FALMOUTH, 
Massachusetts
August 24-26th, 2001
FALMOUTH,
August 24-26th, 2001
---WORKSHOPS, GUIDED RITUALS, OPEN JAMS AND PERFORMANCES
(CLICK ON NAMES TO FIND OUT ABOUT THESE FESTIVAL LEADERS)--Bobbi Bailin, Barbara Derektor Donahue, Geordie Holmes, Indira, Steven Malkus, Lara McDonnell, Tony Silva and Dancers
plus live music by Catherine Cramer and Bob Vander Pyl
* Festival general info, daily program Registration: GET 20% OFF BY TAKING TWO OR MORE WORKSHOPS! REGISTRATION INFO.
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The Dance Vision Festival is a project of the Virtual Dance Festival, A Dance Sources Project
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This is the third in a series of festivals dedicated to dance as spiritual practice. The first was in New York City April 2000.
When/Where: The upcoming Falmouth Dance Vision Festival will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 24th-26th and will occur at the Falmouth Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 840 Sandwich Road, The Alchemy Farm studio and the Mary French Dance School. Falmouth is a sanctuary seacoast town on the "heel" of the boot of Cape Cod. SEE MAP.
Our intention is for people in the region---old, young, dancers and non-dancers alike---to find activities in our festival that put them in the dancing mood of celebration. All of the workshops are designed for beginners with challenges still for the more experienced . If you take a workshop, you can attend the evening PERFORMANCE FREE, and also the ceremonies and warm-ups---a chance to dance with professional dancers. Some workshops will prepare short pieces for the evening performances as well---(Check with workshop leader.)...Of special interest, Glenn Marshall, President of the Wampanoag Tribal Council will join festival leaders in leading the daily CEREMONIES which are free and open to the public at 9am and 10pm every day. (See below.)
...The festival's underlying premise is that dance has always been at the spiritual heart of community...
Events: Saturday and Sunday evening(8pm)--Tony Silva and his company of four dancers from New York City will be performing in original choreography by Tony. Also from New York, West African dancer Lara McDonnell will be dancing her own works. A solo artist from Boston, Nicole Bindler, will be performing her own solo creation. Fri. and Sat.---Barbara Derektor Donahue, Joya Llano, and Colleene Farrasey from Tiverton, Rhode Island, plus Geordie Holmes/ Steven Malkus, full-time Falmouth residents, will appear in new works. Friday evening(7:45pm--Audience participation optional during someFriday evening events)--- Bobbi Bailin, another Falmouth dancer, will conduct a guided movement meditation.Also from Falmouth and also performing their own LIVE MUSIC for Friday evening's open facilitated dance jam, will be Catherine Cramer and Bob Vander Pyl. Reservations accepted—–$12 adults, $10 seniors and students and $6 for children). CALL 508-495-3311.
(If you take a workshop, that evening's performance is free!)
The line-up of daily WORKSHOPS is this: Geordie, DANCE STORIES (Sun. 10pm-12, $40); Tony Silva, CONTACT IMPROVISATION AS A METAPHOR FOR LIVING (Sat. & Sun. 2:30-5:30, $60 each); Lara McDonnell, WEST AFRICAN DANCE (Sat. & Sun. 1pm-2:30, $30 each); Bobbi Bailin, SACRED CIRCLES ( Fri. 4pm-5:30, $30); Indira (Barbara Valovic), DANCE YOGA ( Sat.10am-11:30, $30); Barbara Derektor Donahue, DESIGN IN MOVEMENT( Fri. 2pm-4, $40); Steven Malkus, VISIONING (Fri. 10am-1pm, $60).
Workshops are in the day($60 for a three hour session, $40 for 2hr, $30 for one and half hours) and evenings will be for performances and facilitated jams/events.GET 20% OFF BY TAKING TWO OR MORE WORKSHOPS! REGISTRATION INFO BELOW.
Group rates are available for accommodations. Check out the really nice and affordable local B&B, the Sjoholm Inn. There are also camping locations. The Sippewissett Campgrounds---508 548-2542.
Questions?---email Steven ...Also if you want a brochure just email your snail mail address.
Each day will begin (9am) and end (10pm) with a free CEREMONY open to all, (mornings---also, yoga sun salutation, stretch and brief dance warm-up) conducted by festival leaders with special surprise guests. These will be 20-30 minutes and outdoors if appropriate at one of the local parks, by the ocean or at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Glenn Marshall, President of the Wampanoag Tribal Council, will lead a blessing Friday morning, Saturday evening and Sunday morning. There will also be outdoor rituals such as chanting, dancing, walking, facilitated by festival leaders.These are also free to workshop participants and, for a nominal donation, open to the general public. (Inquire with the Festival at 508 495-3311 on the day in question.)
