aMaSSiT - a MAKE iT/ SHARE iT/SHOW iT
Experience the creative practice investigations from our aMaSSiT participants:
aMaSSiT Pitch Session Showings 2023
April 29th @ 8pm
CJ Donohoe, Brooke Frieling, Laura Sanchez,
Annabelle Shultze, Ananth Upuda
April 30th @ 7pm
Libby Bullinger, Mira Göskel, Simon Montalvo,
Nora Stephens
Experience the creative practice investigations from our aMaSSiT participants:
aMaSSiT Pitch Session Showings 2023
April 29th @ 8pm
CJ Donohoe, Brooke Frieling, Laura Sanchez,
Annabelle Shultze, Ananth Upuda
April 30th @ 7pm
Libby Bullinger, Mira Göskel, Simon Montalvo,
Nora Stephens
aMaSSiT 2023 is a collaboration between The Dance Complex and Monkeyhouse.
Led by karen Krolak of Monkeyhouse it has featured mentoring sessions with Peter DiMuro of The Dance Complex, Nicole Harris of Monkeyhouse, JJ Omelagah and India Harvey of Embraced Body, Kim Holman, Ilya Vidrin, and Jason Ries. We are grateful for support from the Mass Cultural Council's Innovation Fund Grant, the Miner Nagy Family Foundation, for making this program possible.
Led by karen Krolak of Monkeyhouse it has featured mentoring sessions with Peter DiMuro of The Dance Complex, Nicole Harris of Monkeyhouse, JJ Omelagah and India Harvey of Embraced Body, Kim Holman, Ilya Vidrin, and Jason Ries. We are grateful for support from the Mass Cultural Council's Innovation Fund Grant, the Miner Nagy Family Foundation, for making this program possible.
There are many ways you can support these artists today. Below you can send an email directly to each artist. There are lots of ways your words will directly impact the work they do! Possible things to share:
You also have the opportunity to make a monetary contribution to each artist. Monkeyhouse is thrilled to be able to offer temporary fiscal sponsorship for each of the aMaSSiT 2023 artists in support of their work, which means any donations made through the links below until May 15th, 2023 will be tax deductible thanks to Monkeyhouse’s 501c3 status.
- Feedback on the work you saw today.
- Ideas for future collaborations.
- Resources that you can offer.
- Information about opportunities, funding, or resources that might help support their specific work.
- A sentence or two about why you appreciate their work or what makes their work exciting, relevant, important, etc. that can be used in future applications. (The value of a quote from a third party is HUGE!)
You also have the opportunity to make a monetary contribution to each artist. Monkeyhouse is thrilled to be able to offer temporary fiscal sponsorship for each of the aMaSSiT 2023 artists in support of their work, which means any donations made through the links below until May 15th, 2023 will be tax deductible thanks to Monkeyhouse’s 501c3 status.
Saturday, April 29th @ 8pm
Working title: “Pīṭha: Chiseling of the Eye”
The Natyashastra, seminal text of Bharatanataym, details eight rasas (emotions) which are used for communicating through gesture and movement. The proposed work is a workshop, performance and exhibition investigating the use of emotion-based movement found in Bharatanatyam to create temple-vessels to house the body. There will be two parts to this project: performance and workshop. A performance will be choreographed for each of the eight rasas and performed on eight 150 lb blocks of mud to create temples that house the body. These vessels will be displayed in the exhibition with projection of the choreography overlaid on the artifact. The Bharatanatyam movement workshop asks the question: how can we use insights of ethnic art-making to center design processes for and around diverse communities of color? Participants will be paired up to observe and notate each other’s movements associated with the eight rasas, analogous to the performances in the exhibition. These drawings will be used as guides to construct mixed-media healing spaces / sculptures. As a community of immigrants, refugees, and othered people, co-creating by sharing diverse art-making can introduce play to and democratize the process of designing our future, antiracist cities.
