Six Meters: Painting With Bodies
Our final show of the year saw us begin with a solo on a white canvas before covering ourselves and each other in paint while we danced as an ensemble. A highlight on Muhlenberg's campus, an audience gathered on three sides to watch us play and dance with vibrant colors. This group has been very special to me, and I will miss them intensely as I begin my professional life in LA next month. #painting #bodies #dance #improv #performance #audience #art #participation #love #colo
Six Meters: Harbor
For our second on-campus performance, Six Meters took inspiration from jugs of water brought onstage halfway through the show. Flicking droplets, pouring streams, and dunking each other reminded me of baptisms and cleansing as well as fear at the sudden shock of cold. We played to our strengths, creating a beautiful soundscape with voices and impromptu instruments. Eventually I made my way to the piano, where I improvised an accompaniment to the performers onstage, once again
Six Meters: The Chapel ("Hallowed Nooks")
(Photos by: (L) Demi Demetriades, (R) David Budnick, (Bottom) Melinda Graber) #dance #chapel #magic #performance #improv #sixmeters #physicaltheatre #candlelight #beauty #expression #solos #duos #trios
Six Meters Performance: "DRESS WARM"
For our first on-campus performance of the year, Six Meters amassed a gigantic pile of clothes in the Brown Dance Studio. Pulling clothes from the pile, wearing them in unconventional ways, burying ourselves, using it as an obstacle, imagining it as a hill under the stars, we explored the possibilities of movement and costuming. I also improvised on the piano to accompany my fellow dancers during a sequence. Dancing in "DRESS WARM" on Valentine's Day turned a difficult holida
Six Meters
-Improvised physical theatre and dance- Using sound, space, texture, and movement, Six Meters brings improvised dance to the Allentown community. Performance locations include Muhlenberg College, local public schools, prisons, the Brooklyn Bridge, and more. -Click here for Six Meters on Facebook- #sixmeters #dance #physicaltheatre #improv
Agamemnon
Directed by Matthew Moore Movement Specialist: Susan Creitz Original Music: Sean Skahill A Muhlenberg Mainstage, this production made unique use of physical theatre and a live original music score to create an arresting and devastating experience. Agamemnon's process required close collaboration, as the director derived much of the final staging from open Viewpoints responses performed by the cast. Additionally, the modern poetry of Ted Hughes' translation rewarded strong cl
