movement Shala
7 pm evening performance at ZUZI, “Improvisologies: an evening of spontaneous compositions featuring members of the Architects and Movement Salon
APPLICATION (for full applicants only):
Please respond briefly to the following questions, in addition to providing a short resume of dance experience.
1. What do you find most challenging about improvisation?
2. How do you imagine this workshop might support your interest in improvisation?
Application and non-refundable deposit of $50 due by Dec. 10, 2011.
**Send deposit of $50 to:
New Articulations
PO box 43423
Tucson, AZ 85733
**E-mail application and/or registration inquiries to Katherine Ferrier at katherine@katherineferrier
As a part of Kore Press’ Big Read Tucson, New ARTiculations Dance Theatre, with visiting dance artist Katherine Ferrier of The Architects and local sound genius Vicki Brown, present an evening-length dance & music performance inspired by the life and poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Featuring:
New works by Kimi Eisele, Erika Farkvam, Lisa-Marie McFarlane, Moriah Mason, Tammy Rosen, and Katie Rutterer and guest artist Katherine Ferrier
Original musical compositions by Vicki Brown (on violin and pedals)
Costumes designed and made by Barbara Seyda, lighting design by Don Fox.
Pima Community College Center for the Arts
Proscenium Theater
Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
VIP tickets, which include special seating and private reception, $40.
Tickets can be purchased at the box office or online at http://korepress.org/dance