First thoughts/needs to make this project happen:
The Natyashastra, seminal text of Bharatanataym, details eight rasas (emotions) which are used for communicating through gesture and movement. The proposed work is a workshop, performance and exhibition investigating the use of emotion-based movement found in Bharatanatyam to create temple-vessels to house the body. There will be two parts to this project: performance and workshop. A performance will be choreographed for each of the eight rasas and performed on eight 150 lb blocks of mud to create temples that house the body. These vessels will be displayed in the exhibition with projection of the choreography overlaid on the artifact. The Bharatanatyam movement workshop asks the question: how can we use insights of ethnic art-making to center design processes for and around diverse communities of color? Participants will be paired up to observe and notate each other’s movements associated with the eight rasas, analogous to the performances in the exhibition. These drawings will be used as guides to construct mixed-media healing spaces / sculptures. As a community of immigrants, refugees, and othered people, co-creating by sharing diverse art-making can introduce play to and democratize the process of designing our future, antiracist cities.
First thoughts/needs to make this project happen:
- Contacts who understand soil and how to build malleable clay/mud using local materials
- 8*150 lb = 1200 lbs of dirt
- Connections to diasporic communities of color - community centers / gathering spaces (the workshop would be open to all, but I would love to reach out to community groups to invite personally)
- Access Doula to develop workshop and exhibition with: first thoughts that come up and I would want to discuss would be access and safety in workshop, ASL assistance, exploration of alt text for video format for exhibition
- Access to recording equipment for performance and workshop
- Studio time for 4 hr/week for 4 weeks
- Funding for project execution
- Space for presentation of performance and built outputs
My new work BITTER is a contemporary piece of feminine rage, inspired by narrative events and distilled down to the innate emotional heft of movement. It was born out of an effort to create directly and continuously from life experiences. The process focused on three images: a lighter sparking repeatedly, a crimson tapered candle burning throughout the night, and the angry yet peaceful smoke that emerges from self extinguishment. It is danced by myself and two of the most exceptionally talented women I know, Brittany Jokela and Caterina Wang.
As a newer choreographer, I am looking for:
As a newer choreographer, I am looking for:
- opportunities to choreograph in the Boston area, particularly collaboration with college dance programs.
- For the same reason, I am also very much in need of studio space.
- $85 for the choreographer fee for the upcoming showcase of BITTER at Boston Dance Studios.
Synergy Studios, LLC is located at The Kasputy's Family Studio within The Skating Club of Boston, Norwood, MA. Boasting an impressive 1,600 sq. ft. space, the studio features top- notch theatrical lighting, Bose surround sound, Pilates racks, and soaring high ceilings that allow for aerial rigging. In the past eight months, Synergy Studios has offered a diverse range of dance classes catering to all age groups. Despite utilizing only the studio time left after Skating Club classes and other events, Synergy Studios was able to attract over 200 students, 30% of whom were non-skating community members. The dedication of nine instructors contributed significantly to the studio's success.
Starting in July 2023, Synergy Studios will take full control of all studio operations and pay rent as an independent business entity. With this new development, the studio aims to become a leading dance education provider for figure skaters and a valuable resource for the local community. By providing teaching, learning, rental, and performance space, Synergy Studios hopes to be embraced by the Boston dance community as a hub where figure skaters and dancers can intersect.
Goals and Wishes:
Starting in July 2023, Synergy Studios will take full control of all studio operations and pay rent as an independent business entity. With this new development, the studio aims to become a leading dance education provider for figure skaters and a valuable resource for the local community. By providing teaching, learning, rental, and performance space, Synergy Studios hopes to be embraced by the Boston dance community as a hub where figure skaters and dancers can intersect.
Goals and Wishes:
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion
- Increase Community Engagement (Non Skaters, Non Skating Club of Boston Members in
- Class)
- Adaptive Dance Program
- Host Showcase Event
- Dance Academy Curriculum
- Rent to local artists
- Improve Website
- Business Management Mentorship
Using single source lighting, discofied props, the soundtrack of my sexual awakening and isolation, moments of attunement, discovery, release, and joy, drop into some uncomfortable nostalgia, reminiscing on your mind in your childhood bedroom through my new work, Things Discovered in my Childhood Bedroom. The worlds you created. The conversations you had. The discoveries you made. The thoughts you thought. This sensorial dance theatre piece is being devised by utilizing improv scores, moment work (Moises Kaufman), props, lighting, and meditation. The score in this piece is an abstraction of my method for the classes and workshops I facilitate. Workshops include discovery of space, attunement, meditation, dance party, and a culmination. You can learn about my teaching and choreography at cjdonohoe.com.
