I survived the first crazy months of 2012 and felt fulfilled by all the lovely work I was able to do. Recently, I performed a duet in progress at Triskelion's Rip Rap Series choreographed by Ching-i Chang. I continue to work on RUIN and with Erica Essner and Jane Comfort.
Here are a few shows coming up:

Erica Essner presents excerpts of Weathered at Underexposed: Dixon Place
Curated by Doug Post
April 10th, 7:30pm Tickets $12
161A Chrystie Street, NYC
For more info and tickets click here: http://www.dixonplace.org/html/dance_underexposed.html
www.eecop.org

Jane Comfort's Beauty and Underground River at La Mama
May 17 - 20
Ellen Stewart Theater, 66 East 4th St, 2nd Fl, NYC
For more info click here: http://lamama.org/dance-festival/jane-comfort-beauty/
www.janecomfortandcompany.com

So! This year is starting off with a bang. I am performing in 5 different shows between now and February 7th. I hope you can make it to one of them. My biggest project at the moment is the show I am producing with Carlye Eckert entitled RUIN. It is set to premiere in October of the new year. You can check out the RUIN page or go to projectruin.com for more information. Let's hear it for 2012! Cheers everyone.

1. Studio Showing of my current choreographic endeavor, RUIN, at Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave, Seattle WA    98122 Seattle, Wa December 30th 6:30pm. Free! www.projectruin.com and velocitydancecenter.org for more information.
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2. APAP Showings with Jane Comfort and Company January 7th and 9th at 11:15am at City Center Studio 4, New York. Free 15 minute showings! 131 W 55th St (btwn 6th & 7th) New York, NY www.janecomfortandcompany.org

3. FLIC Fest at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn with Erica Essner January 19th 7:30pm. 85 S Oxford St, Brooklyn, NY. Tickets $25 www.eecop.org

4. The Field's Emerging Artist Residency Showcase including excerpts of RUIN January 23rd at 7:30pm at The Kitchen 512 W19th St. in NYC. Tickets $15. http://www.thefield.org/p-797-emerging-artist-residency-showcase-winter-2012.aspx

5. UnderExposed at Dixon Place with Annika Sheaff February 7th at 7:30pm. Tickets $10. www.dixonplace.org

Work in Progress Showing with Erica Essner
Saturday November 19th
Brookyln Zen Center

505 Carroll Street, Suite 2A  Brooklyn, NY 11215
Admission free. Donations accepted.
Starts at 8pm

Come check us out and provide us with important feedback.
http://eecop.org/news_upcoming.htm

Two New Shows coming up in New York! First up:
Emily Pope-Blackman makes a duet for us and presents it at the New Steps Series at Chen Dance Center
April 21st - 23rd 7:30pm
70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor
$12 General, $10 Students & Seniors
Please call (212)349-0126 for more information or to RSVP.
For more info check out:
http://www.chendancecenter.org/index.php/about_us/latest_news/spring_2011_newsteps_april_21_23/

But wait there's more!!!

Erica Essner Performance Co-Op presents The Soul Project at West Fest
April 28th 9 pm
April 30th 8 pm
at the Cunningham Studios: 55 Bethune Street (at Washington Street)
$20,$15 Student/Senior
For more info check out:
http://web.mac.com/flexicurve/Westfest/Cunningham_Shows.html
http://web.mac.com/flexicurve/Westfest/WestFest_2011.html

I hope to see you there!   

So! Since APAP a lot of things have happened. I traveled with Jane Comfort to Ballet Memphis to help set  a new work on the company for a week in January. It was great fun! You can see some of our rehearsals here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChmSeSv5uRo
February was full of auditions and rehearsals and serving coffee and writing grants and trying to stay warm with good friends.
In March I traveled to Texas State University to perform with a group of Juilliard musicians lead by Wayne O'Quin. Yara Travieso choreographed a solo for me that involved video projection, a long piece of Lycra that was wrapped around me and attached to a boom and a talented violinist on stage fearing for his life and limbs. Everyone in Texas was extremely kind and engaging. It was a great trip.
Later that month I performed with Erica Essner Performance Co-Op in Tarrytown, New York. It was part of a festival that was being held in an old Vaudeville theater that was celebrating it 125th birthday. I knew many dancers involved and we had a lovely day in Tarrytown. The performance was well attended and I enjoyed performing with Erica's group for the first time. Joy!
I most recently got back from George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia where I was performing with Tamar Rogoff in Diagnosis of a Faun. It is a piece that is near and dear to my heart and I was grateful to have a chance to perform it again. The cast and crew are so loving and easy to work with. It was also nice to see daffodils and tulips and cherry trees blooming. Spring has sprung! (Finally. It is mid-April...)
So the last half of a bitter winter has past with a flurry of activity that I hope carries on into the future. Stay tuned for more news soon!