CREDO: We are not just another dance event. We are trying to create a network of people that pool resources to promote this very needed work of health, spirit and community. We hope that "hosting" will catch on with an active exchange of teachers and performers. Please consider what can happen in your area and freely use our model. Above all let us help each other...there is a whole world out there in need and waiting! By all means stay in touch! We have a listserv and their is an email list of people who would love to hear from you on ideas and collaborations.
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* FOR ANY 3 HOUR WORKSHOP($60)---($40 FOR 2 HOUR; $30 FOR 1 1/2) Remember if you take a workshop that evening's performance is free---normally $12.
* FOR 2 OR MORE WORKSHOPS AND GET 20% OFF!
* TO HOLD A SPACE FOR A WORKSHOP($20)
* FOR MORE INFO AND TO GET A FREE BROCHURE
EMAIL STEVEN MALKUS (stevenmalkus1@prodigy.net) OR SEND CHECK (payable to Dance Vision 2000 Festival) AND INFORMATION ON YOUR CHOICES TO:
Dance Vision Festival, 50 GLENWOOD AVE. FALMOUTH, MA 02540
OR CALL: 508-495-3311
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DESCRIPTIONS(of festival leaders---alphabetical)
Sacred Circles Dances
(One and 1/2 hour workshop---Friday, Aug.24, 4pm-5:30pm $30)
Bobbi Bailin is a teacher of the Alexander Technique, an artist
and healer who lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts. She
creates movement environments using awareness and images of
Nature to
focus on and free the divine, creative energy flowing through us.
Background includes study of Gurdjieff Movements, Noyes Rhythm,
Sacred Circle
Dance. Taught Sacred Dance at Interface and Hancock Church.
Recipient of
Mass Cultural Council Grant for movement 2000. Bobbi will also facilitate an evening
movement meditation on Friday evening.
EMAIL: bobbibysea@aol.com
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2-D Design MovementWorkshop or Doodle Dancers (Fri. Aug. 24, 2pm-4, $40)
"This 2 hr workshop is an exploration of drawing different patterns and letting the patterns inspire movement to create a dance which is connected to a drawing that inspires movement - so you have the art/movement connection." ---Barbara
Performance works...
Ode to an Angel--"A dance inspired by a beautiful spirit"
Passacalia---"Ode to memories of better times"---trio with Joya Llana and Colleene Farrasey---a group collaboration
Bio
- Barbara Derecktor Donahue known as the
Dancing Spirit
is chairman of The Tiverton Arts Council in RI for which she
produces
community performances. She teaches creative dance, a blend of
ballet, modern and Roth Dance with an art/ movement connection
for all ages . She received her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase
and is now working on her Masters in Art at Rhode Island School
of Design.
Email: thedancingspirit@aol.com
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DANCE STORIES.....
"Revisiting an event or an observation
that we have recently experienced, one that has made an
impression upon us, we will incorporate this into a small
movement phrase -- thus, a dance story-- .
Dance may be inspired by events and observations in our
lives. Our inner responses can create a path towards
personal dance making . When the dance movements come about
from such a motivation, there is clarity for the story-teller-dancer,
providing insightful feedback as well as enjoyment thru
communication..."-geordie holmes
Georgiana
Holmes("Geordie")
studied at the North Car
olina School for the Arts('65-69). Moving to New York
City in '69 she danced with Norman Walker and Pearl Lang. She was
a soloist with Louis Falco,Jennifer Muller, Pauline Koner, Erin
Martin, and danced/choreographed with Pilobolus for two years.
She has toured internationally, received two NEA choreography
fellowships, taught at the Boston Conservatory of Music and
Dance,the Mudra School in Brussels, and at other colleges and
schools for over twenty-five years.
Email: Geordie@capecod.net
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DANCE YOGA For all Bodies (Sat. Aug 25th, 10am-11:30, $30) A
joyous, holistic approach to well-being which combines gentle,
flowing
Kripalu style yoga and energizing, free-form movement to
integrate body,
mind and spirit in spontaneous, self-expressive dance.
Meditative to wild
to serene - we will dance our way through the chakras.
Offered by Indira Barbara Valovic,
Kripalu DansKinetics teacher-in-training with extensive dance and
movement background, including early training and then teaching
ballet and tap. Later moved on to tai chi, chi gong, yoga,
classical Indian dance and dance
drama, folkdancing, dance meditation and the Dances of
Universal Peace. Created and, for 10 years, taught "Dancing
Aerobic Workout" in Hingham, MA.
