Mereminne Calendar
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2007
Friday
and Saturday, April 13 and 14 osmosis at
the UNC-Greensboro Dance Department Theater An evening of dance and music reflecting environmental and existential themes, with choreography by Lacy James and in collaboration with the dancers. Features the premiere of a large group work, disSolve subMerge that weaves together layered manipulations of movement phrases, recorded texts and other audio to create a dreamlike sequence of events set to Steve Reich's 1965 voice manipulation It’s Gonna Rain, Part II, additional sound scores by James, and live spoken word. Also on the program will be Birdsong Sketches, set to the Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (Little Bird Studies) of Olivier Messiaen, and Oracle, a women’s quintet set to an electronic sound score by James. Admission: $10; $8 seniors/children; $6 UNCG students. Tickets: 336-334-4849
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2006
2pm UNC-Greensboro
Dance Department HHP Building,
Walker Avenue (on the UNCG campus) In this shared program Lacy will present "River Solos" and "Rain," two excerpts from a work in progress to be premiered in April 2007. Admission is free. For more information: 336-334-5570
* Friday,
April 21 ""Beyond
Words: Manipulating Text as a Choreographic Element" UNC-Greensboro
Dance Department Theater As part of this day-long conference, Lacy will give a lecture demonstration on the ways in which she is curently using text/audio manipulations in her choreography. The lec-dem incorporates both video and live performance. Admission is free. For more
information: 336-334-5570
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2005
Sunday, May
1st UNC-Greensboro
Dance Department HHP Building,
Walker Avenue (on the UNCG campus) Lacy will present Oracle, a new quartet (work in progress) choreographed on UNCG undergraduate dance majors, in this informal shared program in the UNCG Dance Theater. Admission is free. For more information:
336-334-5570 *
May - August Development
of new work - Birdsong Sketches
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Sunday,
September 25 The Swarthmore Project presents "A Window on the Work": Birdsong Sketches Lang
Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore
College Mereminne Dancers perform Birdsong Sketches, a work-in-progress developed in a residency at Swarthmore College this past summer. The piece is set to Olivier Messiaen's Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux and will be danced by Michaela Bosshard, Lacy James, Kumiko Nasu and guest artists Susan Haines and Bradley Parquette. The program will also include Aftermath, a duet excerpted from the evening-length work Performing the Subject choreographed and danced by Susan Haines and Bradley Parquette. The showing will take place in the Troy Dance Lab in the Lang Performing Arts Center, and will be followed by a discussion period. Admission is free. Click here for directions and a map of Swarthmore College. For
more information: 646-281-1727
Friday
and Saturday, December 2nd and
3rd at 8pm
will be featured in the Fall Concert of Salem
College in
the Drama Workshop theater at
the Salem College Fine Arts
Center in Mereminne Dancers and Winston-Salem based company alban elved will appear as guest artists in the Fall Concert of the Salem College Dance Company. A reception will follow each performance. Admission is $3 at the door. For directions click here; for a map of Salem College, click here For
more information: 336-721-2789
2004 Sunday, April
25th and Tuesday, April
27th Lacy will perform her new solo work Endangered Species as a guest artist in Sidelong Dance Company's spring season. This program is supported by a grant from the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and the North Carolina Arts Council. Tickets are $12; $6 for students (Salem faculty, staff and students free with ID). For more information: 336-722-5922
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June 28 through Friday, July 2 Mereminne Dancers will offer a weeklong introduction to modern dance as part of Piedmont Arts Association's summer children's program. Workshops will be offered in three different age groups: Ages
5-7 from 9:30 am - 12 pm For more information call 276-632-3221
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2003 Thursday, Friday
and Saturday "Spirit
and Nature" We hope you'll be able to join us for Mereminne Dancers' first full New York City season! The program features several premieres: the suite Animal Songs; an exciting new version of trinity (trinity with chorus); In the Mirror of the Moon; and Peace Prayer. Completing the program will be Melting the Maze (2001) and Sea Changes (2002). Tickets are $20; $15 for students/seniors; $10 children under 12. Some group discounts may be available, call 646-281-1727 for info. Box office (opens August 4th): 212-870-6784
* Thursday, September
11 Mereminne Dancers will perform Peace Prayer in this outdoor/riverside benefit performance memorial for the September 11th WTC tragedy. The event is hosted by Aries Imp Productions and The Firewalkers Dance Company. Participating artists include Arthur Aviles Typical Theater, Rod Rogers Dance Company, Randy James Dance Works, Lonne Morretton, Kun Yang Lin TBC, and many other established and emerging dance and performance groups from the NYC area. Pier
63 is located at 23rd St and the Hudson River
and is home to the John Harvey $10 suggested donation. For
directions and more information, click here
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2002 Sunday, February
17 Sea Changes will have its premiere in the Fielday performance at Dance Space Center. The program will also include performances by several other artists working in various genres. Admission: $8 at the door; good for the whole evening.
For more information,
contact The Field at 212-691-6969. * Saturday, April
6 Sal Anthony's
Movement Salon Sea Changes will join works by 3 other choreographers in this monthly dance showcase sponsored by Torque Dance and supported by a grant from the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. The program will be followed by refreshments and a mediated discussion between artists & audience. Admission: $5 (includes refreshments). Info: 212-358-7089 * Sunday, April
21 WAXworks Silverback will be performed in a program of short works by artists in various genres. Audiences attending Waxworks are invited to share their constructive criticisms, reactions and ideas with the artists in an anonymous written format. By Train: L train to Bedford Ave. (first stop in Brooklyn). Walk east (away from city) on North 7th St., one block. Cross Driggs Ave. WAX is the third building on the left. By car: get directions from Mapquest here. Suggested donation: $7 Info: 718-599-7997 * Sunday, June 30
Desert Errata will be on this program, along with works by both emerging and experienced artists working in various genres. Admission: $8 at the door; good for the whole evening. By Train: L train to Bedford Ave. (first stop in Brooklyn). Walk east (away from city) on North 7th St., one block. Cross Driggs Ave. WAX is the third building on the left. By car: get directions from Mapquest here. For more information, contact The Field at 212-691-6969.
