Name: study hall in the ruins
Start: 2021-08-21T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Northampton Community Arts Trust

study hall in the ruins

School For Contemporary Dance & Thought

a moment of passage into an interim that has no exit, or entrance

Northampton Community Arts Trust

The School For Contemporary Dance &amp; Thought presents<h3>study hall in the ruins</h3>Sara Shelton Mann, Jesse Zaritt, and niall jones, in collaborationa moment of passage into an interim that has no exit, or entrance / we find ourselves mid-thought, aspirations hanging like fairies in the wind, feet dropping through ice, heart pounding while breathing in the silence of somewhere.AUG 21 at 7pm EDT •  LIVE &amp; IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE at the NORTHAMPTON ARTS TRUST in Northampton, MA! Please bring proof of vaccination. This performance will also be available for livestream.
...Sara Shelton Mann has been a choreographer, performer, and teacher since 1967. She was a protégé of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis in New York City before moving to Canada where she met Andrew Harwood and fell in love with Contact Improvisation. In 1979 she moved to San Francisco to work with Mangrove, now Mixed Bag Productions, for which she serves as artistic director. One of its early manifestations was the company Contraband, launched as a performance group and research ground combining the principles of contact, systems of the body and spiritual practice into a unified system of research. Among her awards are a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 7 Isadora Duncan Awards, including a special achievement award for “erasing time: celebrating 30 years a radical dance legend” (Sara Shelton Mann with David Szlasa and Norman Rutherford), Djerassi Artist in Residence Awards, Headlands Center for the Arts Residency 2016, Lifetime Achievement Bay Guardian Award, 10 Women Who Made a Difference, Bay Guardian &quot;Goldie&quot; Award, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2016). Her Movement Alchemy training is an ongoing teaching project and is influenced by certifications and studies in the metaphysical and healing traditions. Sara’s performance work is a platform for collaboration and research in consciousness....​ABOUT SCDTTHE SCHOOL FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE &amp; THOUGHT ﻿(SCDT) is comprised of independent, internationally experienced teaching artists who embrace multiplicity, arouse curiosity, and emphasize personal choice. Central to SCDT&#x27;s mission is an abiding respect for the traditions, histories, and evolution of dance and performance with the directive to continue challenging established ideals. SCDT serves as a hub by maintaining space for process-based art that connects local and international communities.SCDT offers adult and youth programming in dance training that includes modern, ballet, and improvisational techniques. The school creates a space for the creative process by regularly curating performances and workshops with established international performance practitioners. SCDT works collaboratively with the Five College Dance department, Middlebury College Dance, and APE and the Northampton Community Arts Trust. SCDT welcomes humans from all communities, including those of every race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and ability. We believe that diversity creates a world we want to live in, and encourage you, whoever you are, to join us in creating a space for movement, feeling, thought, and intention. ...Join us for Sara Shelton Mann&#x27;s 4-day workshop moving alchemy / being in the body! More information at <a href="https://www.scdtnoho.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.scdtnoho.com</a>

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