Saw some great dance during APAP, Doug Varone at the 92nd st. Y and Kyle Abraham and Kate Weare at the Joyce this week, I’ll be seeing Parsons Dance at the Joyce on Tuesday.  I have missed Boston and will be starting classes and bring our work there February 5th.  I’ll miss some part of being in NYC too!

Here is our next and last show in NYC!!!!

Kelley Donovan & Dancers present

Fractured Realm
a new work exploring creation, destruction and connection.

Friday, January 13th at  7:00pm (coming to Boston Feb. 5th!)

Guest Choreographers Bud Burdick & Malinda Ray Allen

Performers: Kelley Donovan & Dancers: Amy Larson, Jaclyn Fauci, Bud Burdick, Grace Lerner, Kristen Klein, Sylvana Tapia, Christina Chelette, Jordan Gehley and Maya Kite

Final New York City performance!!  New Venue!

Gibney Dance Center, 890 Broadway 5th floor, Studio one
www.gibneydance.org for directions

Donations, $20 General, $12 for Student/Seniors/Salon members  for tix:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/214833

Contact: kddcompany@yahoo.com or Call (617) 388-3247 for info.

See   http://kddcompany.wordpress.com  for clips of rehearsal and the process of making this work.
Kelley Donovan & Dancers create dance that investigates the internal world of transformation and expresses the intimate self through movement, ranging from soft fluidity to athletic physicality.  With a  sequential use of the torso with abrupt energy changes and weight shifts, dancers physically explore the theme of impermanence by never letting their weight settle for two long in one shape and move with an restless urgency toward the next physical event.  A non-linear series of images and serpentine movement vocabulary gather strength in its accumulation of details, gestures and exchanges of energy.

Exploring the gray area between the extremes of purely classical modern dance and theatrical narrative, Donovan creates movement rich with imagery, experienced viscerally and expressive of transformation.

Here is the new and improved Tall Girl Trio!

Our Last show in NYC for a while!
Friday, January 13th at   7:00pm
One night only!
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/214833   for tickets in advance
Gibney Dance Center,
890 Broadway, 5th floor, studio one
www.gibneydance.org for directions

and

in Boston

Sunday, February 5th at 7:00pm
One night only!

Julie Ince Thompson Theater, The Dance Complex
536 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/214834  for tickets

www.dancecomplex.org for directions

both shows:
$20 General Donation, $12 for Student/Seniors
Call (617) 388-3247

See  previous entries over the past few months to see excerpts from the piece!

Here is a little bit more about the work!

Kelley Donovan & Dancers will present Fractured Realm, a new evening length work exploring creation, destruction and connection.

Kelley Donovan & Dancers create dance that investigates the internal world of transformation and expresses the intimate self through movement, ranging from soft fluidity to athletic physicality.  A sequential use of the torso with abrupt energy changes and weight shifts explore the initiation of movement from the core.

The dancers physically explore the theme of impermanence by never letting their weight settle for two long in one shape and move with an restless urgency toward the next physical event.  A non-linear series of images and serpentine movement vocabulary gather strength in its accumulation of details, gestures and exchanges of energy.

Exploring the gray area between the extremes of purely classical modern dance and theatrical narrative, Donovan creates movement rich with imagery, experienced viscerally and expressive of transformation.
Dance Magazine said “Tempering strength with vulnerability, she can turn sharp edges into soft corners with sensuous fluidity.”  Marcia Siegel said ” The piece transcended the ordinary … Donovan’s movement, …, is lush and lyrical. Few choreographers today have such a clear sense of space and continuity.  Donovan’s … other special gift is for composition, the building of patterns in time and space.“  The company’s work has been chosen among the best of the year by the Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Boston Herald among others. The New York Times called her work “vibrant, imaginative…with a rare feeling for stage space.”

Kelley Donovan splits her time between New York City and Boston teaching and performing in both cities and has performed work by Ann Carlson and Liz Lerman.  She and has taught dance at MIT and currently teaches at UMass Boston, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre and Third Life Studios and is a guest choreographer at Roger Williams University.  Her choreography has been produced by World Music/Crasharts, The Boston Institute of Contemporary Art at Summer Stages Dance, MIT, Mobius, Harvard, The Choreographers Group, Salem State College and The Federal Reserve Bank in Boston and Cunningham Studio, DanceNYC/Now Raw Festival, Gelapegos, The Hatch, Joyce SoHo, The Rover, Movement Research, The DUO Theater and the 92nd St. Y in New York City.  Her work has received financial support from The Artist Foundation of Boston and a Space Grant from the 92nd St. Y in New York City.  Kelley studied choreography with Mark Morris and Bessie Schönberg and received a B.A. from Bradford College in 1989.

So I will post a video I am not sure I have put up here on Across the Ages Dance Project

http://vimeo.com/25785080

I am also very excited in a geeky way, because I just figured out how to download video from online and covert MOV quicktime files to avi  uploadable files via free software I found at download.com!

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=338058409541284&id=823840216

Kelley performing in Fractured Realm

Kelley Donovan & Dancers “Fractured Realm” a dancework about transformation
with Guest Choreographer James Koroni

Saturday, December 10th at 8:00pm
One night only!!

PMT House of Dance, 69 W. 14th St. 3rd floor
www.pmthouseofdance.com for directions

Performers: Kelley Donovan & Dancers: Amy Larson, Chizuru Tanaka, Jaclyn Fauci, Bud Burdick, Grace Lerner, Jordan Gehley, Kristen Klein, Sylvana Tapia, Christina Chelette, Justina Gaddy, Maya Kite, Caroline Carbo, Caroline Yost

$20 General Admission, $12 for Student/Seniors
to order tix go to:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/210730
(if you cannot attend but would like to support the cause, feel free to purchase a ticket)

Contact: kddcompany@yahoo.com or Call (617) 388-3247 for info.

Here is a photo taken before our last show!

Lastly I finally got to see a show at BAM!  I thought it was great, but folks kept walking out all during the show, which I found amazing since it was an incredible piece, sometime people are intimidated by not understanding dance on a cerebral level, I just enjoy the visceral experience, here is a review:

http://www.dancemagazine.com/reviews/November-2011/John-Jasperse-Company

http://www.hulu.com/embed/aRYUQZ1lO9_wDHPKHWwRvw</object>

http://www.hulu.com/embed/aRYUQZ1lO9_wDHPKHWwRvw

I ask one dancer to do pedestrian movement and move or manipulate or push the other dancer around as they tried to do the travel phrase.  I asked them to use eye contact with one another as much as possible.

My instructions were kind of vague but sometimes when you give people space they give you something wonderful.   Those are my favorite moments.  I try not to over-direct.  There is a book I love about letting people have their own process called the Tao of Leadership.  I think it was intended for corporate people but it works in any group setting.  It emphasizes only stepping in when things go wrong and that feels like a good leadership style for me most of the time.