Open Rehearsal with BIRDHOUSE

Join BIRDHOUSE for their morning improvisational practice in an open rehearsal. Improvisation is the core of the BIRDHOUSE creative process and they start every rehearsal with an extended improvisation. Each day will be led by a different BIRDHOUSE member, each with their own entrance into improvisation. Whether you're a seasoned mover or simply curious, drop in whenever it suits you – and feel free to immerse yourself in multiple sessions throughout the week. People are welcome to participate or simply observe. 

About the Artists

BIRDHOUSE is a community of activist artists who move their body-minds in performance and installations to change conceptions of humanity. 

BIRDHOUSE’s works deal intimately with the human body, the implications of the body on identity, and the many ways in which we see and are seen, erase and are erased. They aim to uncover the essence of humanity within everyone by breaking down the classical format of audience watching performers into something much simpler: Humans being humans with each other. BIRDHOUSE works from a place of improvisation and communication so that the performers are always themselves before they are something else, using their community as a microcosm to investigate the realities of the human condition. 

BIRDHOUSE creates and performs in galleries, theaters, public forums such as the World Trade Center Oculus, and non-traditional spaces like cafés and apartments, always with the intent of bringing ourselves and others into a deeper place of empathy and understanding of each other’s experiences. 

About Pillow Fort Arts Center

Pillow Fort Arts Center (PFAC) is an artist residency and community located on ancestral Haudenosaunee land in the Western Catskill mountains. Founded in 2021 by a dancer and a craftsperson, PFAC strives to create a space where people are free to explore, imagine and dream; to build a community governed by respect for its members and for nature; to offer an alternative to the coercions of the current capitalist society; and to be a resource for artists, thinkers, feelers and makers.

We extend our gratitude to our community partner, Bushel Collective, for providing space for and hosting the opening event in this series!

This project is made possible with funds from the Delaware County Arts Grants, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered in Delaware County by the Roxbury Arts Group.

This project is also made possible with funds from the NYS DanceForce, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.