As an emerging facilitator and choreographer, two prominent needs and thoughts to continue these projects include;
As an emerging facilitator and choreographer, two prominent needs and thoughts to continue these projects include;
- Communities, spaces, and places to facilitate workshops at a reduced or subsidized rate to allow ability for participants to pay what they can
- Time (such as residencies) for prop making and theatrical discovery
“Welcome to Holland” is a multidisciplinary production that combines flamenco with poetry, humor, metaphor, spoken word and film to bring awareness about motherhood and disabilities. Inspired by the story of a Spanish speaking immigrant woman and mother of a child with multiple disabilities, this autobiographical work explores trauma and intersecting identities from the mother’s lenses. “Welcome to Holland” is part of the AFTER DARK series, a living autobiographical work that started in 2020 as an award winning dance film about motherhood and mental health and continued with a multidisciplinary production about motherhood and grief in 2022 at the Mills Gallery as part of the Boston Dance Makers Residency at BCA in partnership with Boston Dance Alliance.
In order for Welcome to Holland to be premiere within the next year, this work is in need of:
With Welcome to Holland, Laura will invite audiences to experience what it is to walk in someone else’s shoes. Even if this is just, for a little while. All her work will be available in English and Spanish.
In order for Welcome to Holland to be premiere within the next year, this work is in need of:
- Studio Space
- To finish the piece (four hours/week)
- To hold a 2-4 Weeks Intensive Residency.
- To finish the piece (four hours/week)
- A space to present a Work-in-Progress of the work with the communities Welcome to Holland represents. The goal is to do at least two or three showings throughout the year at small theaters, conferences, universities, family centers…
- Accessibility
- This work will be inclusive and accessible for individuals with disabilities. For this, I need a DASL (Director for ASL) to incorporate ASL into the piece.
- An access doula to ensure the creation of the work is accessible.
- Audio Description of the piece for individuals with visual impairments.
- This work will be inclusive and accessible for individuals with disabilities. For this, I need a DASL (Director for ASL) to incorporate ASL into the piece.
- A group of artists from ANY modality living in Everett, Malden, Chelsea, or Revere to create an ART response to the work so the audience can have a feeling of what Welcome to Holland is all about.
- Funds to provide access services. As someone who relies on access services to create, I need funds to provide
- Childcare for myself and all the artists involved in the production so they can focus on just create.
- In order to organize all of this, I also need funds to hire an Assistant.
- Childcare for myself and all the artists involved in the production so they can focus on just create.
With Welcome to Holland, Laura will invite audiences to experience what it is to walk in someone else’s shoes. Even if this is just, for a little while. All her work will be available in English and Spanish.
Bienvenido a Holanda! Es un espectáculo multidisciplinar que combina flamenco con humor, poesía, metáfora, drama, multimedia y danza creativa para hablar sobre Discapacidad desde los ojos de la Madre o cuidador/a.
Un espectáculo autobiográfico inspirado en la historia personal de la artista como mujer inmmigrante, superviviente de trauma y madre de dos hijos, uno con discapacidad múltiple, sin apoyo familiar. Una historia creada para dar visibilidad a historias que han sido tradicionalmente silencidas.
Bienvenido a Holanda forma parte de AFTER DARK, una serie de proyectos artísticos multidisciplinares con flamenco en el corazón sobre diferentes momentos vitales durante la maternidad. El primer capítulo se estrenó en 2020 en forma de un cortometraje sobre Maternidad y Trauma durante COViD que ganó premios a nivel mundial. Continuó con el segundo capítulo en forma de un espectáculo en el Mills Gallery sobre Maternidad y Duelo durante la Residencia de Danza en BCA. El tercer capítulo es Bienvenido a Holanda! Y tiene que ser presentado en el próximo año porque es un trabajo que habla sobre la vida y tiene que ocurrir en tiempo real.
Para que este proyecto pueda ser estrenado este año necesitamos:
1. Espacio para poder ensayar 2-4horas a la semana para terminar la pieza. Y de 2-4semanas intensivas para trabajar con todo el equipo antes del estreno. Espacio para poder presentar pequeñas secciones de este trabajo con las comunidades a las que representa para que su voz se incluya en el proyecto. Al menos tres presentaciones deben ocurrir antes del estreno.
