We’re pleased to announce that Fleet Moves Dance Festival will return July 6-10, 2015 for a fourth summer of exploration, collaboration, and of course, DANCING in Wellfleet. Please mark your calendars and join us!
To take a look at previous years, visit our archive sites at:
fleetmoves.tumblr.com
fleetmoves2013.tumblr.com
fleetmoves2014.tumblr.com
To make a tax deductible* donation, click HERE.
In February we were thrilled to have the opportunity to spend time in the Vazquez Building, a new space in Bushwick soon to be open to the public. Over the course of the (shortest) month, Movement Party members dove into their solo practices in three-hour exploratory sessions. Since we so often work as a group, we wanted to use the time/space to reconnect with who we were as dancing individuals. Finally, we met on February 28th to share our rehearsal & performance scores, building up to a solo round-robin and group dance party. Below are a few artifacts of our process. Many thanks to the kind folks at the Vazquez for inviting us in!
Rishauna explores sense and site
Zena builds sister scores
Hannah looks at sequencing
Mikey cultivates magic, joy, and reenchantment
Kino (center, in the cat hat) requests that we close with a dance party
Dear friends, we are thrilled to be linking to the archive site for the third annual Fleet Moves Dance Festival. What began as a small idea has blossomed into a week-long happening packed with performances, workshops, sensory walks, installations—and of course plenty of opportunities to bust a move on the dance floor.
Whether or not you were able to be a part of the activity in Wellfleet this year, we hope you’ll check out the archive site, featuring photographs by the talented Whitney Browne.
“Tres” by Jessie Young at Fleet Moves 2014
Join us on Monday, May 12th at The Green Building for interactive performances, drinks and summer treats, music from Forest Fire, and one serious dance party.
Choose your start time and stay as long as you like…
The Movement Party is drumming up excitement for adventures ahead with a beach-inspired kickoff to summer, featuring good eats, tasty brews, live tunes,
and killer moves.
All proceeds support the Movement Party in presenting the 3rd annual
Fleet Moves Dance Festival
WHEN: Monday, May 12
WHERE: The Green Building, 452 Union Street, BK
HOW MUCH: Tickets start at $20
This event is made possible though generous support from:
Gowanus Arts + Production
Chavela’s Cocina Mexicana
Lexie Ruse
Sassy Molassey Sweets
And more!
Performances include:
excerpts from Anne Zuerner’s Lighthouse (Erin Cairns Cella, Galen Bremer, Zoe Rabinowitz, Phoebe Rose Sandford), The Plait (Kristin Clotfelter, Erik Deluca, Katie Schetlick, Adam Smith), and the Movement Party.
Generously hosted by Gowanus Art + Production at The Green Building.
A special thanks to our Host Committee:
Alana Hall ~ Beth Narducci ~ Broc Blegen ~ Cristel Jusino Díaz ~ Ellie Kusner ~ Emily Koh ~ Gary Gurevich ~ Mickey Sanchez ~ Mike Varona
For more information, please email the.movement.party@gmail.com
Please mark your calendars and be sure to join us for a mvmtPARTY to usher in summer and raise funds for upcoming Movement Party projects.
Monday, May 12
The Green Building
452 Union Street
Brooklyn
Featuring small bites, signature cocktails, performances, and a DANCE PARTY!
Invitations to follow.
For more information on joining our host committee or volunteering, please email the.movement.party@gmail.com.
Generously hosted by Gowanus Art + Production at the Green Building.
Photo by Whitney Browne
I’ll Dance While You’re Dancing & We Will Have Danced Together
(Cairo and Alexandria editions)
Presented in partnership with:
PRELUDE:
This month, Movement Party members Zena Bibler, Katie Schetlick, and Abigail Levine have been rehearsing via Skype with a group of dancers in Cairo, Egypt to stage I’ll Dance While You’re Dancing & We Will Have Danced Together for the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival.
If you’re in NYC or VA this week, we invite you to catch a live lunchtime performance on Friday (3/21) at Culturehub or at the Bridge PAI on Saturday (3/29).