Friday, July
26 International
Dance Festival Mereminne Dancers has been invited to perform in the first annual International Dance Festival of NYC. Performances and workshops will be held in the historic St. Clements Theatre, an off-Broadway theater located in Midtown Manhattan. We will be performing a 1/2 bill including Sea Changes, Desert Errata, trinity and "Silverback". The July 26 program will also feature Janet Reed & Dancers and Synthesis Dance Project, both jazz-based groups; on Sunday July 28 we will share a program with ASE Dance Theatre Collective and Andrew Marcus Performance, a contact improvisation company. Tickets: $20; advance tickets are $18, if you are interested in doing that please email us ASAP.
Info: 973-243-6742 * Wednesday,
September 11 Peace
Prayer 12-2pm and Mereminne Dancers will be dancing Peace Prayer, a structured improvisation in silence, at various locations in Central Park between 12 noon and 2pm. These improvs will be free to the public. Approximate
Central Park locations & times: We will repeat Peace Prayer at an 8pm benefit concert, which is a response by the dance community to the events of September 11th and will include performances by many dancers and companies. Suggested donation is $10-20, but any amount is appreciated. All proceeds go to the New York City Fire Department's Fund for Widows and Children of Firefighters. Park improvisation
info: 212-472-7770 * 9pm Lacy will perform her solo trinity as a guest artist in "Hollaredülljöh", a dance concert presented by choreographer Cora Hiebinger. The program also features guest choreographers Jeanette Hemstead/Bluetooth Dance Group and and Dito van Reigersberg. Admission: $15; $10 with valid student ID; $5 with Evander Childs student ID Information:
718-623-5602
2nd Avenue & 10th Street, New York, NY 12 pm - 12 am (Mereminne Dancers will perform at 12:55 pm) We will be dancing the "Ocean Sleep" and "White Horses" sections of Sea Changes in this annual 12-hour performance benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS. A beautiful and moving event featuring many dance companies from the NYC area. All-day pass $50, 2-hour pass $30. Ask about discounts for Students/Seniors and Children under 12. For more information and a detailed performance schedule, go to or call DRA/Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (212-840-0770)
8pm The
White Room Dance Series This
is an exciting new dance series presenting emerging
choreographers. Mereminne Dancers' programs
for these shows will include previews of Gophoria
and Night's Daughters -- as well as a
further development of Peace Prayer, Sea Changes,
& an excerpt from trinity.
We will share the evenings with Sapphire Moon on December
13-14, and with Dance Anonymous on January 10-11.
More details about the White Room Dance Series can
be found at Admission: $12; seating is limited and reservations are strongly recommended. Reservations:
866-206-9067 x1691 or online at
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Fridays at Noon at the 92nd Street YM-YWHA Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY Melting the Maze will be performed in the "Fridays at Noon" showing in Buttenweiser Hall, along with dances by Belinda James and Katherine Longstreth. Each dance is followed by a discussion between artists and audience members. Admission is free. Information: 415-5552
"Badful Badful (The Stolen Child)" has just become available as an additional free download on the MP3.com site. *
(Please note: unfortunately this performance was canceled by Dance Space Center, due to the events in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001) 9:20pm Thursday, September
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8 pm, Friday and Saturday,
November 9 & 10 Lacy will perform her solo trinity as a guest artist in Sidelong Dance Company's fall season at SECCA. Tickets are $10; $6 for Students & Seniors. For more information: 336-722-5922
and
7:30 p.m. Friday, May 26 Martha Graham Center Student Concert
(Please note: the building's elevator will only operate BEFORE the show, so afterwards you'll have to walk back down!)
"2000 Dances" University Settlement, Speyer Hall 184 Eldridge Street at Rivington Street (2 blocks south of Houston Street) New York, NY "Tick or Tock" and "Eclipse", the first and second movements of our new piece set to Donald Crockett's Melting Voices, will be featured on this shared program produced by Lydia Johnson. The evening will also include works by Lydia Johnson, Sue Bernhard, Catherine Seago and Valerie Bull. (Seating is limited for this show, and early arrival is advised.)
Choreographic Platform Series Broome Corner Studio 425 Broome Street, #4R New York, NY trinity will be shown in a performance/discussion forum featuring works by several choreographers. Following the performance there will be a moderated conversation between creators, performers and audience. Admission is $5 (post-performance refreshments included!) Information: 212-966-7521
2nd Avenue & 10th Street, New York, NY 12 pm - 12 am (performance time for The Clearing of Gaea : between 12 pm and 2 pm) The last 3 sections of The Clearing of Gaea will be danced in this annual 12-hour performance to benefit Dancers Responding to AIDS. A beautiful and moving event featuring many dance companies from the NYC area. All-day pass $40, 2-hour pass $25. Students/Seniors: $25/$15. Children under 12 are $5. For more information and a detailed performance schedule, visit or call DRA/Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (212-840-0770)
Martha Graham Center Student Concert Musical Theater Works, Linhart Theater440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY A new development of Silverback will be previewed in the Martha Graham school's summer concert
Martha Graham Center Student Concert
Our new group dance The Clearing of Gaea will be performed as part of the Martha Graham school's winter concert
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