2. Este trabajo va a ser accesible a personas con discapacidad. Para ello necesito un Director de Lenguaje de Signos y una Doula de accesibilidad. Además estoy buscando artistas de cualquier disciplina a ser posible de Everett, Malden, Revere o Chelsea para crear una respuesta artística para que el público pueda sentir de qué va este trabajo.
3. Necesito fondos para poder cubrir gastos asociados al cuidado de mis hijos mientras trabajo. Se proveerán fondos a todos los artistas que tengan dependientes para que ellos puedan centrarse en crear. Para gestionar todo esto, necesito fondos para contratar a alguien que gestione la parte administrativa.
Este proyecto invitará a la audiencia a caminar en los zapatos del otro aunque solo sea por un rato.
Un espectáculo autobiográfico inspirado en la historia personal de la artista como mujer inmmigrante, superviviente de trauma y madre de dos hijos, uno con discapacidad múltiple, sin apoyo familiar. Una historia creada para dar visibilidad a historias que han sido tradicionalmente silencidas.
Bienvenido a Holanda forma parte de AFTER DARK, una serie de proyectos artísticos multidisciplinares con flamenco en el corazón sobre diferentes momentos vitales durante la maternidad. El primer capítulo se estrenó en 2020 en forma de un cortometraje sobre Maternidad y Trauma durante COViD que ganó premios a nivel mundial. Continuó con el segundo capítulo en forma de un espectáculo en el Mills Gallery sobre Maternidad y Duelo durante la Residencia de Danza en BCA. El tercer capítulo es Bienvenido a Holanda! Y tiene que ser presentado en el próximo año porque es un trabajo que habla sobre la vida y tiene que ocurrir en tiempo real.
Para que este proyecto pueda ser estrenado este año necesitamos:
1. Espacio para poder ensayar 2-4horas a la semana para terminar la pieza. Y de 2-4semanas intensivas para trabajar con todo el equipo antes del estreno. Espacio para poder presentar pequeñas secciones de este trabajo con las comunidades a las que representa para que su voz se incluya en el proyecto. Al menos tres presentaciones deben ocurrir antes del estreno.
2. Este trabajo va a ser accesible a personas con discapacidad. Para ello necesito un Director de Lenguaje de Signos y una Doula de accesibilidad. Además estoy buscando artistas de cualquier disciplina a ser posible de Everett, Malden, Revere o Chelsea para crear una respuesta artística para que el público pueda sentir de qué va este trabajo.
3. Necesito fondos para poder cubrir gastos asociados al cuidado de mis hijos mientras trabajo. Se proveerán fondos a todos los artistas que tengan dependientes para que ellos puedan centrarse en crear. Para gestionar todo esto, necesito fondos para contratar a alguien que gestione la parte administrativa.
Este proyecto invitará a la audiencia a caminar en los zapatos del otro aunque solo sea por un rato.
Sunday, April 30th @ 7pm
Incubate Session1: is an interdisciplinary process over product based lab that's open to creators of all disciplines and forms. We concentrate on exploration, collaboration, accessibility, and long term sustainability. I found inspiration from a series of collaborative improv sessions that Olivier Besson and I facilitated titled playspace. More specifically the reaction to said space from attendees was inspiring, many felt revived and confident – the break from traditional performance based arts was received as a breath of fresh air. This project is important now as we need a space to breathe, to create on our own will- and get compensated for the ideas and art that we share!
In Incubate: Session1, participants would collaborate with one another to explore a common idea (theme) ie: the inner child, earth and sustainability, one's culture/race/ethnicity etc. Each session, starting at 1.1, will last 2 months, meet once or twice a week, with a luminous group of 6-10 folks from any genre of art. I, Mira Göksel, will be present as an advisor for all sessions and meetings. Artists will be compensated at the end of the session for their contributions and time. We will decide to either do an informal showing, or digital blog/article to share our findings.
In Incubate: Session1, participants would collaborate with one another to explore a common idea (theme) ie: the inner child, earth and sustainability, one's culture/race/ethnicity etc. Each session, starting at 1.1, will last 2 months, meet once or twice a week, with a luminous group of 6-10 folks from any genre of art. I, Mira Göksel, will be present as an advisor for all sessions and meetings. Artists will be compensated at the end of the session for their contributions and time. We will decide to either do an informal showing, or digital blog/article to share our findings.
Questions and Needs from Mira:
- Space to hold Incubate: Session1
- Funding to compensate artists, purchase materials, sanitary, safety, and first aid supplies, and technical needs.
