Shared Stage Performance
December 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Join us for a delightful evening of short performances! This special evening features 3-6 performances, each 10-20 minutes long from artists of different disciplines. This is a chance for artists to share work, or excerpts of their work, alongside other artists. Audiences will be given the option to write a note for each artist, sharing their experience of the work. This is a wonderful opportunity for artists to receive feedback about the impact of their work, and for audiences to feel into the impact of each piece. The mixture of pieces – from dance, to music, to theater, to visual art, to experimental art – makes for a fun, inspiring, and diverse evening.
In December we are thrilled to present a variety of theater and dance created and performed by local artists ⎯ Rod Sauquillo, Stephen Park and Kelly Coffield Park, Gathering Wild, Leighann Kowalsky, Natalie Deryn Johnson, and Glenna Yu.
unfolding now
Performed by: Rod Sauquillo
Description:
This piece explores the practice of presence in an experimental form and invites participation from those gathered!
Rod is a creative who searches for ways to connect and express. Movement and poetry are their most cherished forms.
So, that just happened…
Performed by: Stephen Park and Kelly Coffield Park
Description:
Our work deals with capturing a moment in time and exploring it from many angles. We will perform the culmination of a work that is being crafted specifically and uniquely for this Shared Stage Event at WildHeart.
Stephen and Kelly have been making art from their lived experiences for as long as they have been together. They will celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary this New Year’s Eve
The North Wind
Performed by: Gathering Wild
Dancers: Emma Laufersweiler, Meredith Casimiro, Brianna Dixon, and Lillian Kemanis
Choreographed by: Jerylann Warner
Music by: The North Wind by Jim Perkins, Daigo Hanada
Description:
This piece can be described as a study to keep us in motion, in our creativity, and connected to each other. This is a Hudson Valley iteration of an Atlanta based dance company ⎯ a slowly growing and emerging new group.
In the realm of performance ideation, Jerylann, as a choreographer and seasoned teacher, has made an unstoppable creative impact. She has guided her students far in their artistic pursuits while mentoring, nurturing, and developing professional dancers and actors. Her choreography and dance company, Gathering Wild, have provided opportunities and acclaim for many performing artists. Her signature approach has been to foster community, conversation, and collaboration among vocal, visual, musical, theatrical, movement, and literary artists. Her roles in performance, production, and direction all center around this alchemy. Her production credits are numerous, ranging from site-specific immersive events to staged musical theater, as well as performances for the concert stage.
Jerylann has served on the faculties of Harvard and Emory University, directed dance programs in two performing arts high schools, and also served as dramaturge in residence. She launched a dance program in Title I schools in Atlanta, directed a school of dance in metro Atlanta, and wrote and directed a series of evening-length productions.
Solo With A Stool
Performed by: Leighann Kowalsky
Description:
A live active moment of processing life (in this case, grief) using the body and its’ dancing form.
Leighann Kowalsky makes art. She choreographs and produces dance, film, circus and visual theater works independently and for a number of organizations, as well as educates and experiments at the intersection of disciplines. Collaborative in nature, Kowalsky cultivates relationships and expands the dimensions of attention and sensation in her work, while playfully inviting others into that world.
tender nest
Performed by: Natalie Deryn Johnson
Description:
An improvisational dance and spoken word piece.
Natalie Deryn Johnson is a multi-dimensional movement artist, embodiment facilitator, intuitive guide, healing photographer, and poet. She has created for stage, art film, community gatherings, and evening-length solo shows—improvisational explorations of quantum physics, chronic illness, and water consciousness—and she is newly emerging publicly as a singer / songstress. She is a lover of moss, waterfalls, bathtubs, and communal enchantment.
cleave (this body)
Performed by: Glenna yu
Description:
A shrouded body navigates the split between spirit and flesh, private ritual and public gaze.
Glenna is a movement artist based in Andes, NY. She has danced with H.T. Chen & Dancers, Raven White, Nicole Kadar, clyde fusei forth, and Djahari Clark. Beyond performing, Glenna strives to build a more vibrant dance community in the Western Catskills through her work as a member of NYS DanceForce and as a dance teacher for children and teens. Finally, Glenna is the proud co-founder of Pillow Fort Arts Center, an interdisciplinary artist residency and community. She created Pillow Fort to be a resource for artists; to imagine alternative systems; and to provide a space for exploration, sensitivity, rest, and (re)creation.
Performance Location
WildHeart is located on 46+ beautiful acres in the Hudson Valley at 183 East Road, Wallkill, NY. This event will take place in the Barn, the large building at the end of the driveway. You can park in either of the two parking areas on the right side of the driveway before you get to the Barn. There are also a few spots in front of the Barn. More info about directions and transportation options HERE.
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Refund Policy
- No refunds, no transfers