..................Email: BVALOVIC@PARTNERS.ORG
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WEST AFRICAN DANCE WORKSHOPS
(TWO) ONE AND ONE HALF HOUR WORKSHOPS...Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25th and 26th, 1pm-2:30, $30 each)
This class offers tools to learning how to learn West African dance, in order to free the dancer from the tensions of approaching a new technique and allow him or her to experience the inherent joy in the movement. Passages and gestures will be drawn from Congolese, djimbe, sabar, and Afro-Carribean dances to provide practice in isolations and coordination throughout the body. The community-oriented structure builds tremendous energy and provides a safe environment in which to experiment and learn. The class is open to all levels and will cater individually to each dancer’s abilities. Please bring/wear a piece of fabric (for women) or loose fitting pants (for men) in addition to a t-shirt/sports bra/leotard and footless tights/leggings/biker shorts.
TEACHER
Lara McDonnell is a dancer, teacher and choreographer in the New York City area. She holds a Professional Diploma from the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance in London and a BA in biology with a minor in dance from SUNY College at Buffalo. Her West African training includes Chuck Davis, Lamine Thiam, Marie Basse-Wiles, Babacar M’baye, Fumilayo Chesney, Titos Sompa and many others. Studies at the Laban Centre have particularly influenced her approach to analyzing, describing and teaching dance.
PERFORMANCE:
Billow
The performance is an amalgam of techniques ranging from contemporary release, West African, contact improvisation and traditional modern. It explores the energy and emotive expressions that arise through the blending of these techniques.
email: lmcdonnell@Audubon.org
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VISIONING
"This
w
orkshop is about visioning.
After a warmup we will concentrate on bringing visions up from
the source and flowing with their power as inspiration for making
your own dance.Visions are not images---they come through the
spirit and pervade the entire being, all the senses, and with
great force, feeling and clarity. They are vivid communications
from the deep well of our hopes,desires and dreams---also from
the intangible presences which surround us. In this workshop we
will learn how to crystalize these gifts into prayer and art."
--Steven Malkus
Steven Malkus studied ballet and modern dance while earning his BA at Harvard University (class of '75) in Special Concentrations:Dance in Film and Video. He received his MFA in choreography from ASU in 1983. He has taught dance in schools and privately for over twenty-five years. He has directed his own dance company in Boston, received grants(CETA, a Regents Fellowship, and for a NEA funded videodance collaboration). His teaching stresses the importance of making your own dance as an expression of your unique life force.
Email: stevenmalkus1@prodigy.net
WEBSITE: http://pages.prodigy.net/stevenmalkus1
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CONTACT IMPROVISATION AS A METAPHOR FOR LIVING
(TWO) THREE HOUR WORKSHOPS--Sat and Sun, Aug 25th and 26th 2:30pm-5:30, $60 each
In this class participants will experience the transcendent nature of a deep, but non-sexual, physical connection to another person. Through the meditative state of moving together, a dancer can move beyond their thinking mind and their doing body, to connect to their spiritual selves and those of others. This class is open to all levels.
"There are
many valuable life lessons inherent in the practice of Contact
Improvisation: Blending, following an energy flow, tuning your
sensitivity, deep and honest communication. I believe that
this work can nourish the spirit as it cleanses the body of
tension and other blockages. You could call my class "Contact
for Spiritual Growth." --Tony Silva
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Tony Silva, a native New Yorker, is a
choreographer, improviser and
multi-instrumentalist composer. Silva developed his own
unique approach to choreography, which is a hybrid of Contact
Improvisation and Modern Dance.The result is a highly physical
dancing style that communicates emotion
through action. He has taught his partnering technique at
Dance Space
Center as a guest artist since 1998. 
In 1994 he earned a BFA in dance at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, and in 1996 founded his company Tony
Silva Dance and Music. Since then they have presented work
in many venues around New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio,
California and at the John F. Kennedy Center in
Washington D.C.
email: silvat@pbworld.com
Website: http://www.tonysilvadanceandmusic.com/index.html
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MUSICIANS CATHERINE CRAMER AND BOB VANDER PYL will be performing live in the dance jam Friday evening. These are designed for audience participation and are facilitated by various festival leaders.
Musicians Bob Vander Pyl and
Catherine Cramer have been worki
ng with dancer Geordie Holmes over
the past year. Bob plays 6- and 12-string acoustic and electric
guitars, and has been working with ambient soundscapes.
Catherine, who was a dancer for 15 years, plays drumset and
percussion. Together they produce musical accompaniment that is
rhythmic, improvisational and textural. Catherine and Bob are
Falmouth residents.
Email: cramer@capecod.net
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