BUT, wherever you are, you can tune in digitally to see how these different locations connect by following along online:
Twitter: @MVMTparty
Vine: the movement party
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
Friday 21 March (12pm NY time)
Cairo – The GrEEK Campus
New York – Culturehub
*Culturehub space is limited. RSVP requested.
Saturday 22 March (12pm NY time)
Cairo – The GrEEK Campus
Saturday 29 March (12pm NY time)
Alexandria – Teatro Eskendria
Charlottesville – The Bridge PAI
HOW IT WORKS // WHAT YOU’LL SEE, HEAR, AND FEEL:
Using handheld technology, participating performers will respond to each other’s movements across time and space.
Each performer is instructed to create an instant, spontaneous composition in response to the particularities of their own location and subjective experience, filming certain elements to share with other performers. This score has been performed at the Museum Perron Oost in Amsterdam and at the International Dance Theatres Festival in Lublin, Poland.
Created by: Katie Schetlick, Zena Bibler & Abigail Levine in collaboration with the Movement Party
Performed by: Dalia el Abd, Mohamed Mahmoud El Sayed, Engy Ahmed, Katie Schetlick, Zena Bibler, Abigail Levine, Kristin Clotfelter, Anne Zuerner, Rishauna Zumberg, Brandin Steffensen, Hannah Krafcik, Mikey Rioux, Josefina Camus, Erik Deluca, Diana Crum, Veronica Hart, Danielle LeCompte and Kendra Emery.
Photo by Whitney Browne
If you’ve been keeping up with us, you’ve probably picked up on the Movement Party’s adventures over the past year, from Poland, to Brazil, to our beloved Wellfleet, Cape Cod.
You may have noticed our explorations of movement across diverse landscapes and terrains— from ponds, beaches, parking lots and public squares, to abandoned railroads.
You may have also seen us experiment with different vehicles for dance experiences, whether through classes and workshops, performances, or an immersive summer festival.
And, if you haven’t noticed yet, be advised that:
WE ARE ALL REALLY EXCITED!
The key word is ALL. A lot has changed for the Movement Party over the past year. We have grown from a small creative partnership to a collaborative platform including artists from across the United States and beyond. We’ve been meeting monthly to plot our course for our 3rd annual Fleet Moves Dance Festival, an event that has become the culmination of our learning and growing.
We hope you will join us in our endeavors in the coming year. It is a vital and formative season for the Movement Party, and any amount of support from you will make a definitive impact and build momentum around our work during this time.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation here, an in-kind contribution, or joining us for a class or performance. We value your support tremendously, and we look forward to this new year with you.
Sincerely,
The Movement Party
Zena Bibler, Katie Schetlick, Kristin Clotfelter, Sara Gurevich, Emma Hoette, Hannah Krafcik, Abigail Levine, Zoe Rabinowitz, Mikey Rioux, Brandin Steffensen, Lailye Weidman, Anne Zuerner, Rishauna Zumberg
**All images: Whitney Browne
Join us online for a networked performance
The Movement Party has been asked to create a new performance for The Transcontinental Express exhibition at the Museum Perron Oost. We will be dancing in three separate geographic locations and connecting via a video feed. You can catch the action in real time on Twitter by following @MVMTparty.
August 31st
1pm, EST // 7pm CEST
@MVMTparty
In Time, Travel we position ourselves between several technologies that have redefined how we experience space, time, and connection to each other—from webs of iron and steel that connected entire continents to digital networks that allow users to communicate far beyond the reaches of physical presence. Dancing together from the separate satellites of Rhode Island, Virginia, and Amsterdam, we will create a nonlinear time and place in which to contemplate our relationship to time, distance, and presence across the two, and how these concepts evolve in relation to the technologies we interact with. In constant transit between time zones, geographic locations, and overlapping historical contexts,Time, Travel invites participants to transcend preconceived systems of time and space, and act as navigators, or travelers of time.
For progress updates and information about the locations we’ll be broadcasting from, visit our blog.
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