- Accessibility accommodations, such as screen readers or ASL interpreters for end of session showings/meeting periods.
“a house with no walls” is a living archive of transgender and gender nonconforming people’s stories depicted through movement, physical theatre, and installation work. This is an ongoing project that originated in 2020, after Simon began to witness the widespread increase of social awareness and understanding of gender in Western culture, and with that an emergence of a new wave of gender-based violence in the United States. This evocative and deeply community driven work is based on interviews of trans artists and their experiences of transition, community, and artistic spaces. The four part work brings you along through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen of “the house” to witness how trans people exist in these spaces growing up and in their adult lives. Currently, Simon is ready to begin the process of creating a more expansive interview series with a larger pool of trans interviewees, as well as building out the 'kitchen', 'bedroom', and 'bathroom' movement sections. Transgender people’s stories deserve to be told without fear, and preserved for generations to come. We won’t let these stories be erased from our history, and radical change begins here, with us.
That being said, I’m asking for:
That being said, I’m asking for:
- access to camera and mic equipment for the interviews
- a videographer or editor familiar with interview style work that I will work closely with to shoot and edit the interviews
- a dramaturg, access to lighting equipment for the interviews
- someone that has access to a large pool of trans people of all ages and backgrounds that would be interested in being interviewed
- a set designer that would be interested in helping craft the physical spaces for the showings
- someone that has access to a gallery or performance space where they believe that this work could have an impact on the communities they serve
- access to audio listening devices
- someone knowledgeable in creating blogs.
- I am also interested in hiring dancers for this project.
<Working Title:> lean, STAND, coLLApse
Choreography by Nora Stephens with MacKenzie Skeens / Performance: MacKenzie Skeens and Nora Stephens
Soft Sculpture Tables by Kate Holcombe Hale / Music by NIEVERGELT
Video and Editing by Nora Stephens and Kate Holcomb Hale
A collaboration of dance, video, live performance and soft sculpture - three artists bring their personal experience to explore themes of invisible labor, specifically within traditional and non-traditional family structures. Other subjects that thread into the work include caretaking, abuse within domestic situations and methods of healing.
Memories, grief, exhaustion, anger, worry, joy, comfort and relief are all embedded in the multi-media work that centers around the dining room table as a domestic symbol. While the piece is personal, it simultaneously points to the unseen labor force of women, mothers and other caregivers whose care work is essential yet remains to be acknowledged, compensated for and valued.
In previous informal showings of lean, STAND, coLLApse, Nora and MacKenzie have always performed together. MacKenzie has a commitment to one of his other 3 jobs and is unable to perform live tonight - is his presence and power captured through the video? The sculptures are too delicate to travel for tonight - did you sense their grandiosity? The interaction between the hybrid forms varies between each iteration of the work and parallels the themes of invisibility, presence, ephemerality and ultimately searches for ways to create multiple access points and dismantle hierarchical power structures.
PROJECT PLAN:
April -September 2023: Research, Experimentation and Rehearsal
October 2023 - First iteration and performance at The Danforth Museum, Framingham State University as part of Kate Holcomb Hale’s gallery exhibition. Live performance, video and live sculpture.
PROJECT PROPOSALS / NEEDS:
@norassstephens / @kateholcombhale / @mysteriouslycomplex /
Website: www.norastephens.org / https://www.kateholcombhale.com
Choreography by Nora Stephens with MacKenzie Skeens / Performance: MacKenzie Skeens and Nora Stephens
Soft Sculpture Tables by Kate Holcombe Hale / Music by NIEVERGELT
Video and Editing by Nora Stephens and Kate Holcomb Hale
A collaboration of dance, video, live performance and soft sculpture - three artists bring their personal experience to explore themes of invisible labor, specifically within traditional and non-traditional family structures. Other subjects that thread into the work include caretaking, abuse within domestic situations and methods of healing.
Memories, grief, exhaustion, anger, worry, joy, comfort and relief are all embedded in the multi-media work that centers around the dining room table as a domestic symbol. While the piece is personal, it simultaneously points to the unseen labor force of women, mothers and other caregivers whose care work is essential yet remains to be acknowledged, compensated for and valued.
