Project In Motion's 7th annual
Concerts Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7PM Concerts will vary dependent on the curation of student and instructor created pieces from workshops. Audience size is limited to 45. Project In Motion Harvey Gin Studios Shows $10 / $7 Show tickets available now - see below » Company Auditions: September 30th 2-4
ABOVE BORDERS AERIAL DANCE FESTIVAL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: 9AM- 10:15 Warm up 12-1 Lunch 1-2:15 Creating and Performing Workshop (w/all instructors) 2:30-3:45 Clowning 2:30-3:45 Aerial Silks 3:45-5 Roue Cyr Wheel 3:45-5 Yoga/Stretch 5PM Creation run through 30 minutes. All performances will be at 7PM. Each instructor will perform one piece. All other pieces are curated. Creation workshops will start Friday afternoon and run four hours. Creations will be performed Sunday at 7PM.
One Day Registration
Special Performance session with Ty Vennewitz This is a great way for kids to learn about performance. Ty Vennewitz, a professional clown, dancer, juggler and Cyr artist will zip everyone into performance mode for the Sunday show. The Kids Company will be leading the way! Register here!
FEATURED ARTISTS: Ty:
When he's not juggling engagements you can find him wheeling in the streets, a boyish grin on his face. Monica Newsam: Monica's internationally acclaimed body of work in dance and choreography stretches across four continents. She has performed in France, Italy, India, Ecuador, El Salvador, Cuba, the Bahamas and the United States. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National School of Dance and Folklore in Havana, where she also performed professionally with the Cuban dance company “Retazos.” Upon her return to Panama, Monica co-created the first panamanian contemporary dance company “Creadanza,” with her sister and constant collaborator Graciela Newsam. Monica continued her exploration of international movement styles in India. She received a Post Graduate Diploma in Indian Classical Dance at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra and Yoga at the Sivananda Yoga Center of Kerala, and also taught ballet and contemporary dance at the American Embassy School and the Lycée Français de Delhi. Following successful performances in New Delhi, both Monica and Graciela performed in France and Italy. Returning home again, Monica joined the faculty at the University of Panama as a professor of dance, while continuing to perform extensively in Central and South America. In 1999, inspired by their desire to take dance into the local community, Graciela and Monica co-founded Gramo Danse Company, the first aerial dance company in Panama. In her continuing relationship with Gramo Danse as performer and contributing choreographer, Monica is fulfilling her dream of educating children about the power of dance. In 2003, Monica received a master's degree in education from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. She began exploring aerial circus techniques which lent new perspectives to her artistic work. Currently, Monica teaches aerial dance at Webster University in St. Louis, where she also choreographs for its Dance Ensembles. In 2010 and 2011, Monica worked with the St. Louis non-profit consortium ANNONYArts to produce her shows Aerial Fusion and Airborne Soirée." Throughout her extensive creative output, Monica seeks to expand global awareness of aerial dance as an exciting, expressive movement discipline. Her most recent projects include the joint development with Graciela of a university-level aerial dance curriculum. Monica first introduced this curriculum Xielo / Gramo Danse in Panama, and is expanding it with her students at Webster.
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Ty's obsession with circus lured him across the continent to the National Circus School (ENC) in Montreal, where he donned the world's smallest mask, a red nose, and studied clowning... seriously. He has performed for Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize, Creativiva and numerous others. He is currently a performer with the Acrobatic Conundrum, a co-founder and teacher at Levity Circus Collective, and performs a solo show titled Cirque Love Love.