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BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance presents the World Premiere of "rose walk green ice"

BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance presents the World Premiere of "rose walk green ice"

Company:

BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance

Location:

Danspace Project
New York, NY

Dates:

Thursday, December 7, 2017 - 8:00pm daily through December 9, 2017

Tickets:

www.danspaceproject.org/calendar/bodystories-teresa-fellion-dance

Company:
BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance


BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance
presents
the World Premiere of
rose walk green ice
at Danspace Project
December 7-9, 2017 at 8pm

 


BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance presents rose walk green ice at Danspace Project, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC from December 7-9, 2017 at 8pm. Tickets are $22 in advance ($25 at the door) and are available at www.danspaceproject.org/calendar/bodystories-teresa-fellion-dance, or by calling TheaterMania/OvationTix at (866) 811-4111. rose walk green ice is presented as part of Danspace Project's Community ACCESS series, which provides subsidized off-season rental opportunities for Danspace Project community members.
 
The World Premiere of rose walk green ice is the culmination of work begun with HOME and Agawam that explores self-awareness within communal bonds. By varying spatial orientation to the audience, utilizing various groupings, and highlighting key moments from previous pieces in the trilogy, audiences are offered multiple perspectives of each character, from a variety of angles. Through these perspectives, the audience is offered notions of familial bonding and identity formation, in the hopes that each audience member becomes more aware and appreciative of the complete self and of those around them.
 
"With HOME, we explored the rituals people undertake to discover their identity. The constant shifts in dynamics model the inconsistencies and uncertainties we go through in growth. The dancers experienced boundaries, and learned how to navigate through them in their journey towards self-actualization. After premiering this piece, we were told that certain sections recreated personal memories for audience members. It was a success in that people were able to access something that reminded them of their home and their personal journey through the movement," explained Ms. Fellion. "This investigation went even further with Agawam. We explored how places of origin shape familial bonds and identity formation. We contemplated how we may choose to accept, oppose, or become indifferent to our familial bonds, ultimately hoping to find personal identity within our families, and how our families shape our personal identities. Audience members were moved to share that through our piece they connected to their honoring and rebellion from their own heritage and women's roles in their family history," She continued, "In building rose walk green ice, I plan to strengthen these points of access and add to the elements of both familial bonds and personal identity, with further development of material from HOME and Agawam. The movement vocabulary and desired aesthetic is established, so now I want to look at how spatial orientation, movement manipulation, various partnering and staging elements add to and/or take away from the desired goal. I aim to further define intentions and improve the impact of several moments. I hope audience members see themselves in these characters and become more aware of how their previous experiences have shaped the way they interact with others. In realizing this, maybe they can extend more compassion to others."
 
This evening also includes special guest artists the Chicago-based Winifred Haun & Dancers, performing Trashed, a collaboration between Winifred Haun and Australian Circus Artist Emma Serjeant.
 
rose walk green ice
Artistic Director/Choreographer: Teresa Fellion in collaboration with the performers
Performers: Amanda Krische, Maria Gardner, Kimberly Murry, Jessica Stroh, Ashley Zimmerman, Elizabeth Shew; Original Music composed and performed by John Yannelli and Trilogy: featuring Dominick Boyle and Emily Cardwell; Costume Design: Nina Katan; Lighting Design: Timothy Cryan; Projection Design: Charly Wenzel; Set Design: Robert Gould and Teresa Fellion
 
ABOUT MANTISES ARE FLIPPING W.3
"The "W" in the title stands for "world," and Ms. Fellion and her colleagues do succeed in creating one....John Yannelli and members of the SLC Experimental Music Ensemble contribute a richly textured, partly live score of drones, strings plucked and strummed, swelling distortion, and high hums. The choreography is action-packed with a strong flow, a current that is sometimes tidal, washing the dancers back and forth across St. Mark's Church, turning the terrarium into an aquarium."
- Brian Seibert, The New York Times

 

BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance in HOME. Photo credit: Yi-Chun Wu
 

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