In previous informal showings of lean, STAND, coLLApse, Nora and MacKenzie have always performed together. MacKenzie has a commitment to one of his other 3 jobs and is unable to perform live tonight - is his presence and power captured through the video? The sculptures are too delicate to travel for tonight - did you sense their grandiosity? The interaction between the hybrid forms varies between each iteration of the work and parallels the themes of invisibility, presence, ephemerality and ultimately searches for ways to create multiple access points and dismantle hierarchical power structures.
PROJECT PLAN:
April -September 2023: Research, Experimentation and Rehearsal
October 2023 - First iteration and performance at The Danforth Museum, Framingham State University as part of Kate Holcomb Hale’s gallery exhibition. Live performance, video and live sculpture.
PROJECT PROPOSALS / NEEDS:
- VENUES: In late 2023/early 2024, I would like to bring “lean, STAND, coLLApse” to a gallery, museum or other art space in the Boston area and to venues across New England.
- FUNDING: for Rehearsals, Materials and Performer fees: $5000 and Childcare: $1000 (detailed budget available)
- CINEMATOGRAPHER/PHOTOGRAPHER : Documenting is a big part of our process and final performances.
- INTRODUCTIONS TO PEOPLE who are working this way across mediums and across art spaces
- REHEARSAL SPACE - ideally spaces where we could keep large sculptures.
- REHEARSAL RESIDENCIES -during school vacation weeks
@norassstephens / @kateholcombhale / @mysteriouslycomplex /
Website: www.norastephens.org / https://www.kateholcombhale.com
Dance LAB Creative, founded in 2022 by Libby Bullinger, is an artistic collective that produces dance projects based on creative collaboration, vulnerable exploration, and the generation of innovative art.
Today’s presentation includes two Dance LAB works.
“Weight of a Nation” choreographed and premiered in 2022, performed by Odessa Rain and Samantha Rosenberg, choreographed by Libby Bullinger.
“This Dance Means Something” is a current work in progress and will premiere in summer of 2023. Performed by Amanda Edmunds, Meredith Price, Odessa Rain, and Samantha Rosenberg.
Although the center of Dance LAB is the creation of new dance pieces, I (Libby) want to expose more of the creative process to a wider audience pool. Concert dance, especially in the contemporary and ballet genres that I choreograph in, is historically and currently inaccessible. Through a new project by Dance LAB titled “Translations,” I invite artists, creatives, and people of diverse backgrounds to represent our dance pieces in new ways. The intention of this project is to convert the ideas, feelings, or concept of a dance piece into other methods of expression. Examples of this may include poetry, prose, visual arts, videography, sound composition, other forms of movement, and anything else that captures the essence of the dance.
Audience members will be able to view these translations alongside of or instead of the original Dance LAB work. Not everyone has access to dance, and not everyone has interest in observing dance performance. “Translations” will expand audiences and increase exposure to the arts while highlighting new perspectives in the dance community.
“Translations” is in the incubatory stage, and I am looking for:
Today’s presentation includes two Dance LAB works.
“Weight of a Nation” choreographed and premiered in 2022, performed by Odessa Rain and Samantha Rosenberg, choreographed by Libby Bullinger.
“This Dance Means Something” is a current work in progress and will premiere in summer of 2023. Performed by Amanda Edmunds, Meredith Price, Odessa Rain, and Samantha Rosenberg.
Although the center of Dance LAB is the creation of new dance pieces, I (Libby) want to expose more of the creative process to a wider audience pool. Concert dance, especially in the contemporary and ballet genres that I choreograph in, is historically and currently inaccessible. Through a new project by Dance LAB titled “Translations,” I invite artists, creatives, and people of diverse backgrounds to represent our dance pieces in new ways. The intention of this project is to convert the ideas, feelings, or concept of a dance piece into other methods of expression. Examples of this may include poetry, prose, visual arts, videography, sound composition, other forms of movement, and anything else that captures the essence of the dance.
Audience members will be able to view these translations alongside of or instead of the original Dance LAB work. Not everyone has access to dance, and not everyone has interest in observing dance performance. “Translations” will expand audiences and increase exposure to the arts while highlighting new perspectives in the dance community.
“Translations” is in the incubatory stage, and I am looking for:
- any individuals or groups who are interested in creating their version of dance translation.
- I also welcome opportunities or specific spaces to show both Dance LAB pieces and the translations that will accompany them. Given the nature of this project, these spaces need not accommodate traditional dance performance.
Directions
The Dance Complex is located in Central Square at
536 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
536 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
Public Transit
The Dance Complex is a couple of blocks from the Central Square stop on the Red Line.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE TRAINS WILL NOT BE RUNNING NORMALLY THIS WEEKEND! Learn more about MBTA alerts here.
Walking directions from Central Square to The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA
Driving
Street parking is available in Central Square but can be difficult to come by.
Parking lots are located at:
Essex Street and Bishop Allen Drive (Municipal Lot #4)
Norfolk Street and Bishop Allen Drive (Municipal Lot #5)
Green Street and Pearl Street (Green Street Garage)
*please note that Green St Garage is cash only)
Driving directions to Central Square from the west
Driving directions to Central Square from the north
Driving directions to Central Square from the south
The Dance Complex is a couple of blocks from the Central Square stop on the Red Line.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE TRAINS WILL NOT BE RUNNING NORMALLY THIS WEEKEND! Learn more about MBTA alerts here.
Walking directions from Central Square to The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA
Driving
Street parking is available in Central Square but can be difficult to come by.
Parking lots are located at:
Essex Street and Bishop Allen Drive (Municipal Lot #4)
Norfolk Street and Bishop Allen Drive (Municipal Lot #5)
Green Street and Pearl Street (Green Street Garage)
*please note that Green St Garage is cash only)
Driving directions to Central Square from the west
Driving directions to Central Square from the north
Driving directions to Central Square from the south
Meet the Mentors
AaMaSSiT was led by mentors from Monkeyhouse,
karen Krolak and Nicole Harris.
Throughout the course of the program the cohort had the opportunity to work with mentors from a range of disciplines and fields including:
Peter DiMuro, The Dance Complex
JJ Omelagah, access doulaship
India Harvey, access doulaship
Kim Holman, dramaturgy
Ilya Vidrin, dramaturgy
Jason Ries, technical design
karen Krolak and Nicole Harris.
Throughout the course of the program the cohort had the opportunity to work with mentors from a range of disciplines and fields including:
Peter DiMuro, The Dance Complex
JJ Omelagah, access doulaship
India Harvey, access doulaship
Kim Holman, dramaturgy
Ilya Vidrin, dramaturgy
Jason Ries, technical design
Meet the Supporters
The 2023 aMaSSiT program is supported in part by the Innovation Fund from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. Funding for karen Krolak and Nicole Harris’ mentorship provided by the Miner Nagy Family Gift Fund.
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Monkeyhouse and The Dance Complex are UP designated organizations through the Mass Cultural Council’s Universal Participation program
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Please take a moment to thank the folks who are supporting innovation in the field of dance including the Mass Cultural Council and the state government who votes to fund those agencies!
Thank you cards will be available in the lobby before and after the pitch sessions to let our funders know why their support is so valuable. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and gratitude!
Thank you cards will be available in the lobby before and after the pitch sessions to let our funders know why their support is so valuable. Please take a moment to share your thoughts and gratitude!
Meet the Organizers
The Dance Complex enables the creation, study, and performance of dance. We sustain artists, audiences, and the community through programs that connect movement and ideas. We celebrate the wonder and curiosity of dance for all.
The Dance Complex is for all who want to dance or move; who need space to express or explore through movement. We offer classes, performances and professional development in a safe inclusive environment – unlike those with barriers to entry because we believe in catalyzing movement as both art and as a tool for life.
The Dance Complex is for all who want to dance or move; who need space to express or explore through movement. We offer classes, performances and professional development in a safe inclusive environment – unlike those with barriers to entry because we believe in catalyzing movement as both art and as a tool for life.
Monkeyhouse is an award winning nonprofit organization based out of Malden, MA that is dedicated to connecting communities to choreography. We are interested in finding ways that choreography impacts everyone and the ways that we all move with meaning every day.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Jason Ries, Kim Holman,
and Embraced Body.
and Embraced Body.
Accessibility
The Dance Complex building is old so without an elevator, however a single chair lift is available to get from the ground floor to the first floor. Someone will be at the bottom of the stairs to help operate the lift.
- ASL interpretation will be provided.
- Gender neutral and accessible bathrooms are available.
- Accessible and floor seating are available.
- Tickets are pay-what-you-can.
- The program will be available online.
